Juan David's Newsletter - January 2, 2022
How To Choose Your Goals, How To Have a Good Year, and Frozen H20❄️.
Hi there,
The last time I talked to you was in 2021. Can you believe it’s been a year?
Every year is both predictable and quite random. For instance, imagine yourself on January 2nd, 2023. What happened in 2022? What are your most memorable moments? What decisions will you make?
Remember that week you developed that coding project? Or the week you decided to do nothing and be bored on purpose? Oh, and I almost forgot that tough but ultimately good decision?
We know what we want. We get distracted and seem to forget what we want.
Imagine yourself in 1, 5, 10, or 50 years. Make the decisions you think will get you closer to that vision. Not sure? Follow your intuition.
Curiosities 🎉🥅🌨
1. How to Have a “GOOD” Year?
Start by having a good second.
A good minute.
A good hour.
A good day.
A good week.
A good month.
Voila! A “good” year!
2. How To Know What You want? With Graphics
You’ve been probably making goals. But how do you know if you actually want that goal?
First, let’s start with what you (mostly) need.
Before you start making goals, understand where your goals may be coming from:
You don’t want to run someone else’s race or read someone else’s book and find yourself lost.
Run your own race and read your own book. How do you decide your goals?
Write your “goals”
Anything and everything that comes to your mind.
Pass them through the “Mediators of Desire” filter (image above)
These are your goals.
Not sure? Ask friends and interesting people, and they’ll let you know whether that goal is “yours,” interesting, or boring.
3. List of Latin Phrases
Ever heard of phrases like “Carpe Diem,” “Amor Fati,” or “Memento Mori”?
This list includes these Latin phrases as well as their English translations.
If, for some reason, you want to sound smart. Use these to confuse people or enlighten them. Or even, if you want a new cool, esoteric Twitter bio.
4. A Tool for Thinking in Systems
Nicky Case truly creates cool “stuff” to learn and think about.
Here, he created “a tool for thinking in systems.”
Take a look at the Automation & Job Loss example or the Depression & Anxiety one.
Nicky has created a lot more of these fun interactions. My favorite is the one about trust and game theory. Check out the rest here.
5. Snow
Second day of the year = Second snow of the year.
Introducing snow scooters.
Carpe Noctem1,
Juan David Campolargo
Of course, this comes from the List of Latin Phrases. This phrase means “Seize the night,” similar to Carpe Diem.