Other thoughts on living a good life (An incomplete list)
This post is going to provide a quick overview of three of the main ways I’ve tested out about how to be a good person. The kyriarchy You probably know what the patriarchy is
Forest app & Sleep Town app
Forest app The Forest app has a very simple premise: it helps you to stop using your phone (or tablet, or particular websites on your desktop) for a particular period of time. How?
Counselling directories
When considering how to live a good life, any self-help resource that doesn’t mention mental health is not considering the full picture. To that end, I wanted to mention how to g
The iterative method of practising
How to practise a physical skill As a child, teenager and young adult, I spent a lot of time practising violin and piano. As I have discussed elsewhere, I think the approach I took
Anki flashcards
Anki is an app/website for memorising flash cards. Just like with any flash cards, you have a question or prompt on one side and an answer on the other. A common use for flashcards
Writing down every step of a task as I do it
Mapping steps of a task as I go One of the problems with doing any task (although particularly something technical like coding) is simply how to hold the steps of a task in mind, a
Finch app
The Finch app is essentially a phone game where you can look after a virtual pet (a finch, shockingly). The difference is that the whole game has been designed to encourage self-ca
WhatsMock
An unusual app that I use to help myself cope with life is called WhatsMock. (This app looks like a similar one for iPhones.) WhatsMock is used to create fake WhatsApp conversation
Freedom App
I am using the Freedom app right now, in order to keep focused on writing this blog post. It lets you block whatever apps and websites you need to, across all the devices you need
Meditation and Mindfulness
You don’t need any technology or tools to practise mindfulness (although the meditation apps Headspace or Balance are good places to start learning about it). When I was tryi
Habitica and Loresome
Habitica The Habitica website is a wonderful community of people who all struggle to get things done, but often do a lot better by putting everything they need to do through the wo
Bullet journaling
Bullet journaling is the system I would recommend for neurodivergent people to use if you can’t find others to do Home Scrum with you. The bullet journaling system was designed b
Tiny Habits
The idea of creating habits out of micro-behaviours has gained traction and popularity with the more recent book Atomic Habits by James Clear, but well before that there was BJ Fog
Beeminder
Beeminder is a website where you can make promises to yourself that come with real stakes. You track your success or progress with a certain goal, and if you fall off the wagon, yo
Focusmate
If I could give people with ADHD one website to help them, it would be Focusmate. For a very reasonable monthly fee of $5, you can link up with another person online to complete a
Pomodoros, Animedoros, Work-cycles, and Relays
Pomodoros Pomodoros are a classic focus technique of which you may have already heard. Here is the website for the original, official idea. It is essentially time-boxing: doing one
Mind-mapping
I love making mind-maps. Mind-maps can be used for whenever you’re trying to think about something. I use them for planning, but also to prepare ideas for public speaking and for
PARA: personal knowledge management system
An area of personal organisation that isn’t much discussed directly is that of personal knowledge management. These days you can find pretty much any knowledge that you need, but
Role of a Scrum Master
Like the Product Owner, the Scrum Master is a special role within an official Scrum team. Their role is an unusual one quite unique to Scrum. They are responsible for several thing
Role of a Product Owner
In an official Scrum team, there are three roles: the developers (that is, the people doing the work), the Scrum Master, and the Product Owner. A Product Owner’s job is to own th