2nd January 2023

1. A wonderful piece by Anne Helen Petersen on Errand Friends. I’ve been lucky enough to have a few of these and they truly are wonderful.
2. An excerpt about Facebook’s early life from the book “Valley of Genius”
3. A slightly dense piece about “Schopenhauer’s pessimism” & the importance of Atelic activities.
4. I stumbled upon Mandy Brown and loved two of these pieces particularly
1. A slightly melancholic but beautiful essay on the seasons of growth.
2. Her monthly newsletter on Running out of time.
5. On living by our values this year.
6. A piece that got me thinking on Flavoured Software

1. No one has their Asana archive on their tombstone
2. Life begins when you realise that you are not just who you are, you are also who you can become.
3. The standard pace is for chumps. You can read the full piece here.
4. "You have to show up before inspiration will.” - James Clear
5. "Just start. Start slow if you have to. Start small if you have to. Start privately if you have to. Just start."
6. "Every action you take is a vote for the type of person you wish to become. No single instance will transform your beliefs, but as the votes build up, so does the evidence of your new identity.”

1. Valley of Genius by Adam Fisher
2. How Proust can change your life by Alain De Botton

1. This hilarious encounter between Steve Jobs & Google in 2005 when Google were presumably starting to build Chrome.
2. Tech artist Brian Moore created the LOL Verifier, a small device that attaches to users’ computers and only lets them type “LOL” if they did, in fact, laugh out loud.