--- Welcome to another edition of _Weekly Wondering_, a sacred time where I share the resonating links, reflections and learnings from my past week to influence your next one ;) ### **✨** In My Life **My first week as a co-founder** 🤵 For ~~Google Keep but on steroids~~ [Fleeting Notes](https://fleetingnotes.app/), I added a command to import all fleeting notes with the same source, while my partner added the feature to automatically insert YouTube timestamps. These features + a video showcasing the app will be released soon, so keep an eye out for that :D **Helping out the Second Brain CEO** 🧠 A few weeks ago I saw that Tiago Forte was hiring for a "Notes Expert", so I said why not and sent an application, highlighting my experience in Obsidian. Well, fast forward to a few days ago and I was asked to help with the post-production of a video collab he did with Nick Milo, arguably the most established Obsidian/Zettelkasten content creator. I won't be getting my own spot in the video, but I'm nonetheless happy to help contribute towards the second brain movement :) **Chat with a 600k+ subs YouTuber** 🤯 [Andrew Kirby](https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC8JNIm02zw8h_3NBrP_zsZA) has been a person I highly respect, whether it be his storytelling/verbal communication skills or insights on stoicism and entrepreneurship. Well, after joining his community, I received a message from him saying he wanted to chat. I've never met any role model before, so the fact that the people I looked up to were more than just a parasocial relationship was mind-blowing. I would share the video, but my audio didn't record and I didn't ask permission so :/ Also, turns out that his fiance works for Tiago Forte, so it's quite the small world in the creator space haha ### **🔗** Links to Thinks [[How to work long hours without burning out]] Speaking of which… **Overcoming fear and building confidence** 👊 In Ali Abdaal's Creatorpreneur  [free 5-day email crash course](https://click.convertkit-mail2.com/qdu57925g2t7h74mqgosl/08h3orgqh9hm6kp74kbp/aHR0cHM6Ly9hbGlhYmRhYWwuY29tL2NyZWF0b3JwcmVuZXVyLWNjLW9uZS1jbGljay8=), Ali shares the idea of how the minor acts we do that go against our internal beliefs slowly chip away at our self-esteem, with an example being too afraid to speak up during public events: > Each time our clam fails to speak, he takes one more dose of confidence poison. He becomes less and less confident of himself. But on the positive side, the more you speak up, the more you add to your confidence, and the easier it is to speak up the next time. **Jeff Bezos on Stress** 💫 A neat takeaway from this clickbait [Jeff Bezos video](https://youtu.be/RJMT6Bv60Qg) is that stress mostly comes from the fact that you're not taking action on something you CAN have control over. **Elon musk and first principles** 🔍 Despite knowing the idea of first principles for a while, this [video](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FI9GSvjHZ4c) made me realize how such a mindset is the antidote to the potentially uncredible information we read on the internet. Start with the first principles and see if it's possible to reach the same conclusion as these ideas. ### **🚀** Actionable Tingz **My [[Late night McDonalds runs]]** 🍔 An odd habit I've been picking up recently is to walk to the nearest McDonalds at around midnight, to order a single Junior McChicken. It's a rather mundane activity, but I've somehow found a lot of importance and relevance to some habits I've wanted to adopt: - The ambience of the night and its explorative mood puts me in a headspace open to pondering and ideation, to spend some time at the end of my productive days just clearing my mind - I have trouble finding the time and energy to go on a third walk every day, but the cheap yet desirable of this [[Seeking neglected self-expression through online communities]] ### 😛 My Musings [[I've never felt stressed before]] ### **🤔** Food For Thought [[The universal need to be unique]]