Arhiva: iunie 2024

I’ve been reminded, again, in the last few days, of the best productivity tip ever:

Sleep.

Sleep early enough and sleep at least 8 hours every night.

If you’re in your early 20s, ignore me, this will probably not apply to you.

But if you’re in your 30s or later, sleep the entire night and go to sleep early 🤩

Otherwise, at least in my case, I need so much more effort to be as productive as I want to. If I even get there.

And the last two weeks were brutal for me. I traveled (by plane or by car) every day for 10 days. Then I got a little sick and couldn’t sleep because of it. My Oura ring was telling me I might need to sleep. Which I did and I started to feel better. But I still feel tired.

So, back to sleep for me. At some point during these days…😅

Later edit: what do you know, I wrote about this once before. And again 5 years later. Just forgot to listen to my own advice.

I was traveling to Greece a few years ago and this happened on the flight:

Flight Attendant: what do you want to drink?

Me: Fanta, please.

FA: I don’t have, but I can make it for you!

Me: 🤔

FA: I have Sprite, I have orange juice. Then I combine them: FANTA!

Me: 😅🤦‍♂️

FA: I’m serious, I made one for someone last flight…

Greek people, especially in hospitality, never say no. Even when they should say it. While this can be frustrating if you’re not used to it, it also means they go out of their way (most of the times) to make whatever they agreed upon happen.

And, yes, sometimes they flake on you. But you get used to it, as well. It’s the cost of doing business.

I’ve found Sort the Court by reading my feeds and I have to say it’s a really fun way to spend an hour or so.

The game was part of a game dev competition (Ludum Dare 34), that had as theme “Two Buttons Control”.

It is basically a kingdom management simulator where you rule by saying Yes or No to suggestions from your advisor and to anything else that happens around the kingdom. You manage population, happiness and money and… you go from there. I didn’t expect to enjoy the game as much as I did, but I spent about 2 hours having fun with it.

Here’s a screenshot of the kind of “important” decisions you need to make: