Resume – Books, doing and breathing

Summer Sky near by Alqueva

I want you to benefit from some starting points below. I’ll get better at it, promise.

Books

Two half a meter book piles are now beside my bed. I may need shelves before they dangerously rival Pisa’s tower. Better have less books around I guess. Three quite different suggestions:

• (To read) The new Kevin Kelly: The inevitable. His “What Technology Wants” book had so much to think upon I had to stop reading it because I was reading too fast.
• (Reread) 18 minutes (shot video on this wonderful run-walk “tip”) from Peter Bregman.
• (Reading) I keep coming book to Terry Pratchett. I started with Wyrd sisters and reading his books keep jolting my “new bark“. This is delicious (from Moving Pictures, I think it’s at page 35 at the paperback edition – It’s my current non-technical read and I’ve been learning a lot):

“Of course, it is very important to be sober when you take an exam. Many worthwhile careers in the street-cleansing, fruit-picking and subway-guitar-playing industries have been founded on a lack of understanding of this simple fact.”

Doing

Things I am doing and… improving:

• (Drawing) A drawing a day. Started back in 29th February (it is a leap… year). Almost 100 hundred drawings now ranging from 10 seconds fast and furious drafts to one page comics that took me rewarding hours.
• (Habits) Getting good at acquiring and letting go habits (drawing is one I’ve acquired). They say it’s easier to change existing habits. I found it true at least for eating and reading (Duhigg’s book is an excellent read and may prompt you to tackle habits in a purposeful and conscious way).
• (Second life) I think it has to do with aging; I am now less tolerant with entropy and actively looking for ways to make significant change happen (yes I am talking about myself – seems a sensible place to start). I understand way better now what Peter Drucker wrote on this (the “second life” and beyond daily work-as-usual, whatever that is for each of us).

Breathing

I’ve used the word fast too many times in this post. I suggest you try this if you ever feel like going too fast and under too much stress than you can handle.

I will be doing this with a [non-frequent] newsletter format (so one can either keep them coming or opt-out!). Working on topics and focus so it’s beyond a ego-list of things I love  (like what really has worked for me).

Be Well. Até já.