Jeroen Sangers

Ha sido un gran placer poder conversar con @DVC_tw. Próximamente en tu reproductor de podcast…

¿Por qué hablamos de un «destornillador» en lugar de un «tornillador»?

I am tired and feel like I am running around doing things the whole day. But when I look objectively at my day I see I get plenty of rest and downtime. More than usually even.

So what should I do? Tell my emotions to get over it and accept reality or listen to my mind and body to hear what they are actually telling me?

📸 L’Almadrava

This quote merits to be converted into a nice poster in most offices:

If you do anything at the last minute that takes more than a minute, you’re not organizing your project properly.

The last minute is not a buffer zone, nor is it the moment to double-check your work.

The last minute is simply sixty seconds to enjoy and to remind yourself that you successfully planned ahead.

Research shows that extremely long work weeks backfire. If you work more than 55 hours per week, you actually perform worse than colleagues with shorter work weeks. This effect is not only temporary: studies show that long working hours can lead to a decline in important cognitive skills such as reasoning, vocabulary, and memory in the long run. The problem manifests itself as early as middle age, suggesting that the effects of overwork accumulate throughout one’s career.

The negative effects of long workdays go beyond just reduced mental sharpness. Employees who consistently work overtime make more mistakes, creating extra work. This leads to a vicious cycle: despite working more hours, productivity actually drops. The result is that less work is ultimately completed, despite all the extra hours put in. These findings hold true even when researchers account for other factors such as age, education, income, health problems, and sleep disorders.

The message is clear: working more does not automatically mean achieving more. On the contrary, those who consistently work more than 55 hours a week risk not only lower productivity in the short term but also lasting damage to cognitive functions. For both employers and employees, it is therefore wise to keep work weeks within reasonable limits, where quality takes precedence over quantity.

Related:

• The optimal amount of free time seems to be between 2 and 4 hours per day
• Modern work is unconfined work
• Large organizations extinguish employees’ passion
• A four-day workweek improves employee well-being without reducing productivity
• Explore a map for each month’s cycle that not only includes things to do, but also things to avoid
• Try to get four hours of concentrated work into a workday, and never more than six
• “Revenge bedtime procrastination” is the deliberate delay of bedtime to regain control
• Productivity doesn’t come from working longer, but from letting your brain reset

Currently reading: The Subtle Art of Not Giving A – by Mark Manson 📚

Every time I visit Twitter, which is not very often, I wish there was a way to remove the individual messages of threads from my timeline.

Finished reading: The Happiness Trap by Russ Harris 📚

Recommended for anybody who sometimes gets stuck in his/her own thoughts.

Music production ensures that a song sounds clear and coherent. This process is called audio mixing. It involves adjusting the volume, creating space and depth, and ensuring a good balance between the different sounds. The goal is to create a piece of music where each component is clearly audible and works well with the rest.

During mixing, you use various techniques to control the dynamics of the music. This may mean using compression to manage the volume of certain elements, or equalizers to boost or reduce certain tones. It’s also important to apply effects like reverb and echo wisely. This helps create a sense of space and atmosphere, making the mix more lively and immersive.

The ultimate goal of audio mixing is to create a smooth and balanced mix where instruments and vocals come together beautifully. This requires a keen ear for detail and an artistic sense of how different sounds complement each other. By listening carefully and making adjustments, the mixer can ensure that the final result is not only technically sound but also emotionally engaging for the listener.