Nodira - 101 Ways to Stay Sane

i truly believe that the only way to deal with an obsessive thought loop is not by trying to boost yourself up by thinking more positively of yourself but rather thinking bigger than yourself. your values, your calling or however you call it is big enough, true enough and sustainable enough to carry you through self doubt because you essentially care so much about getting it done that you don’t have time and space in your mind for the above.

for some reason as a kid i never fully realized that Steve Jobs had passed away as i thought that he and Tim Cook were the same person lol

realization number 1: ur body is actually quite smart when it comes to getting what it needs. the past two weeks i’ve been CRAVING raw salmon (had bruschetta, rolls, and sandwiches with raw salmon lol) - apparently my body just wanted some omega 3 and/or protein. cuz eggs & kefir were getting more attractive too. realization number 2: i found out that my ultimate way of dealing with pressure is just taking 40 mins in the evening to sit down and watch смешарики (or any other old cartoon) with some chocolate waffle. like when u’ve been working for the past week and can both physically and emotionally feel ur getting overwhelmed. probably gets me back to safety of childhood memories, dunno, but it’s been working for me for the past 2 years. realization number 3: we really tend to underestimate the time it requires to finish a certain job. every night i make a list of tasks for the next day and while usually im the most productive on Sunday, i can see that i rarely ever hit even half of what i’d set out to do. it just takes more time? it’s 1:23 time @summernotes

im their unofficial ambassador lol already made almost everyone around me switch to claude + make my colleagues buy the subscription😌

Claude Code Desktop got a face lift Some of the new features: An integrated terminal, in-app file editing, a rebuilt diff viewer, side chats, SSH connections - and a large amount of little quality of life. https://claude.com/download

were we always like this or did Uzbeks really begin to dominate the chess world?

«They called him a comical genius and carried his stories carefully home, and they wondered at how the stories spilled out on the way, for they never sounded the same repeated in their own kitchens.» - east of eden so, this past month i’ve finished two books (thanks to malika for recommending🥰): (1) the joy luck club and (2) the god of small things. i’ve come across this comment by a reviewer and i think it just perfectly captures everything i love about family sagas and classic novels: “The true classics know how to do one particular thing very well: They are able to capture the reader with the emotive ties to the characters in a microcosm while placing them in a grander milestone setting, historically. Many stories have attempted this balance and fall short in one aspect or another. Either the personal attachment is emphasized at the expense of the historical detail, or the historical events are diluted to platform the characters. In this case, both are developed successfully because we are introduced and weaned on to the family first and then become involved in their plight as gradually as they do. Political upheaval grew into their lives the way it grew into the narration.” + the past few weeks i’ve been working on smth new. missed all this excitement and butterflies when u r betting on a potential project that might and might not work out. when all ur days are spent focusing on that one idea and getting it out there as fast as possible. @summernotes

Just learned about a company pulling in $10M per month selling caffeinated mints. $10 MILLION. Per MONTH. From mints with caffeine. While everyone's out here trying to build the next unicorn with AI and blockchain, these guys took mints, added caffeine, and built a massive business. There's something beautiful about this kind of simple innovation. No fancy tech stack, no venture capital buzz words, just solving a real problem people have. Makes you wonder what other "boring" opportunities are sitting right in front of us.

