I was anxious.

I didn’t exactly know why. Or where it came from. I wasn’t even sure whether it was anxiety — or stress, or fear, or worry, or pain, or sadness, or melancholy, or any other draining emotion.

I just knew something was there. And it sucked.

I lay in bed most days. I felt lethargic, almost paralyzed. I was tired, even though I slept longer than ever. My creativity went down the drain. The world I lived in felt like an airplane nosediving into the deep blue ocean. …

It was turning into my worst ever Monday morning. Certainly, my worst as a project manager and probably the most miserable meeting I had endured as a leader in any context.

When meetings go wrong

I was struggling to stay focused. The meeting was a disaster, playing out like a waking nightmare to my exhausted mind. I had just flown overnight, back from the US to Europe. For the first time, I really understood what flying the ‘red-eye’ really meant. My eyes felt like sandpaper. …

Living is the least important activity of the preoccupied man; yet there is nothing which is harder to learn.- Seneca the younger

Finding purpose is one of the topics I’ve been asked about at least a dozen times online and something that at times struggled with too. For most of us, getting a jump start to the morning is vital to making progress with the day ahead, but at times it can be difficult to even get out of bed (especially in the long winter months).

I find that some people think that finding a sense of purpose signifies making…

There are only so many hours in a day. What we choose to do in this time can have a great impact on our lives. Wasting time is easy and comfortable. Scrolling endlessly on social media provides us with fun distractions. But when done excessively, it can affect us negatively. On the other hand, utilizing this time effectively with hobbies and productive activities can slowly enhance your life.

I learned the benefits of good habits during the lockdown. With so much time to kill, I made the conscious decision to include them in my schedule. At first, I made sure…

Monday Move

For those of us with a bit of a shoulder hunch — and/or with forward head posture (exactly what it sounds like) — strengthening the upper and mid-back, and stretching the chest, can help counteract our slouchy positioning. Correcting forward head posture may even reduce pain (in the neck, shoulders, and even wrists) and tension headaches: Good spine alignment! It’s not just about aesthetics!

Swan, a Pilates move similar to baby cobra in yoga, is an excellent one to try for this. Here’s how.

Swan

The Joy of Challenge: S1E08

From finding a story to selling a documentary, and everything in between

“If I’ve learned anything from beliefs, it’s that I could be totally wrong. And so could you… We should never be sure of anything we think.”

These days, it feels like we don’t really discuss issues. We either preach to the choir or ridicule the opposition.

Andrew Gold does neither. He jumps gleefully in and stirs the pot.

Inspired by journalist Louis Theroux and driven by boredom, Andrew seeks out strange, weird, and controversial people. …

🌴 Remote work resorts

We are in a wild pendulum from very little remote work, to all remote during the pandemic, to more-people-than-you-would-expect demanding to stay remote, to realizing that something is missing when you are remote this long.

The remote working resort is a purpose-built destination at the intersection of hostel social interactivity, WeWork office environments and equipment, resort amenities, and vacation-like destinations, space, and privacy.
~ Richie Crowley’s This Is What Remote Work Resorts Might Look Like

I love being remote. But I miss my coworkers. I had a key coworker join and leave without ever meeting me…

The internet has taught me more about life than anyone or anything else that I’ve encountered.

It’s not that my parents, teachers, and coaches growing up didn’t try to teach me about life, it’s just that there’s absolutely no way that they could possibly have kept up with the sheer volume of knowledge that I’ve accumulated from a lifetime online. The internet taught me about mental health, sex, art, love, science, psychology, and of course, loneliness.

I’m a Zoomer, and the internet has taught me nearly everything I know.

This rapid knowledge hasn’t been for free.

This is what long-term…