More questions than answers
“The two most important days in your life of do you all born in the day you find out why” — Mark Twain
Hey friends,
Coming back after a long hiatus, I’ve been wondering what I should write about next, what I could share here, in the hope that it could bring some value to you. However, I only came to the realization that these days, I have way more questions than I have answers.
Yet I believe that questions are even more insightful than answers. I could share my story or my experiments with you, and some might relate, but we are all different. We are all bound to answer differently, so I thought I would share them here with you.
About learning and creating
Why do I want to learn/consume content?
What do I want to consume? How?
Why is learning important to me?
What about creating?
What value does it bring to me?
What’s my end goal, what do I want to reach?
About time and money management
What do I want to do with my time?
Why do I value it?
If given the choice, how will I use it?
Where am I ready to spend my time and my money?
What isn’t worth neither my time nor my money?
About Relationship, both professional and personal
Why do I want to connect with people, what is my goal?
What do I seek in other people?
Who do I want to connect with? Why?
How / Through what means do I want to connect?
What (area/subject) do I seek to connect about?
What do I have to offer to other people I connect with?
How do I want to be perceived by others?
About desires, fears, and inspirations
What does a perfect day look like?
Why do I fear judgments?
What is my definition of « great »?
How could I achieve it? Is it reachable?
What do I need?
What consumes my energy and tires me?
What fuels it?
What is worth consuming?
Who am I trying to please? Why?
What makes me procrastinate?
What does “being productive” means to me?
What do I need to be productive?
What prevents me from being productive?
Why do I want to feel productive?
What blocks me creatively?
What would I like to start doing?
What (thing/project) am I ready to quit?
Why haven’t I started (this new project) yet?
What would I need to start (this new project)?
Who inspires me?
Who / what am I willing to Steal from?
What are my strengths?
What are my weaknesses?
What scares me?
Time, as well as who we are, matters. In a year, I won’t have the same answers, just like you and I most likely won’t reply the same today. And that’s okay. The idea here is just to start somewhere, to get inspired and have a glimpse of what really matters to each one of us.
As I’m writing these words, I don’t have all the answers yet, merely vague ideas that I would like to dive into, but I think that’s a great place to start. As I progress in my reflections, I’ll be answering many of these questions through posts on the blog in the upcoming weeks. Stay tuned for that!
Have a nice week,
Mathieu Céraline.
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What I enjoyed learning from lately
📘 Finished reading Hyperfocus by Chris Bailey and found much value in practicing “scatterfocus”, which (to simplify it) consists of letting our minds wander and wonder on purpose. It’s the exact opposite of Hyperfocus, but it’s especially useful when we need to get creative ideas. You can expect a full review/summary of the books to come on the blog soon.
📺 On Netflix, I absolutely LOVED watching Shadow of Bones (inspired from the book by Leigh Bardugo) as well as The Chronicles of Bridgerton.
🎙 Loved the advice on episode 396: Career Cheat Codes from the Design Details Podcast.
🎙 Also loved Ep. 93: Am I Overcommitted or Bad at Time Management? Of the Deep Questions Podcast with Cal Newport.
🎨 I’m currently following the CSS-for-JS Dev online course by Josh W. Comeau. I thought I knew CSS, but it’s absolutely mindblowing how much I already learned in just a few modules.
🐦 Had a lot of fun chatting (in various languages) about Notion, Productivity, and life in general with my friends @EstebanBaldera and @CBlanchod from the Notion Ambassador community this weekend. You should follow them!
Love talking to @EstebanBaldera & @MathCrln ! Always fun yet challenging, so many questions & topics brought up during each call. 🧠⚡ Twitter can be pretty cool 😄When you guess to practice your French, English, Spanish and Portuguese in a single call 🇲🇽🇵🇹🇺🇸🇫🇷 I loved chatting with @CBlanchod & @EstebanBaldera today about Notion, Productivity and life in general. You both rock 🤘🏾 https://t.co/087zKihZ3nMathieu Céraline @MathCrln
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