Additional tips

30. Listen to music

27. Plan an activity

26. Visualize your favorite place

25. List favorites

24. Sit with your pet

Soothing techniques

21. Describe what’s around you

17. Use an anchoring phrase

15. Recite something

14. Use math and numbers

13. Think in categories

Mental techniques

11. Try the 5-4-3-2-1 method

10. Feel your body

9. Listen to your surroundings

6. Hold a piece of ice

2. Pick up or touch items near you

Physical techniques

Common parameters for gain staging

Reverence for the digital ceiling looked relatively simple—at least, for the common engineer who didn’t want to get too deep into mathematical concepts: just treat the process as you did in the analog world. General guidelines included: Positioning the faders of a static mix below unity gain Aiming to avoid going higher than 0 on the faders whenever possible (assuming the tracks were recorded at a good level). Making sure no individual channel-fader was positioned above its corresponding submix’s fader position (to avoid even the possibility of driving anything too hard) Making sure no individual channel ever set off your DAW’s red meter—the one that signifies clipping Making sure no analog-modeled plug-in was driven past the point of pleasant, harmonic distortion Making sure no digital, non-analog equivalent plug-in clipped within the module, as that could cause unwanted distortion

Realise the risks

Vanguard’s take

Tip: Cheat!

#5. Mark completed at

#4. Add tasks as you go

#3. Track all tasks no matter how small

The best way to change long-term behavior is with short-term feedback. —Seth Godin

The chains of habit are too weak to be felt until they are too strong to be broken. —Samuel Johnson

Why does it work?

So did it work?

Next time you review your deck between now and tomorrow, you will only see cards for habits you’ve been struggling with. This gives you the opportunity to visualize yourself performing those habits effectively and with confidence every single day until you get better at it.

Implementing your spaced-repetition habit routine

Spaced repetition requires more than one “item” you’re trying to memorize, learn or implement. That way your stronger habits can go to the back of the queue while you spend time on your weaker ones that need a little more love

Do this for at least two more habits

Fill out the front and back of the card

Create your deck

Find a spaced-repetition app

Building a spaced repetition deck for your habits

'Morally reprehensible' global vaccine disparity

5. Foreground and Background

4. Leading Lines

3. The Principles of Gestalt

2. The Golden Ratio

1. The Rule of Thirds

4. With One Lens, Shoot 1,000 Photos

2. With One Subject, Shoot 10 Photos

1. Crop Someone Else's Photos

What Makes Dopamine Fasting 2.0 Distinct?

The FEASTING Schedule (when you DO engage):

The FASTING Schedule (when you DON’T engage):

The Dopamine Fasting 2.0 Schedule:

How is Dopamine Fasting 2.0 based on Cognitive-Behavioral Therapy (CBT)?

How to Use This List?

3. Use DIY home garage parking aids

5. Plug It

3. Lay It

2. Open It

1. Flip It

Natural Ways To Stay Warm

The Benefits: Individual Control While Still a Team

4. Make Decisions About Shared Goals in the Shared Budget

3. Budget Household Expenses Together

2. Contribute to a Shared Account for Household Expenses

1. Budget Your Paychecks Separately

How to Budget Together With Separate Accounts

The Sixers launched into their “Process” rebuild after their all-in trade for Andrew Bynum went belly-up. They traded Andre Iguodala, Moe Harkless, Nikola Vucevic and a future first-round pick for someone who wound up never playing a single minute for them, leaving them woefully devoid of high-upside young talent outside of Jrue Holiday.

Tips for writing good OKRs

“If it does not have a number, it is not a Key Result.”

3. OKRs Increase Team Collaboration

2. OKRs Increase Team Focus

1. Objectives And Key Results Increase Goal Clarity

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The cons:

The perks:

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6. Find your 20% task

5. Pick a single thing to focus on

4. Focus on your Most Important Tasks (MITs)

2. Use relative prioritization

1. Use a priority matrix

Six Methods for Prioritizing Your Tasks

Using Tags in Things

Flow State Trigger 7: Have A Clear Outcome or Goal

Flow State Trigger 5: Work On One Very Specific Task

Beauchamp Falls walk Descending towards Beauchamp Falls can feel a little like you’re falling deeper and deeper down the rabbit hole. The good news is the reward is one of Victoria’s best-hidden waterfalls. Take the marked path through mountain ash forests, down a constructed staircase and over a few rocks and you’ll reach this awe-inspiring 20-metre tall cascade. The rocks will be slippery when wet, and keep in mind the walk back is a little steep, so take your time. Drive time from CBD: 2h 30mDuration (return): 1h (3km)Level of difficulty: Easy to medium

Hanging Rock Summit Walk This region north of Melbourne is stacked with natural beauty – the best of which can be seen from the top of Hanging Rock. Banish the thought of picnics and white dresses and instead focus on the beautiful rock formations that you’ll spy as you make your way up to the top of Hanging Rock’s summit. The path can be steep at points so it will get the heart pumping, but seeing these 6 million-year-old rocks up close is well worth it. Drive time from CBD: 1hDuration (circuit): 40 mins (1.8km)Level of difficulty: Medium

Organ Pipes circuit How weird is nature? The beautiful Organ Pipes National Park can be found just off the Calder Freeway, about 20 kilometres north of Melbourne. The 121-hectare park is named after its star attraction: 2.5 million-year-old basalt columns that look strikingly like organ pipes. Take the short circuit walk around the park while you're there. Starting at the visitor centre, you can follow the trail that passes along the main features of the park, including Keilor Plains, the Tessellated Pavement and the Organ Pipes themselves. Drive time from CBD: 30mDuration (circuit): 30m (1.5km)Level of difficulty: Easy to medium

Lerderderg Gorge Circuit Walk This is bush. Real Victorian bush. As well as some great flora and fauna, Lerderderg is characterised by a 300-metre deep gorge that has cut through the park’s sandstone and slate. This circuit walk begins in the Mackenzies Flat picnic area and mostly follows the natural course of the river. Expect plenty of rock hopping, some relics from the gold mining days and even some river crossing depending on the weather. Drive time from CBD: 50mDuration (circuit): 4-5h (13.5km circuit)Level of difficulty: Medium

Neds Gully Track There are a bunch of great walks to do around the Cathedral Ranges, but Neds Gully Track is a good place to start. It’s a steady uphill hike that takes you up to Neds Gully and Neds Saddle. From there the track veers off to Cathedral Peak, the park’s highest point at 840 metres elevation. Some bushwalking experience is recommended for this one. Drive time from CBD: 1h 40mDuration (one way): 1h (2.2km)Level of difficulty: Medium to hard

Flinders Peak Walk Bring your dog! The You Yangs National Park is a dog-friendly park located between Melbourne and Geelong. The best walk to try (for you and your pupper) is the 3.2-kilometre Flinders Peak Walk, which takes you to the highest point of the You Yangs. It’ll certainly have you puffing, with about 450 steps and an elevation rise of about 200 metres, but you’ll feel like a proper champ once you reach the top. The walk starts and finishes at the Turntable Drive car park. Drive time from CBD: 1hDuration (return): 1h (3.2km)Level of difficulty: Medium to hard

Grab your putter and take your putting stance, only rest your putter on your thigh (as I've done here). From that position, allow your arms to hang freely and start a rocking motion with your arms as you would if you were holding your putter. Sometimes this drill is more effective if you close your eyes, so feel free if you want to. If you're making arm swings without moving your lower body, the putter will stay rested against your thigh. If your lower body is swaying, turning, raising or lowering, you'll either see the putter move or the putter will fall off your leg completely. If it does, then you know you need to practice keeping your lower body still.

Try this: Drop a few balls on the practice green and set up with a narrow stance. Take a deep breath and exhale. Next, lift your heel up behind you (it doesn’t matter which one). Go slowly. This is a core-balance move, not a strength move. Once you get comfortable, stroke a few putts. It won’t be easy at first, but once you get the hang of it, what you’ll find is that your body weight will be forced to centralize and stabilize, because there’s no where else for it to go. With two feet on the ground, your weight can shift from side-to-side without you even knowing. But when you’re standing on just one leg, you’d fall over if you shifted from side-to-side, so your body self-corrects by stabilizing and centralizing your weight. Once you get used to the feeling, go back to putting normally, with two feet on the ground.  Your stroke will be smoother, your balance better and your distance control improved.

Here’s a quick drill you can do anywhere to check if you’re keeping your lower body still.Take a belt and wrap it around your legs just above knee level. There’s no need to go overly tight here—just secure it enough so it doesn’t slide down. Next, take a necklace with a weighty pendant and hang it from the center of the belt.With the belt, necklace and weight, you’ve created a pendulum. As you make your putting stroke, the pendulum should stay stable. If your legs sway, slide or if you turn your lower body—even just a tiny bit—the pendulum will sway as well.

The opposite ofplay is not work, it’s depression.” Stuart Brown, MD.