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Latest ∙ 08 Oct 2025

Serendipity

I just finished reading the excellent book The Pleasures of Reading in an Age of Distraction by Alan Jacobs, whose blog I’ve been following for years, and he’s talking about the importance of serendipity in reading for pleasure, and he drops this: The word was coined by that

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Phone Cleanse

I’m going conduct an experiment, starting tomorrow, October 1st. As I’ve written about earlier, I’ve managed to get my attention back from social media/the internet enough that I’m able to focus on things for long durations if I need to. What I still have some

Two Diary Entries from 1940

I’ve been reading two collections of diary anthologies (more on these anon) which collect entries from diarists organised by the day of the year. Since I got these, I do my best to read the entry for the day. On September 24, I read this vivid entry, from The

One Thing at a Time

I wrote something similar in my post about attention, but this felt relevant to adult learning as well. I’ve been learning how to play guitar for the last month or so, and before that, for the last few years, I’ve been (slowly) teaching myself how to draw. And

How to Get Your Attention Back

I’m halfway through my Digital Declutter, and I’ve settled into it now. You know how, when you lose your smartphone and temporarily have to use a dumbphone, you actually end up finding it fairly restful? This has been like that. It helps that these days the change is