I broke my phone a few days ago and it’s in getting repaired. However I can say that the days I’ve been without my phone have been great. I haven’t had to do anything with it and I’ve been just not looking at the screen all day. Sure there’s been trouble especially when I got logged out of work stuff that required 2fa but for the vast majority it’s much better than having a phone. Even just when first waking up or on lunch I don’t need to be looking at a phone the whole time there.

I tried looking up to see if I could make a feature phone work but I don’t think so. Really the only things I need a phone for are mostly the apps on it so buying one of those probably wouldn’t work at all. There’s also other “dumb” phones that try fill this niche like lite phone but those are very expensive for what it is.

In the end however I need to improve how I use my phone and control when I use it. Make sure I’m using it as a tool rather than reaching for it day to day when I get bored or uncomfortable. The same for simple times like eating lunch or whatever, instead of carrying it around all day just don’t bother bringing it and embrace the boredom a bit. Just do nothing instead.

I want to write but I find it so hard to publish. I want to do it because I can see the value out of it. I know a lot of people post how good writing has been for them and part of that is just survivorship bias where someone like myself who reads a lot of these posts is going to come across a lot of writers who make most of their living from writing posts and thus will be more inclined to write about how good writing is. Even then though I can see the value of it, just writing small snippets like these. I’ve written a lot of these things and most are just ramblings around random things with no real value. But if I could somehow focus those to specific topics or even create a separate place for me to write publicly but is easy enough that I’m able to just pick up and publish whatever then maybe I could become better at it over time.

So that’s what this is. Just a load of ramblings around random topics that I’m hoping to build into something over time so that I become better at writing. A lot will be nonsense and a lot will be short but over time maybe I’ll be able to become better at this and create something of at least a little value. Just build a habit and then see what happens.

2021-10-30 Weekly Summary

This week I finally started this blog and posted a few things. For now it is a collection of random posts that are not very good quality but everyone has got to start somewhere so I may as well try start here. Below are a bunch of links I came across the last week or so I thought were interesting or notable.

financial innovation is actually happening

An argument that financial innovation is happening right now, contrary to many who look at the financial infrastructure and see an archaic backwards system creaking along. It makes the case that things are becoming faster and cheaper, with examples of faster cheaper transfers and remittances. (link)

Thoughts: Fintech is huge and an immensely complicated arena. There’s things in this post I don’t fully grasp.