I don't know if you ever tried to organise 20 footballers. Believe me, if you let them get into a discussion, you're not starting the game anytime soon. That's why I told my friend and the two guys he had brought to pack up and leave. Not surprising, after coming all this way, they were quite upset.

Since December, I have been getting regular exercise. On three to four mornings a week, I get on a rented ($40 per month) spin bike and use my online subscription ($13 per month) to do a 20-45 minute workout.

A YouTube video convinced me to pay $20 for an online Gallup test. The results did make me feel good about myself. But then, they also made me think about the strenuous side-effect of these strenghts. There are flip sides to any strength and weaknesses carry something positive.

Sometimes you need to know which levers to push if you want to bend a complex system to your will. The same can be said about your mind. I like to trick myself into doing things that benefit me and the others around me.

If finished books are a sign of one’s interests, then here’s my list of all 2021 reads, grouped into categories. I skipped what I didn’t finish or am not glad I read.

I don’t mean to belittle anyone’s struggle with an acute addiction. My point is, social media can, and most of the time do turn into one. That said, I can’t help but call my experience very ‘triggering.’ At the very least, if I frame it this way, I may do a better job fighting it. What happened was

YouTube Premium has remained one of my few paid subscriptions. It removes all ads, enables listening to downloaded content with the phone screen off, and includes access to YouTube Music. Here’s my 2021 list of favourite channels.