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At work, I frequently receive a large amount of paper that I choose to reuse. I hole punch each sheet and place it onto a clipboard, creating a refillable legal pad. When I finish …

I've been exploring book summary services as a means to narrow down my reading choices. Once I have decided to read a book, I find it helpful to keep the summary on hand to improve…

I was drawn to Draper's charisma at the start of the show, as intended. But as all the infidelities, abuses of power, and general narcissism piled up, I grew to dislike him. By the…

(Second place is probably "getting good sleep" which has positive benefits for well, just about any challenge your mind faces) I implemented a system of 9+ hours of sleep the night…

I just bought Acceptance and Commitment Therapy on Audible. I take book recommendations on HN relatively seriously so I'm looking forward to this read.

This is so funny, I would not have noticed if you hadn't pointed it out. That's a pretty good sell to me. For the record, I happen to work for a Berkshire Hathaway company and Geic…

I just picked up How to take Smart Notes. In undergrad a lifetime ago, I remember feeling that my note taking skills were woefully inadequate. My notes became more scattered, less …

I've thought about this for awhile, and I think it's reasonable to read some books in their entirety to better understand certain things (although I will agree that some books are …

I really like the idea that projects really just consist of "the next step". What do I need to do to advance this project/assignment/thing by one step? Define that and put it away …

Same. I had to force myself to continue with the book because I had the same thoughts: goofy, self help. But I finished it and now implement the system across work and school (back…

This is a common thread in many traditions of wisdom. The words change (surrender, accept, be with, open to, observe, witness, feel, welcome, embrace etc.) but the idea is the same…

I can readily attest to having no taste in music. So much so that criticism of music (in reviews of albums, etc.) is incomprehensible to me; I tried using good reviews as a way to …

Correct. I use YNAB as a system to ensure that every dollar of spending on my credit cards are backed by liquid cash. I'm not going to argue the merits or downsides of something li…

It takes about an hour to charge, so I just schedule the same time every day to charge it (after I get home from work, while I eat dinner). Sure it's one more thing to manage, but …

What did you observe in your friends' driving patterns that was different? I'm very curious.

This is in line with my intuitions; do you have any sources so I can read more?

In general, you can train attention like it's a skill or exercise you practice. Stuff like mindfulness meditation is training of attention. If we're talking about how social media …

More context: https://archive.ph/F7WqX I'd really like to hear an informed take on this, but I think it's interesting the state has so much power over a billionaire. Is it because …

I found my childhood to be boring, bordering on depressing. It was literally for a lack of stimulation for the following reasons: - Only child. - Invalid mother, so no access to al…

> I give Toyota big props for the Prius, which was the original Green Vehicle 15-20 years ago, and still is a HUGE player in the efficiency space. IIRC, The number one vehicle trad…

> They just were severely undeveloped people, who were reactionary and fearful. This is an accurate way to describe my parents, too. I stopped talking to my dad after my mom died f…

n=1 so take it as just that, but I left my dad because we were broke. I suspected a gambling habit after he got evicted from the tiny apartment we grew up in, in the years after my…

This is true at least in part due to the monetization of mindfulness, as a previous poster stated. The import of mindfulness into western culture strictly as a tool to manage stres…

> It's usually difficult for people with decent upbringings to even conceptualize why a child might willingly remain estranged from their family. But there are a lot of people out …

I'm learning how to drive a Porsche 911 cup car in sim. There's this guy on YouTube who races the car in both real life and iRacing, and he explains how he drives the car fast in b…