I just came across some fascinating reads! There’s this neat ESP32 weather station project that’s catching eyes with its color e-paper display, making tech enthusiasts buzz. There’s also some legal drama unfolding as a judge puts a stop to the DOE’s plans to track bitcoin miners. And for some self-improvement, I found an intriguing piece debunking common myths about procrastination — it’s not what you think! Plus, a counterintuitive tip for boosting productivity: doing less could actually be the answer. And lastly, an article urging us to shift our focus from setting goals to establishing systems. These pieces are definitely worth your time!
- ESP32 Weather Station Looks Great With Color E-Paper Display: [educ8s.tv] has built weather stations before, but his latest is his best yet. It’s all thanks to its low-power design, enabled by its e-paper display. The build is based around an ESP32 micr…
- Judge issues restraining order keeping DOE from tracking bitcoin miners: The Department of Energy wants to know how 2% of the US’s electricity is being used.
- Why You Procrastinate (It Has Nothing to Do With Self-Control): If procrastination isn’t about laziness, then what is it about?
- Want to Be More Productive? Try Doing Less.: If we want to ramp up our productivity and happiness at home and at work, we should actually be doing less. But that’s incredibly difficult as you’re balancing work, parenting, friendships, and more. When you stop doing the things that make you feel busy but aren’t getting you results, then you end up with more than enough time for what matters. You can follow a simple exercise to help decide what activities on your to-do list brings you the most value, and which you can stop doing. Decide on an area of your life where you’d like to have better results and less stress. Write down the tasks you do in that area on one side of a piece of paper, and on the other, list successes you’ve had in that area. Then, identify which tasks directly contributed to those successes. Anything that didn’t directly contribute can be eliminated, greatly reduced, or delegated to someone else.
- Forget About Setting Goals. Focus on This Instead.: We all have things that we want to achieve in our lives. Usually, the path to those things starts by setting goals. Instead, we should focus on systems.