Tuesday Letter #27 - Happy New Year, Appreciating your SO and Reducing Automation
Hey, Happy 2022!
This year I hope to renew the habit of sending a weekly newsletter to you filled with quick updates about my learning and progress on various projects, but most importantly interesting things I have run into during the week that you will find interesting or entertaining.
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With all of that in mind let's get going 🚀. Hope you enjoy this week's issue.
😄 Quick Personal Updates
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In the last couple of weeks I published a few book summaries:
- Fluent Forever by Gabriel Wyner - Doing Content Right by Steph Smith
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I have published my 2021 in Review post 😄
- Someone paid me $100 to show a job on Built with Django. This is my first legit earning on the web.
📜 Quote of the week
"The masculine grows by challenge, but the feminine grows by praise. A man must be unabashed and expressed in his appreciation for his woman. Praise her freely. (Location 817)"
This quote came up in my Readwise dashboard this week and made me think. I feel like the fire in my eyes has gone down a bit (as mentioned earlier) and as a consequence, I have been much less attentive to my significant other. Probably been more critiquing, even. So, this has been a great reminder that women do grow in a more positive and praising environment. Will be trying to say more good things to my SO and suggest you do the same 😄
🧠 Random Thought
In the pursuit of automating everything, we lose the touch with the process. When it comes to learning, less automation is better. Move away from automation.
🐔 Tweets of the week
Reminder: Systems > Goals
— Juvoni Beckford (@juvoni) January 2, 2022
A lot of people are going through their goal setting, reviews, planning & I'm seeing some patterns that are setting off my spidey senses.
I'll help 10 people w/ written reviews/goals revamp their goals into systems.
Comment or dm link if interested.
Totally agree with Juvoni on this one. I used to focus too much on goals but noticed that when I focus on the simplification of the process, the habit was much easier to stick to and therefore lead to the completion of the goal. So, by focusing on the system, not only one can complete his goals simpler, but will also enjoy a more structured life with more time for other activities.
21 thoughts from 2021 I'd like to take into 2022: pic.twitter.com/hdHCgGiYVj
— Tim Urban (@waitbutwhy) December 31, 2021
Going into 2022 try to remember that there is just an infinite amount of things you can reach. Let's do that together. If you have any goals set for 2022, let me know, maybe I can help in some way. Or perhaps, we have similar goals and can push each other to complete them.