Trusting your intuition.
It’s crucial to make time for autotelic pursuits — those activities that are inherently rewarding for their own sake. It’s not always easy. Endless distractions can easily creep into our lives and derail our ability to pursue these deeply rewarding activities. But there is an antidote: mindfulness and intuition. We must be mindful of our environment and actions to identify this imbalance and acknowledge that a change must be made. We must be tuned in to our intuition to keep alignment with what truly brings us joy and contentment.
It’s so easy to endlessly doom scroll instead of reading a book recommended by a friend.
It’s so easy to binge a show on your favorite streaming service to “decompress” instead of getting engrossed in an interesting problem you are trying to solve.
If you don’t feel you have enough time to pursue the things you love, take back and assess how you are using your time. Follow your intuition on what behaviors to step away from and what behaviors to double down on. Even a small change of 15 minutes per day, making room for what brings you joy, can make all the difference in your life.
Notable Links
Carter and I spoke with Robert Martin (Uncle Bob) about his book Clean Coder
We wrapped up our discussion on Web Scalability for Startup Engineers on Book Overflow
I just discovered this NPR Tiny Desk Concert of Hotchip, and its wonderful.
Quests over Goals is a fun way of framing things.