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"Between stimulus and response there is a space. In that space is our power to choose our response. In our response lies our growth and our freedom." I've been listening to this podcast with Dr K. (Huberman's, check it out) and also this video with Le Cunff. one of the ideas encompassing both of the discussions is how much better those who tolerate uncertainty do as opposed to those who don't. I met with a few quite interesting people in the past few days, including some students who by all means can be considered quite accomplished but who keep applying to unis abroad (specifically US, right) because that seems like the main thing to "tick." and while determination and persistence are gonna be among the main drivers of ur growth, i think there is a line between useful determination and obsessive desire to follow a linear success path. let me explain. getting into a top uni in the US (!) is one step forward in this imaginary ideal version of ur life. perhaps it's more justifiable for hard science students. getting an internship at a big tech (for CS students) or a big four (for business students) companies is the next step. and as long as u do ur part well - keep on pushing, keep on the hard work - you should presumably be able to follow this path smoothly. sure thing, studying at those unis or working in those companies is gonna be a real struggle. but at least you can be at peace knowing you're doing everything just right. or no. in the second video, they discuss the linear and experimental models of success. if you take two factors - curiosity and ambition - and map a graph, a matrix with them as axes, you will get 4 fields, 4 different subconscious mindsets that can heavily influence the way you perceive the events in ur life. first is the cynical mindset (worldview, perception, u name it). that's when you've lost all ur ambition and curiosity and might even make fun of those who are still driven by crazy ideas and are "naive" with high ambition. u might be spending most of ur time doomscrolling, reading negative news and then discussing those negative news with others second is escapist mindset. u are still curious about a lot of things, but you let go of a lot of ur ambitions. binge watching, shopping, or daydreaming about ur future perfect life instead of taking concrete actions to get to those dreams. perfectionist mindset - high ambition, low curiosity. trying to escape uncertainty through work. if you get to that next goal, like in a career ladder, then, then you will be happy. these three above all change and vary depending on ur situation and aspects of life you're dealing with. last one, experimental mindset, is when you have both high ambition and high curiosity. with this one, you are not chasing a linear success path that gives you the illusion of success but rather stay open for experiments and unexpected turns in life. you see failure as data points, information to derive new solutions from. we all like to quote that failure is a must in success, but how many of us get extremely frustrated and miserable for weeks when things don't work out the way we expected? got rejected from college, company, whatever. the very same stubbornness that helps you to get towards ur goals might hijack ur overall track by overfocusing on "how things should've been" instead of "what can i do now?" because if everything works out as expected, probably you've stopped growing. so. keep on asking questions, make yourself feel slightly dumber than comfortable. go forward with work that you don't have a clear plan for. stay curious. you've got enough ambition, anyway. P.S. the witch broom and hat is from our workplace. received a special package ahahah @summernotes

must be fascinating to build and then observe your own creation developing patterns you didn’t fully anticipate and then trying to figure out if what you’re seeing is “real” in any meaningful sense. the emotions paper was interesting but also carefully hedged using the word “emotions”

This blog post explains Claude's "functional emotions". It also touches on the distinctness between Claude and the model. https://www.anthropic.com/research/emotion-concepts-function

a friend of mine is conducting a research on the topic of relevance of uni lectures for students will appreciate if you take a bit of ur time and share ur opinion💘

Have you ever caught your peer (or yourself) sleeping and yawning during a lecture? It happens because we, as students, are often too energetic and interactive to just sit in one place and engage in one-way communication. While this might work differently for others, lectures remain a key part of university life—so why can’t we make them more engaging, modern, and efficient? To find out, we are conducting a research experiment on the relevance and usefulness of university lectures today, especially in a digital age where everyone has access to such diverse learning tools. This Google Form is designed to gather the honest opinions of the "lecture consumers" themselves: the students. Your response might seem small, but it means a lot to us! Through your single contribution, we can help change the university system of education delivery. 😉 Via Google Form's link, you can have your opinion heard and change something!

So there it was then, History and Literature enlisted by commerce. Kurtz and Karl Marx joining palms to greet rich guests as they stepped off the boat.

meanwhile some random realizations: – never buy fresh detox from Bon - they basically just mix banana citrus fruits and carton juice (Viko or smth) – i’m getting assured once again that bruschetta with salmon is my favorite snack of all time. overall, raw salmon itself is heavenly✨ – you really are what you consume. that includes, esp, social media. try to step back and objectively assess ur own thinking and what takes up most space in ur mind from time to time. if intrusive thoughts make up most of your days, chances are, they are gonna make up most of your weeks and months to come too.

life gets considerably richer when we start noticing the form the reality is taking at any particular moment

heheheh i have a weird love for weird holiday cards hope this month was special for everyone🤍 happy holidays✨🌙