["Listening and Watching" - Lugu Lake
A live performance recommended by the third issue of Le Xia, the first time I heard this song and the first time I knew about the band Mayuan Poet, but after listening to this live performance, I remembered it. The lead singer's voice is very distinctive, even though it's a "broken gong voice"... In the live performance, the song is filled with a painful and pessimistic mood. Every time the lyrics mention "bright lights, brilliant lights," the next line goes back to "but I want darkness." This kind of choice is too bitter and heavy. What attracted me outside the live performance was the sincere atmosphere emitted by the band during the pre-recording and post-recording, as well as their reverence for the stage. It's really good.
- The World is My Choice
A few months ago, through organizing my bookmarks and information channels, I further realized the importance of organization and optimization. I no longer accept and bear the pressure brought by various information disorderly. I am gaining more control over the information.
And recently, I did some undisclosed things, which made me realize that how I observe the world is how the world observes me. Taking responsibility for my own choices is also the same idea: I need to organize my choices. How to understand this sentence? It requires me to have a certain level of awareness and self-clarity when making any choices. This allows me to have the autonomy to make my own choices: this is the choice I made, not someone else's, and I have to bear the consequences of the choice I made. At the same time, it also requires me to accept and bear the consequences of the choices I made in the past, whether they were right or wrong, as @VicodinXYZ said: "Accepting something does not mean refusing to change it, in fact, it is the opposite. You cannot change something you cannot accept." So maybe after taking this step, the whole picture will become clearer than before, and it will be a step forward on the path of minimalism and reducing entropy.
At this moment, there is a voice in my mind telling me, why bother to fight against entropy? It is the law of the universe. Yes, it is true, just like when I clean my room at home, I often need reminders from Teacher K. It doesn't bother me to be scolded 😄
This idea came to me during the week, and when I was organizing my weekly journal on the weekend, I saw the first article in "Articles with Gains" here, which resonated with me in a way that I had never experienced before this idea appeared. This resonance tells me that it is like this, "Any big event does not happen overnight, but is composed of hundreds and thousands of daily small things." My life is my choice, my state is my choice, and my world is also my choice. There is a view from the psychologist Adler in it.
- A Stone from Korea
Teacher K went to Korea for a week of vacation and came back feeling much lighter. She also brought back a stone from a foreign country, which I found interesting. When an object is given a story, it is no longer ordinary~
Instead of Restarting, Try Repairing and Maintaining#
We immerse ourselves in various fascinating possibilities, ignoring what we already have. We have countless choices, whether it's a new application, a new phone, a new car, a new house, a new job, a new city, or a new spouse. And their promise is always the same: this thing will make you happy. Instead of trying to repair what we already have, we just need to get something new and start over.
For most things, we can choose to repair and maintain them, rather than as consumerism advocates, throw them away and get something new.
The article magnifies the choice between new or repair. But in fact, it is all about this sentence: "Any big event does not happen overnight, but is composed of hundreds and thousands of daily small things." New things always attract people. A new love may be more perfect than the current one, a brand new toy is cleaner than a broken one, perhaps. There is always such a possibility, and existing things also have value worth repairing. In the end, it is a personal choice, but how to choose, there must be a clear understanding, rather than choosing most of the time based on inertia. The road we decide to take is step by step, isn't it?
In-depth Discussion: Is MBTI Useful?#
One simple truth is: what MBTI measures is not the "real self" in the usual sense, but the "self I want to be." Some people may say: But I don't agree with the test results, I feel it's not accurate, or I'm a little surprised, I didn't expect it to be like this, what does this mean? This is interesting. It means that you have conflicting views on your inner self.
Why is MBTI still so popular despite the psychology community's dislike of it? The reason is simple: we both desire to be different and desire the existence of similar people.
This is a very detailed discussion on MBTI. Most people take this test for fun. After taking the test, it showed that my personality type is INFJ-A, but upon closer inspection, the introverted proportion is only slightly more than 50%, so it's not completely an introverted person. I don't agree with it 🫣.
Recommendation: A Method to Read Any Book#
It is necessary to broaden our horizons through reading different fields of books because a history book can explain the world from a historical perspective, an economics book can explain the world from an economic perspective. The world is rich and colorful, and it cannot be explained from just one perspective.
How to thoroughly read a book? Choose a book you like and read it again, spending several months, reading a little every day, repeating it multiple times. On the day you finish it, you will find that you have read a completely new book.
I happened to come across a compilation of a general knowledge book list, including books from various fields, divided into 50 introductory books and over 1000 advanced books. It is well thought out and I recommend it. In the original article, He Cai Tou's method of reading is driven by interest, starting with something simple, and then repeating it. Yesterday, I listened to a podcast on the topic of love using scientific rationality, which I found interesting, but I didn't understand it the first time and missed many details. It became much clearer when I listened to it for the second time.
Create a Personalized Information Stream with RSSHub#
This tutorial on creating RSS feeds is very suitable for beginners. If you're interested, you can take a look. Creating a personal information stream and the information stream provided by internet platforms are both forms of information cocoons. I believe that both are necessary and can be combined.
Internet Speed Test#
A tool that displays a lot of information during the speed test. You can visually see the changes in internet speed during the test.
Soundful - AI Generated Royalty-Free Background Music#
AI-generated background music. I tried it and it's fast and the effect is pretty good. There are also some simple customization options, but it requires payment~ After upgrading the subscription, you can use more templates. It's suitable for all kinds of creators who need it. This is the music preview I generated.
ClearURLs - Extension to Remove Useless URL Parameters#
After installation, it can automatically remove useless parameters from URLs in the browser, making the links cleaner and more concise. You can also click on the browser extension to manually enter the shortened URL. I tried it, but not every website's URL can be as clean as shown in the picture. It's better than nothing.
Designer's Pocket Psychology - Notion Compilation#
This includes 53 psychological insights that can be applied to design. Each card describes an insight into human behavior and proposes methods to apply this insight to website and software design.
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