Hi there,

Amidst the recent Basecamp fiasco, I moved my email out of HEY.

It was neither a sudden nor a reactive move.

I've had frustration building up using HEY for quite some time. And then came the tipping point when Basecamp lost 1/3rd of its workforce.

This time, I moved to a custom domain email: [email protected]. I wrote an article detailing my move and what's next. Read on to find more about this change.

As a result of this email change, I'll be sending you this newsletter from a new email address starting today — [email protected].

If you're subscribed using a HEY email, please screen in this new email address.

And I'm able to receive replies on this new email address, so feel free to send any responses my way.

Before we move on to the recommendations:

I want to thank Richard, Craig and Rivu for buying me some coffee via Hulry Patrons.

Now, grab a coffee, sit tight, and enjoy this week's issue:

Book to Read

The Obstacle Is the Way

A book that will teach you to see obstacles as stepping stones that you must cross rather than an uncrossable mountain. A must-read.

Buy it on Amazon
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Apps & Services

Wildfulness 2 ➔

Listen to the sounds of nature

Wildfulness 2 will bring the sounds of nature to your home. I love using this app to relax after a day’s work by playing natural sounds like rainfall, thunderstorms, or the creaking woods. Only for iOS.
Map of Reddit ➔

Find related subreddits

Map of Reddit is an impressive tool that lets you visualise subreddits as a graph. Each subreddit you search for shows up all the other related subreddits linked to it. I found this incredibly helpful for discovering related subreddits.
Trove ➔

Save highlights from the web on Notion

Trove is a Google Chrome extension that lets you save highlights and notes from web pages to your Notion workspace. Without even leaving the page. This extension is pretty handy for taking notes of an article you're reading or for research purposes.

Taking the Shortcut

Shift

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View all keyboard shortcuts for Gmail on its web app.
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Interesting Reads

The Inflexibility of HEY Founders is Killing the Product ➔

13 min read

After using HEY email for almost a year, I was double-minded about renewing it for another year. The lack of some core features and the inflexible mindset of the founders was becoming hard to justify paying $99/year. And with the great Basecamp exodus, I took the call to move out of HEY. This post will talk about the pain points and how I'm migrating to a new email.
Delight in Uncertainty ➔

4 min read

Instead of getting troubled and anxious over uncertainties in life, Leo asks us to embrace them and find joy in uncertainties. This approach is an incredible way to look at something that causes most of our life's stress.
Why I’m a sucker for pen and paper ➔

7 min read

It's no secret that we remember more when we write on paper vs when we type something up. To confirm this theory, Steve tried taking notes on paper. Indeed, he remembered a significant portion of what he wrote. One other side-effect of writing on paper is that we write mindfully. No excess information because we're limited by the page size and the effort to write something down.
Too Much Focusing Is Draining. Here's A Better Strategy ➔

5 min read

Different activities demand different levels of cognitive load. Switching from activity to activity without time to unwind takes a toll on our brains and drains our mental energy. This article highlights some easy techniques to infuse proper relaxation breaks in your schedule and give your mind some time to recover from your last task.
How to Retire Forever on a Fixed Chunk of Money ➔

12 min read

Mr Money Mustache will walk you through some actionable steps to retire early on a fixed amount of money. This post considers various unknowns like health care plans, inflation and more to help you make a game plan of reaching financial independence.

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