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Cum mi-am schimbat stilul de scris in jurnal cu "Homework for Life"

Atat de mult m-a impresionat acest exercitiu, “Homework for Life”, incat mi-am schimbat stilul de scriere in jurnalul meu personal dupa 8 ani de scris zi de zi.

Mai intai am recitit tot ce am scris luna trecuta in jurnal ca sa vad ce impact are asupra mea. Mi-a luat vreo doua ore.

Concluziile pe care le-am tras dupa aceea m-au deteminat sa decid ca de acum incolo sa notez doar “storyworthy moments”:
- Detaliile conteaza, dau farmec si interes, deci trebuie sa spun ce anime, ce desen, ce film, ce carte am citit, nu doar sa mentionez ca am facut asta.
- Chestile de rutina nu merita descrise zilnic, cafeaua, emailurile, ce am mancat, ca am lucrat sau nu, ca doarme Mihai toata noaptea sau nu, etc. Merita sa scriu doar daca s-a intamplat ceva deosebit in acea rutina, daca m-am gandit sau am facut ceva nou. Insiruirea a tot ce am facut nu este nici interesanta si nici nu ma ajuta sa imi aduc aminte ziua respectiva.
- Mai bine sa scriu despre ce simt in legatura cu lucrurile facute sau cu ce mi se intampla. Faptele simple fara detalii, fara context, fara trairile si gandurile mele sunt anoste.
- Sa continui sa scriu despre gandurile si introspectiile mele, ca sunt singurele parti interesante din ce am notat pana acum si imi sunt si folositoare pentru articole sau proiecte.
- Cand fac ceva, sa scriu despre asta doar daca este ceva nou, sau memorabil, sau interesant, dar neaparat sa descriu si ce simt sau ce imi trece prin minte cand fac lucrul acela.
- Sa continui sa copiez postarile importante pentru FB (articole lungi, opinii argumentate, recenzii de filme, carti, locatii).
- Sa continui sa imi notez visele mele si analiza lor.

Deci nu o sa mai fac cronologia a tot ce am facut peste zi, ci o sa selectez doar momentele interesante, fie prin ce s-a intamplat, fie prin ce am simtit si gandit. Preferabil prin ambele.

Luna asta gata cu rutina si banalul, trecem la nou si interesant! ;)

Cateva lucruri importante via "Homework for Life":

“I discovered that my life is filled with “storyworthy moments”. Filled with precious moments that once seemed decidedly less than precious. Filled with moments that are more storyworthy than I’d ever imagined. I’d just been failing to notice them. Or discounting them. Or ignoring them.”

“Even without a plan for writing, simply noticing is a valuable practice. “The world slowed down for me,” Matthews says of his practice of doing Homework for Life, sitting down every evening and asking himself: “What is my story from today? What is the thing about today that has made it different from any previous day?”

“We tell stories to express our hardest, best, most authentic truths. Your story must reflect change over time . . . You must start out as one version of yourself and end as something new. The change can be infinitesimal.”

“Every great story ever told is essentially about a five-second moment of transformation in the life of a human being, and the purpose of the story is to bring that moment to the greatest clarity possible.”

“Storytelling is about bridging the gap between you and another person by creating a space of authenticity, vulnerability and universal truth.”

“A story isn’t about the big events such as the time Matthew was nearly killed in a car accident, although that is part of his story “This is Going to Suck.” The story is about “the small, relatable, comprehensible moment in our larger stories. We must find the piece of the story that people can connect to, relate to, and understand.”

“Rather than telling a story of your full and complete accomplishment, tell the story of a small part of the success. Tell about a small step. Feel free to allude to the better days that may lie ahead, but don’t try to tell everything. Small steps only.”

“Matthew Dicks believes anyone can become a storyteller. “You don’t have to die or be arrested or live on the streets to be a great storyteller,” Matthew says. “You don’t need to travel to exotic locations or meet famous people. You simply need to find a moment in your life when something about you changed in a profound way. Your life is filled with these five-second moments. Find them, and make them the stories you tell.”

Pe restul le gasiti in articol. Astept parerile voastre dupa ce testati medota :)

Articole, evenimente si resurse utile acum:

• Tech Startup School revine pe 29 septembrie cu un AMA proaspat — "Despre startups, pivotare, coaching, YCombinator etc. - AMA cu Bogdan Apostol". Va asteptam cu drag, inscrierile in Meetup, ca de obicei.

• O strategie simpla si eficace de validare a ipotezelor de business ale startupului tau, cu exemple si tools:
  - Define your customer – 1 hour
  - Read a book – 3 hours
  - Write your hypothesis – 1 hour
  - Create and distribute a survey – 4 hours
  - Speak to people (properly!) – 10+ hours

• O profesoara americana, exasperata de faptul ca in comunitatea lor nu exista o biblioteca publica, a deschis una in garajul ei, oferind copiilor spre imprumut cele 1500 carti personale.

• Au inceput inscrierile la cea de-a 5 cohorta a acceleratorulul de tech startups Techcelerator, iar termenul limita este 1 octombrie 2020.

• Cel mai bun accelerator din lume, YCombinator, a strans in sfarsit la un loc toate materialele educationale pe care le-a produs in ultimii 15 ani, intr-o biblioteca, sortata pe categorii relevante si cu search.

• Ai probleme cu job-ul? Vrei sa iti schimbi cariera? Esti in burnout? Ei bine, inainte de a merge la un consilier sau coach, citeste cateva din articolele astea de la “The School of Life” (incepe cu cele care iti atrag atentia) si scrie undeva intr-un jurnal sau in notes ce articol ai citit si ce ganduri ti-a trezit. O sa te ajute si daca mergi la un specialist si daca nu mergi, win-win.

  Astept impresiile voastre,
  Dragos