neigette's blog

Quickness in action indicates interest ie. eating tasty food quickly - even if you don't have previous memories (samskaras) about food running out. Controlled, deliberate, measured slowness combined with intentionality of action is power Gratitude is the act of selectively cultivating happiness or reframing negatives to neutrals or positives  It's amazing how nothing comes to mind and thoughts disappear like bugs scuttling away when you shine a light on them. (Light = attention, focus, or an intention to speak or write cohesively)

Flossing was not a habit engrained in me as a child and it's taken many years before I could make it one.  Originally, I had tried marking my progress every day similar to what's suggested by the X effect. Unfortunately, I couldn't keep steady progress for longer than a month, especially after January when my resolutions faded.  I was finally able to build a stronger habit by making two changes.  1) [Make it simple and less of a chore] Placing the floss in my shower so I could save time and effort. Previously, I flossed right before brushing my teeth but often skipped it because it felt like a tedious step.  2) [Find a method that increases your motivation] Changing up my scorecard to use stamps instead of drawing a pattern or highlighting. The stamps gave me extra motivation as they had a cute design and made me happy to see :) In the end, after 6 months of the "revised" system, I was able to build up the habit and no longer needed the scorecard to keep track. ...

If we think of skills as being comprised of an intrinsic component + practiced/developed component, then intellect is a skill too. Skills would be made up of a unique proportion of intrinsic to practiced components, and the amount filled would be determined by the individual. For example, playing an instrument is a skill that would have a higher percentage from its practiced component than intellect.  ____________________________________ Desire (or anticipation) is often more intense and long lived than the fulfillment you feel after satisfying it.  A common example is shopping - you desire the item and possibly a status that comes with it. But after you get it, it may only take a few uses for you to not use the item anymore.  That's not to say desire can't fade or be muted. One way that I've managed to reduce it is by thinking of the "after". Can I envision myself using something for a long time? Since the answer is often "no", even if the desire is sti...

  Text in image: "At a certain point in time, your journey might seem comparable. But when you zoom out, you'll realize that it's not really appropriate to compare." Nowadays, it's very easy to look around and compare your life to people around you. On the surface, it might seem appropriate and natural to compare because you're the same age or work at the same company.  But what I'm beginning to appreciate is that everyone's life journey is unique. That means all the things you try in your life will be unique but also the pace and order in which you try them will also differ.  When you zoom out and think of the "big picture" of everyone's life journey, you'll start to appreciate that they're all unique and it's not really appropriate (or necessary) to compare where you are to someone else.  Inspired by Liz and Mollie's illustrations on Twitter and also influenced by all the self help books and inspirational Youtube videos ...

I'm an avid user of Youtube's Playlist feature. I've created my own playlists as well as used the Save Playlist  feature to save other people's playlists. But the current design groups all of your saved and created playlists together in the side panel. There's no difference in the icon whether you've created the playlist or not.  Clicking on the Save Playlist button adds it to the side panel I find the current view crowded and hard to navigate. I revisit my own playlists much less often than my saved playlists. Personally, I would prefer a separate tab for Saved playlists while my own created playlists could stay in their current positions. Idea: Click on Save Playlist button to populate the playlist under new Followed Playlist tab

As a user, there are often times when you come up with product improvements based on the pain points you experience. I'll share two of my recent ideas centered around the theme of location.  Product : LinkedIn, Indeed, and other job search sites What : Add detailed job location (neighborhood or exact location) to job postings rather than simply a city/area. For remote jobs, allow for more detailed searches - is this remote worldwide or only remote within a certain country? Why : From a personal perspective, I live in a large city and the job location within the city matters a lot to me. A job might be listed in the same city that I live in, but it could take over an hour to commute to the location.  In general, for job seekers, this feature would allow them to better understand what the commute could look like. Employers would also benefit from a more relevant talent pool. Ie. job seekers can more readily self-select and employers will end up with applicants who are aware of t...