Micro
Microposts are known by many other names, "tweets", "threads", or "toots". Either way, they are fleeting thoughts that I'd like to share with the world.
One thing that’s been great for my productivity is recognising when things aren’t worth my time, even if they lead to a small financial loss.
I was evaluating an investment in HSBC’s AT1 perpetual bond — I was worried about a situation similar to Credit Suisse, where AT1 bonds were wiped out, but equity holders were paid.
ChatGPT’s o1 model did reasonably well in guiding me through. (Note: Not investment advice.)
With Super Duolingo, I found myself doing lessons repetitively to gain more XP, rather than maximising what I could learn by progressing further. I feel like incentivising based on “new words learned” would make it a more fulfilling experience.
Someone needs to do a series on the various “stock exchange person facepalming and looking worried” photos on top of every piece of financial markets news these days.
I resolved to write around 300 words a day, and apart from the actual writing output, I feel a lot less scatterbrained. Ulysses makes it effortless to set a daily writing goal. I love the pretty little graph the app makes to gamify the experience:
