I have upgraded to Micro.blog Premium subscription.

After a year of using this nice little service and hoping around different blogging platforms, I have chosen to call Micro.blog my digital home.

I’m excited to share my (un)formed thoughts, musings & quips via text, photos, videos & audio.

I thank Manton, Jean & the community for making this platform an amazing one!

Inspired by the Science of Happiness podcast episode, I’m starting this practice of writing down three good things that went well that day and reflecting upon them for a minute or two? I look forward to this practice. This will help me focus on the positive things and develop gratitude without even thinking about it.

I shall be sharing them on my Micro.blog, and I welcome everyone to join the practice.

Today’s three good things:

I published the 4th edition of my weekly newsletter, The Musk. It feels good to reflect on the previous days and pick out things I am grateful for, lessons learned and areas of improvement. I’m just four weeks in. I can see myself trying this out for 4 more weeks and beyond.

I started this three good things practice. There’s a lot of research around the Three Good Things practice. I heard about this back in 2018 when I started listening to the Science of Happiness podcast. I did the exercise for a few days and totally forgot about it. Now, I think it is about time to reflect upon the good things that come to us and be grateful for them. Here’s the video of Dr Martin Seligman describing the process:

I had a good workout session. I mixed 10 minutes of jogging followed by 5 minutes of walking and alternated them for around 50 minutes. I felt energised after the session and felt really good to push myself for a bit.

As a regular listener to Jean & James’s Weekly Review podcast, I was elated when I heard the duo discussing a blog post I have written as the Ultimate Productivity Lesson. It really made my day! Thank you very much!

On the latest [@theweeklyreview](https://micro.blog/theweeklyreview), You Can’t Take It With You, [@jamesdempsey](https://micro.blog/jamesdempsey) and I were inspired by a post by [@ridwan](https://micro.blog/ridwan) to talk about The Final Checkmark on everyone’s to-do list…

PS: Watch out for the Intro hook! It’s so catchy!

I am slowly learning the GTD Methodology. It is one of the best stress-free productivity systems out there.

I was listening to an episode from the GTD Connect library on the power of writing things down and an idea for using the Tickler file.

Two things really stuck with me that I will be implementing in my life straightway:

• Spend one minute at various points in your day to perform a Mind Sweep. Highly recommended times to perform one is:
  • Early in the morning
  • Before starting your workday
  • Before closing your workday
  • Before going to sleep
    
• Add a note in the Tickler folder to spend a fiver on yourself. You can buy yourself a cup of coffee or a cupcake or whatever you want. Try to keep this practice as a recurring reminder. The surprise element will bring joy and put a smile on your face. I love this idea so much! I’m using the GTD Intentional Journal that comes as part of my GTD Connect membership. You can use your calendar for this recurring note. Hope you will try it out.