Every once in a while YouTube recommendation algorithm drops something into my feed that I really resonate with. It was a video from the pop punk band Against the Current and it instantly hooked me.
Continue reading “Musical Hyperfocus – Against the Current”2023 Reflections and 2024 Resolutions
Here we are at the end of another year. As is increasingly the case for me, this time of year I find myself reflecting on the past twelve months and setting large somewhat ambiguous goals for the upcoming twelve months. Last year’s post on this matter was titled Finding Focus.
This year I opted to go for a more functional title. I still managed to sneak in a bit of alliteration. Reflections and Resolutions has a nice ring to it. Let’s get into it.
Continue reading “2023 Reflections and 2024 Resolutions”The packetcat Combined Media Challenge of 2024
In 2022, I did a challenge where I read one book a week and in the spirit of that challenge I am going to be doing a slightly different challenge in 2024. I am calling it the Combined Media Challenge.
Continue reading “The packetcat Combined Media Challenge of 2024”Media Diet – December 2023
December is usually a more reflective month for me and I don’t usually start very many new things but this time around out of a desire to get out of my reading slump to led to reading a new (to me) series.
Continue reading “Media Diet – December 2023”Battery Anxiety
Picture this, you pick up your phone and notice that the battery is at say 69% percent. Not nice. You start to get this anxiety gnawing at you. You go to your phone’s battery settings page to check what’s been using up the battery. Nothing out of the ordinary there, the usual smattering of messaging and social media apps. You sigh.
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