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Week 67 – Something else returned 🤧

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It’s funny how I titled last week’s blog as it’s coming back and I meant morning runs by it but instead something else came back this week.

That too after 1.8 Years ❗

Can you guess what it is?

It’s sore throat followed by runny nose 🤧 aka attack of the common cold virus or idk what it is called, but I somehow managed to get infected and it sucks, esp given that it’s festive season here in West Bengal 🤒😷 and I won’t get to enjoy it to the fullest, curse for being an atheist, I guess 😿

Anyway, let’s move on with the blog.

Personal Highlights

  • READING UPDATE

So after I finished The unfair advantage last week, I put up a poll on twitter asking which book to read next

And unsurprisingly Why we sleep won.

But obviously I wasn’t going to read the book that won but instead the one that I wanted and so I went ahead with

The Elephant in the Brain: Hidden Motives in Everyday Life by Robin Hanson

And I have to say even though the book started mentioning whatever I previously thought was true, I mean the core idea, It still managed to scare me, esp with the warning at the end of the preface 🥶
It has a classic Red pill Blue pill moment where the author tells us to make a choice if we want to continue reading, and he mentions The Matrix movie too, obviously.

Now I know all these might sound funny but it is actually quite scary and you would know why if you read it, but I wouldn’t recommend anyone to read it, at least not until I finish it first 🤓

  • FITNESS UPDATE

I finally went out for morning walk on Tuesday and Wednesday, after a really long time.

And I would have continued it, if not for this cold and sore throat.

  • SLEEP UPDATE

I also managed to change my sleep cycle by waking up at around 6-7am in the first half of the week but then …. sickness😔

  • WORK UPDATE

However, cold did not stop me from working, I think, I did work on like 4 small videos for a client (minimum wage T_T) and also figured out how to use Apollo.io which I will be using more next-to-next week once I come back from my week long vacation.

Yes, that’s right I will be going away for a week to my relative’s place for a week, starting tomorrow. I’ll come back next Sunday.

So, next week’s blog is pre-delayed already I guess 🥶

Business Updates

Nothing special just made the page of page of Octacast live.
It is out podcast post production service which I will be marketing over cold emails once I return from my short holiday.

Thoughts from the past week

No podcast again this week as my throat isn’t fine 😷

Also because I don’t have much time in hand to record and edit.

But here’s a thought inspired from my switch of books this week

So like I mentioned above, I started reading Elephant in the brain but then once I got a bit sick I switched to reading

Body: A Guide for Occupants by Bill Bryson, especifically the chapters covering throat, immunity and lungs.

As I would relate to it more and learn the contents inside more effectively compared to reading something not related to body.

Also because I would staying with my relative’s for the next couple of days and in that context elephant in the brain isn’t a very friendly book as it is a thought altering book and sure it will stimulate me intellectually but it won’t help me in socializing in anyway.

Opinions

Social Media updates

I also got to know that windows 11 isn’t compatible with my CPU 🙂


Just randomly combined two memes that came up in my feed and posted
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My Favourites from the Week ⭐

Blogs/Articles 📑

The Trouble with Optionality

It’s written with the perspective of finance but I think it applies to our life too, on a philosophical level 🤪

Book Highlights📚

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From The Elephant in the Brain: Hidden Motives in Everyday Life by Robin Hanson

VIDEOS 📼

Movies 🎥

Avengers: End Game

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Yo Idk why I re-watched it but I did before the last episode of What If.

Series 📺

What if S1E9

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Nice finale episode, liked it.

Would have loved if I got to see the Tony Stark wala ep too🤒

Creators 🤹🏻

KibaKibi

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Like I said above in the video section I watched one of his video as instantly became a fan, doesn’t happen usually but I liked his content and his profession too, in someway I guess.

Songs 🎶





Podcast(s) 🎙

Just listen to the last 15mins if you don’t want to listen to the entire thing, way too good


Great discovery by me 👉😎👈

Idk how I stumbled upon this podcast but I loved it and will be listening to more of the episodes soon.

Memes/Edits from the last week 🐒

👉 Here 👈

Poll of the week❎

H888. Last week I did not get a proper response in my email so no poll this week 💢

Goal(s) for the next week 🥅

  • Enjoy vacation
  • Read a lot on my kindle in free time.

Quote from the week📃

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