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Hi from Dublin, I'm Matt...

Welcome to a new week, I hope Stuff finds you well this week. I want to welcome the influx of new subscribers I have this week, its great to have you all here.

Thank you for being a part of Stuff. If you received this email from an excellent friend, and would like to subscribe, please go here. If you'd like an archive of Stuff from the beginning of 2022 - it's here.

Onward with the Stuff that MattRs this week...
  1. Monday Motivation:  Let this be the week that you clearly understand the difference between Work-Life Balance, and Work-Life Integration and which holds the most benefit. A clue - it's both.  This is important, because data shows we are building a triple-peak day, a pattern that is replacing the typical 9-5 day.
  2. Your new superpower: I've talked about deep work before, and the idea of finding flow - this article shares the four steps of becoming indistractable.  This is especially for you if you've checked your phone whilst reading this email.
  3. Essential Reading: This excellent PDF presentation will give you practical tips on how to write more clearly, think more clearly and learn complex material more easily. Highly recommended read.
  4. Take care: 36 ways that you can live differently and improve your life.  Numbers #5, #24 and #31 are valuable ideas that are worth thinking about.  Number #6 is something I have begun to learn, and it has really helped me.
  5. TWIL:  Whilst reading about the Queen Elizabeth II's birthday this week, I learned that she has a person responsible for breaking in her shoes.  
  6. Self-care with wall: Self-care messages and affirmations, in a street art style. An Instagram feed that will enhance your life.   Bonus idea - Try sharing these with the people you love.
  7. Stop droning on: Enjoy this extraordinary video of a drone trip through a Tesla Factory in Berin.  Just three minutes, but so much to see!
  8. Why we dream: A beautiful 5-minute TED Talk that tries to help us understand why we dream.   I welcome my dreams, the only come when I am truly rested.
  9. Lennon to Bowie via The Carpenters:  A brilliant list of twenty of the best cover albums ever made, there are some absolute BELTERS in here.  Including a few that I hadn't heard before.
  10. Finally: I thought I might be finished with new daily puzzles, and then QuizWitzle comes along.  Five quiz questions per day, with linked answers that you have to guess.   I really like this one.
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My aural stuff for you this week is an album I missed completely, but HOLY SH*T, it's amazing, and I urge you to give it a go!

Chloë and the Next 20th Century by Father John Misty is a superb collection of americana, with touches of easy-listening and alt-country. Joshua Tillman who records as Father John Misty has an articulate and funny approach to lyrics, and this latest albumb by him is 100% worth your time.

Listen to Father John Misty - Chloë and the Next 20th Century on Spotify here.

Stuff that someone said:

"...without darkness, nothing comes to birth, as without light, nothing flowers."   May Sarton (wiki)
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