Cats, good books, AI, and religious walking in the city of Sofia
I take breaks.
My long-term fitness goal is to do 10K steps per day on average over the course of a full year. It forces me to go out and not be attached to a screen. Do 20K steps on a good weekend day and I get a bonus – the strong desire to have a nap.
I read paper books. This way I disconnect and relax more than I would if I read e-books and am exposed to pings and distractions.
I don’t know if these methods are effective. Ask me in 10 or 20 years.
Within the family, I believe that arguments should be resolved before going to bed.
Regarding non-family, it’s more complicated. Holding a grudge means punishing yourself for mistakes others did and unfairness outside of your control. But then, how else do we respond to the negative feelings? Not sure.
Overall, it’s a dead end. Not good for anyone. Do not recommend.
By distance, it has to be Kauai. It was a company meetup, one of the most epic I’ve attended. 12.9K km, 24+ hours of travel one-way. Our lead wanted to organize the best meetup ever and did one that’s very difficult to beat. It remained a good lifetime memory.
Imagine you have a group of 20 to gather together for a week from all over the world. Where would you go? Turns out that if you optimize for travel time, travel cost, opportunity cost, hotel, food, and convenience, you’ll get a very small list of cities next to the biggest airports on the planet. The group of 20 is likely skewed one way or another. Have more Americans? The top 10 choices will be continental USA or Canada, you end up visiting Montreal or Portland every year. Have more people from the EU? Lisbon, Barcelona, Amsterdam. You’ve got to have some Australians in the group to make Kauai even remotely possible 🙂
However, if we don’t count physical distance but the time and effort it takes to come back home, it has to be the military service.
My most common positive emotion these days is the sense of accomplishment when completing a todo item. Walking outdoors, blogging, and reading books are related to that feeling. I count my steps and the number of books I read. I keep a blogging streak and enjoy every comment.
Also, cat videos. Here’s a cat for you. No video of her because she was busy not doing anything.
I only see a point in preparing for small, family-level emergencies. The big stuff I’d leave to the government. We stocked up some toilet paper and Fusilli during the early days of COVID-19. That didn’t work well.
My lifestyle includes playing football and doing weekly hikes. This means injuries, bites, and weather risk.
Why scarf? The idea is that a sudden change in weather can come with strong winds, making it impossible to walk if the face is not fully covered. People lose most of their heat from the head. Keep the face warm and comfortable, and the sudden snow might not be as bad.
TL;DR – my emergency preparedness plan includes large amounts of treatments for wounds, a scarf, and a credit card.
