My internship came to an end this week.
I took this opportunity to take it slow and -
Watched movies - Into The Woods, Alice in Wonderland and Beauty and the Beast produced by Disney
Binged on a few TV series - Modern Family, Killing Eve and Upload
Came up with the concept of baby aliens and drew for a bit
Dug some more into finance and investing
Slept a whole lot just to take time off screens
I’d love to hear how you slow down and relax on your time off.
Brain Food
Brain's gotta eat (mindfully).
Re-watched 'Alice In Wonderland' after a long time as I felt I was getting way too practical and realistic. Alice helped me rediscover some of my childlike wonder.
Reading 'So good they can't ignore you' by Cal Newport felt like being doused with a bucket of ice-cold water. It changed my outlook by 180° on how I should approach my most time consuming money-making endeavor (career) to gain a sense of satisfaction.
Took stock of my current newsletter subscriptions, removed some and added new ones - Tanay Pratap's letters (also check out his coding bootcamp) and Internetly by Alice Lemee.
Finance
A list of Money Moves I made this week -
Invested in another mutual fund through ETMoney.
Attended an event by Groww which had a brilliant line-up of speakers and understood how to make a financial plan. I especially enjoyed the one by Anushka Rathod.
If you are someone who is earning or going to earn in the coming year, you might want to look into the difference between CTC, Net and Gross salary.
Discoveries of the Week
Notion is an amazing tool I use to manage my passion project of writing Newsletters. This video will hopefully get you sold on its benefits.
You can find the latest job openings - be it freelance, part-time, full-time or internships - posted on Twitter in YellowJobs.
"Busy-ness has become a badge of honor."
A Quote and a Question
"Why, sometimes I've believed as many as six impossible things before breakfast." - Alice in Wonderland
Here are a list of 6 impossible things I can think of - Houses are alive, doors are portals to outer space, our doppelgangers exist in a parallel universe, time moves in reverse, music is a language, and that there are aliens living among us. Phew.
Can you come up with six impossible things? Give it a go.
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This is going universes buddy! Love this, and the flow! :)