How to get the morning gunk out of your head

🤔 INTERESTING

Inspired by the concept of Morning Pages from the book The Artist’s Way by Julia Cameron. But honestly, any-time journaling is better than nothing.

I have one on hand whenever and wherever I go to 'process' and get the gunk out. 🤓

📐 DESIGN

I recently iterated on my “Imposter Syndrome to Growth Mindset” visual.

What design problem pops out to you from this first iteration? ↴

That’s right! The point of intersection between the graphs!

Where the graphs overlap needs to make insightful sense to both “growth mindsets” and “imposter syndrome.” Unfortunately, the point of intersection wasn’t the point of the message!

So back to the drawing board (🥁)

Below is the final version solving the central design problem. Curious, how might you have solved this differently?

🔮 ENCHANTING 

What’s a book that completely changed how you think about how you think?

In case you’re interested in recommendations this summer, here are my three favorites of the last year:

1. Four Thousand Weeks: Time Management for Mortals by Oliver Burkeman

2. From Strength to Strength: Finding Success, Happiness, and Deep Purpose in the Second Half of Life by Arthur C. Brooks

3. The Anthropocene Reviewed by John Green

🧠 ANALOGY

Inspired by the Stoic version of the serenity prayer:

“The chief task in life is simply this: to identify and separate matters so that I can say clearly to myself which are externals not under my control, and which have to do with the choices I actually control.

Where then do I look for good and evil?

Not to uncontrollable externals, but within myself to the choices that are my own…”
— Epictetus, Discourses, 2.5.4–5

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