creadisc

blogging

2012-01-22T14:58:00.001-08:00

it's hard to blog with normal life, but i started back up again in mid-january instead of mid-december!

friend networks

2012-01-02T15:06:00.000-08:00

everyone occupies their own space and over time that space becomes more defined as your identity gets more solid. your friends allow you to expand your space into theirs and understand the world in a different way. it's valuable to have friends who are different from you so that you can have that difference in perspective and experience.

self control and decision fatigue

2011-12-30T14:58:00.001-08:00

people have a harder time with self-control when blood sugar is low. eat healthy snacks!

there's the famous example of people coming up for parole. those who had their appointment in the morning had the highest rate of parole. it declined throughout the morning, spiked after the morning snack, spiked after lunch, and plummeted thereafter.

stories

2011-12-29T12:01:00.000-08:00

arguments with stories are more compelling than arguments with statistics, even if less rigorous.

honoring commitments

2011-12-28T20:19:00.000-08:00

i'm reading this article by neil strauss about honoring your word as key for building relationships.

one thing i think is really interesting is how themes have emerged in my life. earlier, more academic-focused, was math and science. later, economics and finance. now a theme has been psychology, relationships. and music, creativity.

excited.

consistency

2011-12-28T20:09:00.001-08:00

planning to continue blogging again, have some ideas to share. aiming for consistency.

willpower

2010-11-30T21:30:00.001-08:00

it's important to structure your life so that most things don't require willpower, to save it for the things that do.

credit cards

2010-11-29T23:01:00.001-08:00

today i cancelled a credit card. simplifying.

discomfort

2010-11-28T12:37:00.001-08:00

I'm generally inclined to minimize discomfort (e.g., maintaining a warm room temperature in the winter), but discomfort is often valuable for providing clarity of thought, or stimulating new thinking. Usually comfort promotes the same patterns of thought, and discomfort can be a growing experience. Many of the things I think are valuable experiences are generally extremely comfortable.

There's an art to random conversation, but sometimes the key is to just do it.

blogging

2010-11-26T09:59:00.000-08:00

This is still my blog.

I'm going to try to write consistently.