Like any other human being on this Earth, I got involved, for a few times in my life, in fighting. I’m using the term “fighting” in the sense of “violent verbal arguments”, not physical fights (might go there in another post, though). Wether it was an argument with a close one, or just some harsh … Read more How To Avoid An Unnecessary Fight

This is the 47th article from my 230 days of blogging challenge. Change is difficult. Change is scary. And every time we’re forced to change, our first reaction is resistance. We try to hold our ground. We stick to the old ways of doing things, even if we do understand, rationally, that we may have … Read more Overcoming Inertia

We, humans, have this annoying tendency to over appreciate our own awareness. We like to think we act on our own will, whereas, most of the time, we’re doing almost everything on auto-pilot, without even realizing it. Take mornings, for instance. How many times you left the house half awake, but with all the morning … Read more The Most Important 3 Things To Do In The Morning

If you read my blog, you may be already familiar with the concept of reusable habits. In short, it’s about building those habits that have a better chance to be reused, based on your context. For instance, if you create the habit of aggressive budgeting, you may use this in any context where money is … Read more Gravitational Habits

At the moment of writing, flying is permitted inside Spain, although some of the broader restrictions are still in place – for instance, you cannot fly in certain European countries or in the US. The other day I took a flight to Palma de Mallorca and what follows is a short description of what it … Read more Traveling By Airplane In Covid-19 Times

I was born in a very different world. I know, everybody at a certain age will tell you they were born in a different world and, to a certain extent, this will always be true. Each generation has its own specific. There are very clear patterns before and after each generational gap.  But when I … Read more Algorithmic Emotions

We work with approximations. Everything we do in our lives is based on an approximation of some sorts. We approximate the weather (hence, how we will dress for the day), we approximate the time needed to arrive at a certain place, we approximate the answers we get in a conversation and so on and so … Read more The Tender Place Between Oversimplification and Unnecessary Complexity