It feels much easier to reinvent yourself and change if the environment radically changed, like it did for me (I’m just beginning my academic exchange).
That’s why (temporary) environemnt changes are, in expecation, positive.
Followup: reserved today entirely for planning my future habits, goals, expectations, trips, …
I want to completely purge my bad habits (nonresponding, lateness, screens) and like grow out in so many ways. Want to have like 3 separate learning tracks (EPFL, personal academics, skills), live off hackathons & events, dance, debate, (improv) theatre, …
Didn’t get further than daily habits and principles I want to live by, so much more to plan. Can’t be far-horizon without planning or information.
Designing and watching your information sources is really really important because it affects decisiomaking. Rational actors can miss out because they weren’t informed enough.
Not having slept regularly for years (~since high school) probably left an unfilled hole. Since I banned music for myself (a stimulans like ~coffee), I notice my tiredness much more actuely. Interesting that it was masked by dopamine sources.