#46 - Slowing down to think clearly
Hey y'all 👋! It's been a minute. I've been swamped at my new job. Reading documents, meeting people, and catching up on a ton of things. That's why I've not been publishing any new blog posts. But, I finally got some time on my hand today, so I wanna touch on something that's been on my mind. This blog post is not about Product Management per se, I want to go a bit meta than that. I wrote about mental clarity elsewhere on this blog, so you know it's something that I often think about. But lately this bas been weighing on my mind, and I've been journaling about it quite a bit. A simple but core idea that I've been pondering about is this: slowing down to think clearly. First, a bit of context: a few days ago, I woke up late on a rainy Sunday. The kind of heavy rain that hushes the world and makes sleeping in feel like a gift. It was a slow morning. Usually I'd read articles and watch movies just to relax, but there was a Japanese light novel that I’d been slowly making my way through.
Hey y'all 👋! It's been a minute. I've been swamped at my new job. Reading documents, meeting people, and catching up on a ton of things. That's why I've not been publishing any new blog posts. But, I finally got some time on my hand today, so I wanna touch on something that's been on my mind. This blog post is not about Product Management per se, I want to go a bit meta than that. I wrote about mental clarity elsewhere on this blog, so you know it's something that I often think about. But lately this bas been weighing on my mind, and I've been journaling about it quite a bit. A simple but cor
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