Today is the first day of the tenth month of my year-long Foundations project. This month’s theme is focus. Focus is a complement to productivity, the second month, which emphasized creating systems that capture, organize and plan your efforts. But this system-building has an obvious weakness: it doesn’t decide what needs to be done and […]| Scott H Young
I’m wrapping up the ninth month of my year long Foundations project. This month’s focus was connection—improving the closest relationships in your life. As part of my efforts this month, I read seven books, including one textbook, on the topic. For those interested, here are my previous reading lists about fitness, productivity, money, food, reading, […]| Scott H Young
I read eight books on reflection this month. I chose to interpret the topic fairly broadly, with my reading covering not just thinking itself, but therapy, meditation, journaling and philosophy. Those interested in the previous seven reading lists for my year-long Foundations project can check them out here: 1-Minute Summary of What I Learned Our […]| Scott H Young
I’m wrapping up the seventh month of my year-long Foundations project. This month’s focus is sleep. I’ll share some personal reflections in the next post. In this post, I’ll share the books I read and key takeaways on sleep. For those interested, you can also read my updates and book lists from previous months here: […]| Scott H Young
Why loneliness is akin to smoking, democracy depends on bowling leagues, and how to make new friends as an adult.| Scott H Young
I’m wrapping up this month’s focus, reading, in my year-long Foundations project. Normally, I split my final posts into one covering the books I read during the month and one discussing my personal experience and habit changes in the month’s focus area. However, since this month was *about* reading, I decided to merge the two. […]| Scott H Young
Looking to eat better? Here's some books to add to your shelf that helped me!| Scott H Young
Want to be better with money? Here are ten books + the one-minute summary of what you need to know.| Scott H Young
Insights from ten classic books on productivity, a continuing series on my year-long Foundations reading project.| Scott H Young
As I write this, I’m wrapping up the first month of my year-long project to improve my foundations. This month was focused on fitness, where I concentrated on establishing a daily, thirty-minute exercise habit. Next week, I’ll share an update on how my first month went. But today, I’d like to focus on the other […]| Scott H Young
So much of modern life relies on specialization. But are you good at all the core activities? The foundations?| Scott H Young
