154 - Life Update 🗣️💬
Hey there, !
So soon to chat about my life again? Already?!
Maybe this is too soon. Who knows. We're trying things. Let's see if they stick.
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Renovations - They're going well, but have hit a snag - builder's hurt his hand and had to go to hospital, and so there was a bit of a delay :S it's difficult to plan when these things happen but we're back on track now he's better (hopefully!).
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Sleep - One of the things that I think have helped the most in the last few weeks on my health and wellbeing has been this - sleeping on my side instead of on my back, and also sleeping like...half an hour earlier. Getting just a bit more sleep has been the highest impact / smallest change ratio in my life! Either I've always had these issues and now it's catching up to me, or I'm just getting old. Or both. Or neither.
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Going out a lot again - I'm going out into the world a bit more. I think my energy levels have been lower, unfortunately, but it feels similar to when I first started as a graduate - going back to the commute, the 9-5 in the office, and spending social energy out in the world. A difference is that I drive more these days - not as keen on public transport, and enjoying a podcast as I go into work. And with more sleep, more energy! I'm hoping to incorporate more of these daily things back into my life so that I can increase my energy levels - potentially even more than a pre-COVID level.
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Board games back in the life - it's been a while, but because everyone's returning to the world again, I'm getting more board games back in the schedule. A shame that one of my favourite things needs to be so social - happy it's back though :)
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Three projects: 1) I'm going to try lockpicking (introduction next week!), 2) I've started writing a novel which is 'The Godfather, but in space' and 3) I'm going to try and see if I can actually do something with these AI art projects (DALL-E, MidJourney, Stable Diffusion etc.) inspired by Battle Prompts and the fact that I've been following this trend for such a long time. Progress to be updated each Life Update!
Chat soon :)
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✔️Real Life Recommendations
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House of the Dragon - yes, the last one sucked, and this one has gone off to a slow start, but I'm honestly happy that the world has come back at all. The production is immensely detailed - there's a dragon-based armor in the first episode that looks like Lu Bu from Dynasty Warriors and honestly I am ABOUT it. Hoping that this recommendation doesn't lead to regret later...
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Amazon Prime - like, yes, Amazon sucks, but with the Prime subscription I've had the Same Day delivery is kind of magic. I hate that it's so convenient because it's just too easy! I'm trying to make sure I get everything I can out of Prime, but Lord of the Rings: Rings of Power is coming out soon as well, so I'll have to keep it just for a little longer...
🚌 Adventures on the Information Super-Highway
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Good conversations have many doorknobs - an interesting way to think about conversations - giving 'affordances' to a conversation. Things that allow someone on the other side to very easily turn the 'handle' of the doorknob and flow through the conversation.
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Design the next iPhone - something fun and silly
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Viral LinkedIn Post generator - know those cringy af posts on LinkedIn where some CEO or HR person is trying to be uplifting but in a really click-baity way? Now AI can generate one for YOU!