It's the instance in the Earth's orbit around the Sun when people start talking about reflections and NY's resolutions. I'm a big fan of such practices but not so much when it comes to these societal notions. What I mean is why should these occur at the end of year? I mean let's face it setting big goals at the start of the year are overly ambitious. Life is more entropic - things change - people change and goals change. Let alone reflections! Imagine if you had to genuinely reflect on a project or something more personal that took place in February! Yikes!! Monthly or weekly check-ins to revisit your goals and aspirations are more attainable and for sure a more pragmatic habit to develop.
So after the aforementioned, the thought that sprigs to mind is that I have a list of assorted things (couldn't find a more apropos word to the circumstances - ‘memories’ wasn't fitting and ‘reflections’, at least in my way, is wrong) that have helped me shape/describe my year. Reiterating this isn't a list of reflections as I don't want to go into the details of how/why/what ifs and whatnot. It's simply a list that I wanna share that captures the randomness of my year - and without a further ado here it goes:
So after the aforementioned, the thought that sprigs to mind is that I have a list of assorted things (couldn't find a more apropos word to the circumstances - ‘memories’ wasn't fitting and ‘reflections’, at least in my way, is wrong) that have helped me shape/describe my year. Reiterating this isn't a list of reflections as I don't want to go into the details of how/why/what ifs and whatnot. It's simply a list that I wanna share that captures the randomness of my year - and without a further ado here it goes:
- Learnt to not engage with junk information, worthless dramas & personalities.
- There are many great people around me to support me but no one will stand up and fight for me like myself. Find a passion, pursue it and chase what you deserve!
- A pair of shoes (ON Cloudmonster) have made me run faster. The forward propulsion of the Cloudmonsters is amazing! 10/10 running shoes 👟.
- Writing a cooking book takes time 👨🏼🍳.
- Engaging in smaller tasks helps with achieving more.
- I'm a bigger fan of the iPad than the MacBook Pro.
- Nothing beats travelling and exploring new destinations (👀 Singapore).
- Running a marathon is a hell of a journey (pun intended) and I would do it over and over again!! 🥇
- Listening to gut feelings makes the difference.
- Reading these email newsletters has been my best way of consuming digital content:
- Morning Brew
- TLDR
- Market Briefs
- Monocle Minute
- Intelligent Change (scroll to the bottom of the page for the weekly newsletter)
- I'm writing a lot here on world.hey.com/chriiis! But this is my favourite piece.
- BUILD An Unorthodox Guide To Making Things Worth Making has been the most interesting book I've read in 2022.
- I made 3 years at Ricardo and I'm enjoying working with great colleagues more than ever and doing more of the amazing work on fighting climate change.
- ChatGPT made my jaw drop multiple times.
