Coinciding Narratives

The “Growth without Striving” chapter from What Works by Tara McMullin contains a recommended method for identifying which values are most important to you.

A couple of weeks ago, I went to the “Spiders of Paradise” exhibition at the Canberra Museum and Gallery.

Notes These are some things I learned from the book Circadian Rhythms: A Very Short Introduction by Russell Foster and Leon Kreitzman: While mammals only have photoreceptor (light-detecting) cells in their eyes, other vertebrates also have photoreceptors…

Reflections on the week During this week, I started focusing on gradually increasing the amount of exercise I’m doing, particularly exercise that raises my heart rate.

Reflections on the week I managed to keep to my planned sleep schedule over the week, and my levels of mental energy increased noticeably.

Reflections on the week I’m definitely noticing improvements from making my sleep schedule more regular.

Reflections on the week This week was a bit of a rocky start to the experiment – I think I was trying to change too many things at once.

Personality Type: An Owner’s Manual (by Lenore Thomson) and Personality Hacker (by Joel Mark Witt and Antonia Dodge) are two books that use the concept of “cognitive functions” to explain differences between personalities and the varying challenges people…

I’m beginning an experiment to try to increase my levels of mental energy.

Keep Going is a short book written and illustrated by Austin Kleon.

I’ve been reading about empathy over the past year or so, and a chapter from the book On Becoming a Person by Carl Rogers caught my attention.