The Monday Read
Busy Busy Busy edition This is a very short Monday Read -apologies! Things are a tad busy at the moment, but in a good way. The forum was lively this week: We’ve been doing a lot of coaching recently. We’re currently booked up through February, and I’ll be going into hospital for a minor operation […]
The Monday Read
‘Good’ edition Jocko Willink is pretty much a stereotype of himself, much like Chuck Norris. But I’ve been getting a lot of value out of his ‘good’ technique. Essentially it consists of trying to see the positive in any situation, no matter how bad it seems at first. It’s basically ‘every cloud has a silver […]
The Monday Read
Hayfever’s back edition Forgot how little I enjoy having seasonal allergies, which seem to come earlier and feel worse each year. I fear I may finally have to go on anti-allergy meds year round. Still, at least the temperatures are more pleasant this week! The forum is doing incredibly well, we’re getting close to 10,000 […]
The Monday Read
Ups and Downs It’s looking more and more likely that I will be unemployed from April 2022. Fortunately we are in an okay financial situation so this will not be a huge problem. Big difference from the last time I lost my job! This is why I spend so much time here trying to encourage […]
The Monday Read
101 Edition This week I have been mainly watching Batman films on Netflix. The Nolan trilogy, then the much less well done Snyder ones. Not the best for productivity, but sometimes you just need to veg out a bit and turn the brain off, eh? This week’s links I found this overview of current and […]
The Monday Read
Happy New Year This is the 100th Monday Read! Well, 2021 is here. The arbitrary line drawn in the sand is unlikely to fix the problems we had in the past, but can provide motivation to make a fresh start or change something. The forum was pretty active over the break: Thank you to everyone […]
The Monday Read
Merry Christmas Edition So close to the end of 2020 So a belated Merry Christmas to everyone. I hope you are enjoying a bit of a break over the new year. 2020 will soon be over, and although I learned a lot this year I won’t be sorry to see the back of it. Here’s […]
The Monday Read
Snowpocalypse Edition Well, let it stop snowing already, please. Bah, humbug. After that tremendously warm autumn, winter is here with a vengeance. It is at least seven degrees colder today than it usually is in Sendai in December, and it’s been snowing on and off for days. Hellish to drive on, we have fresh powder […]
The Monday Read
Let it snow? edition Apparently it snowed this morning briefly, but I didn’t notice because I was asleep… oh, well. We wrote up the (existing) forum rules again this week: And the forum has been very active this week: This week’s links This is pretty insane: https://marginalrevolution.com/…/new-crispr-based-covid… This explains a lot https://www.theatlantic.com/…/wear-your-mask…/615796/ I enjoyed reading […]
The Monday Read
End of year is approaching edition Only about fifteen more years until the end of 2020, eh? Looking forward to seeing the back of this one. Russia just started vaccinating people, and the UK is going to start next week apparently. Nice of them to test it out for us! I’m not in any hurry […]