Goals
1. Thinking
”What problem are you really trying to solve here?“
1. “How can I get more skilled at analysing my own thinking?”
- I learned about Socrates, and the Socratic method
- I wrote my own Socratic dialogues to practice “the elenchus”
- I used Gemini Socrates to have dialogues on various topics
- Had two calls with potential “learning to think” tutors from Superprof.co.uk
- I chose a “learning to think” tutor and read the essay he assigned to me
2. “How can I think things through more regularly?”
- I used this website to write up my thinking on various things, e.g.
3. “What high-leverage things should I learn?”
- I learned about Socrates
- Read “How to think like Socrates” by Donald J. Robertson
- Read “The Socratic Method” by Ward Farnsworth (and made loads of flashcards)
- Listened to the first few episodes of John Vervaeke’s “After Socrates” series, & started reading Gonzalez’ book on the dialectic/dialogos
- I learned Bowen family systems theory
- I tried Byron Katie’s “The Work"
"What can you do in August to really make headway on that?”
- How can I get more skilled at analysing my own thinking?
- How can I think things through more regularly?
- Keep using this website to write up my thinking
2. Soul
”What problem are you really trying to solve here?“
1. “How do I change how I orient to my family?”
- Learned about Bowen family systems theory
- Prepared to pitch my mum on going to family therapy
- Pitched my mum on going to family therapy
- Went with my mum to family therapy!
- Learned the basics of nonviolent communication
2. Other
”What can you do in August to really make headway on that?”
- “How do I change how I orient to my family?”
- Continue going to family therapy, see what insights emerge
3. Money
”What problem are you really trying to solve here?”
- How do I make money consistently and reliably?
- Started working for Outcapped
- Applied for other things
- Notify Health → got to video interview stage and then rejected
- Applied to “Probably Good” operations role
- Got word that I’ve made it to the paid work trial stage for FRI
- Radically reduced my expenses & set up a tracker
- My July 2025 spending
”What can you do in August to really make headway on that?”
- Be useful at Outcapped
- Line up another income stream
- (Outcapped is part time and a new startup so not guaranteed to succeed)
4. Friends
”What problem are you really trying to solve here?”
- Having friends, lol
- Group chat with two friends where we exchange multiple voice notes per day
- Microsolidarity crew
- Replying to other messages periodically
”What can you do in August to really make headway on that?”
- Keep making progress towards moving out and having a great life in an intentional group house
5. Body
”What problem are you really trying to solve here?”
- Want to be lean!
- Been on a diet via Chronometer (calorie tracking)
- Just ordered a body fat, body muscle % scale
- ~10k steps/day
- Want to be muscle-y
- Want to have good cardio health
”What can you do in August to really make headway on that?”
- Swim regularly
- Gym regularly
- Body fat & muscle % scale daily
6. Meditation
”What problem are you really trying to solve here?”
- Getting beyond the “monkey mind” stage of meditation
- So that I can do things like metta and not be 99% distracted
- So that I can enjoy things like daily metta practice
”What can you do in August to really make headway on that?”