Massimo Curatella

t least, you won't waste further time.

Why didn't I start earlier?

functions and their potential for connection, it could be inefficient or, worst, harmful.

We should accept ambiguity and multiplicity in defining our identity and our roles.

These are checklists to make my learning workflow tangible.

They really get along well.

Without knowing the rules at the source of that data you can increase its quality by applying the deduction you can make.

Hierarchy is a way to organize information in a tree shape.

Sometimes we don’t want to see the future.

After an initial round of revisions, when the writing flows then it's time to wordsmithing, cherry-picking and finessing.

Improvisation requires a lot of work.

Ask them.

When somebody gives you compliments or shows their gratitude to you, do not diminish what you have done.

Note-taking allows you to separate your current mood from the idea you want to capture.

Of course ,we do.

Stop, make an effort to interpret what caught your attention, and rewrite it with your words into notes to add to your archive.

The value of personal notes is limited unless you are annotating for specific public.

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Sleeping when you are not supposed to sleep is like going on a prohibited journey.

There will be no family member, no dog, no bill, no ugly noise able to get you out of your creative tunnel.

46 days to go. 46 more articles to write.

It is a job, a discipline, an art.

Why the loop got tighter.

I enjoy the sensation of a close encounter with other minds, carefully and accurately considering what they have to say.

Learning principles and concepts based on experience and rationality while finding new and useful connections.

When should you do that?

I started to read a book slowly, accurately and deeply.

I’m carving back my space for private writing.

I write daily and I find immense benefits in writing but it is hard and harder.

Writing in the morning feels more focused and productive.

So this is a meta-post, it's how I feel about the fact that I wrote, today.

Hemingway, give me the will to write.

Today I made an experiment.

The more I keep on writing daily.

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Working to build trust is a slow and careful process requiring focus and resources, continuously.

The experience I made in a technical field came useful today when I had to explain to a peer how to face a certain context.

La ferita è dolorante, La cura meticolosa, Il fuoco latente, Ma proprio non è cosa.

Today I enjoy greater tranquility but I observe dormant dreams and storms.

The power of trauma engraves events deeply in your memory.

What I like and what I don't, about my daily writing practice.

Feeling like you should be doing different things, or getting different results can be a good force for change.

Keeping the right balance between abstract, speculative thought and practical, executive planning requires careful dedication and self-awareness.

And it is so good.

To create choices I need information and the capability of making connections between them.

At every moment of my life I’m at the intersection of two trees, one made of all of the events occurred and the decisions I made which brought me to today and the other made of all the possible decisions I will make in the future.

a beautifully designed object is something that works well, for the purpose it has been created for.

How you react to adversities defines you character.

It doesn’t matter where you are now and what you are doing.

If you have more patience you can calm your mind and do things easier.