Life is bigger than you realize. Something about the way you’ve structured your days doesn’t honor the limitless potential and the countless possibilities that are stretched out before you. Something about your anxiety has caused you to build things that feel safe and restrictive. Something about your fears has led you to hide inside predictable shapes, to duck into dark corners, to retreat from open-ended questions.

I found this deep down in the comments section of somewhere, a long time ago.

I think potatoes will have a higher P/E multiple than enterprise software, in 2023

I’m not well-read but my books are well travelled.

I don’t know who needs to hear this, but living your life to the fullest does not have to involve hiking.

Good writing skill cultivates a discipline of thinking. Thoughts cease to be random and chaotic. They gradually become systematic and structured instead.

Having journaled for years, I’m tempted to agree. Writing thoughts out allow opportunities for dissection and I end up knowing more about myself, which is helpful in arenas such as career, relationships etc.

Power

This site shows the UK’s power generation breakdown. At the time of writing, our 30GW demand is created by natural gas (55%), nuclear (20%), wind (11%) and other (14%). Sustainable and clean energy, for all the PR I see, isn’t quite the player I thought it’d be by now.

Though we sometimes focus on the carbon intensity of electricity, what I think might matter more, is the amount of greenhouse gases released to the atmosphere from power generation. 2019 emissions from energy supply was 65.5% lower than they were in 1990.
Source: Department of Energy

Energy itself isn’t evil. It’s necessary…to create food, pump water, generate warmth, charge your phone, play Netflix. Energy security isn’t inherently bad. Sustainable methods are better for many reasons, but its current capacity can’t provide all our energy needs. Much work needs to be done to build out the infrastructure.

Circle me like I am your sun
and I will make a world out of you

I grew up in Central London. Although my travels took me far and wide: The Canadian Lakes, Chernobyl, Tianjin, Eldoret etc., I love living in Central London…

…but I’ve also just escorted a pigeon off the metropolitan line.