Musing about anything, often about war in Ukraine
📺 With current events happening in Ukraine, with the help of smartphones and the internet, dramatic events like these are streaming with a constant flow. My attention is diverted like a plane from its programmed destination. It’s really hard to stay focused on my writing projects. I have so many. 🇺🇦
🦠 It is fascinating to see all media switch from one crisis to another, on a dime. A few days ago, COVID took the majority of air time. Now, no more, it’s the crisis in Ukraine. It’s as if COVID had vanished from the surface of the earth, just like that. Just a simple observation. 🇺🇦
🇺🇦 The news of this criminal invasion of a democratic and independent country like Ukraine by Putin and his army is appalling, troubling and brings an uncertain future for Europe and the world. We’re in 2022 and we still have to deal with criminal leaders like Putin. How should we react to this? Cancel any international sports events or competition in Russia, block Russians from participating in any sports events around the world, remove any medals won from the last Olympic, turn off ll the pipeline leading to Russia, freeze Russian banks assets, etc.✌🏻🕊️☮️
🏢 As my workday is coming to an end, I have a few questions in my mind. The same questions pop up when I take short walks during the day, so I can step back for a few moments and reflect on my current day.
Did I do my best today? Did I help my colleagues to achieve their goals? Did It make a difference? Am I always actively listening? Did I add value to the process? Am I the best one to do this job today, right now? Did I start the right discussion, ask the right questions? Were my answers ok? Complete? 🙇🏻
So many questions.
👉🏻 I posted a farewell letter on my Facebook wall before making it inactive for a while. But here is another one that I wish I would have seen before writing mine: “Goodbye Facebook”. There are a few really good ideas that I should have used myself. One is to set up an email newsletter so my friends could get some news from me and from which we could interact. Too bad I didn't think about it. Is it too late? How many of my friends would take the time to get in touch with me and me about my life, what am I up to? Probably not that many.🤨
I like this idea of consciously slowing our life by making choices like the ones exposed in this article “Putting on some wait”.
In a world where everyone seems to be super busy all the time, bumping into more moments with nothing to do seems like a real discovery.
Think about it the next time you are waiting in line for something. I will.
💬 Music is playing in my AirPods. I’m not sure that I made the right music choice. What am I gonna do next? Should I finish working on that article that is taking way too much of my time? I should configure the Raycast utility on my MacBook Air, downloaded earlier this week; it looks so useful. Is this vacuum cleaner doing its job or what? These are the thoughts floating in my head while cleaning up the house today. 🧼
😌 With silence, a coffee, alone, early in the day, full of ideas and feeling creative, it’s the time when I’m the most creatively productive. I wish I could stretch out these moments.☕️
What’s your best creativity moment?
❄️ Right in the middle of February, another snowstorm hit the city. February always felt like the worst part of winter for me. It feels like we’ve been in winter forever. Spring still feels far, and December seems like yesterday. The only good part is that daylight increases steadily, and it’s a short month. Oh, TGIF! 🌨
🧠 It is well documented that social networks are a great source of dopamine. Likes, retweets, etc., all contribute to providing the much-needed boost that we, as humans, are in constant need of. I’m ok with that. You might think that I’m no different. You are partly right. But, as a writer, I also get my dopamine when I hit publish. That’s the one source that I’m trying to prioritize. Not always easy. 💉