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Productivity

A week without YouTube

Print This Post May 29, 2020 by Sauvik Biswas 2 Comments

Two weeks ago I started an experiment. I decided that I will not watch YouTube for an entire week. Instead, whenever I have the urge, I will jot the trigger of the urge in my diary. Here are the reasons why I had wanted to open YouTube— Many a times I found myself humming a … [Read more…]

Posted in: Productivity Tagged: entertainment, YouTube

All that have defined the first half of my 30s

Print This Post April 1, 2019 by Sauvik Biswas Leave a Comment

I. Health and Nutrition In August 2011, I was out of college. I was also in a terrible state. Most of my twenties was spent curating quite a few bad habits. I had completely destroyed my circadian rhythm. In addition to that, heavy intake of processed and junk foods—with no fixed food timings—had caused fatty … [Read more…]

Posted in: Productivity Tagged: fi/re, habit, health, minimalism

Sitting is the new smoking

Print This Post May 8, 2017 by Sauvik Biswas Leave a Comment

About two or three weeks ago, I started having pain in my lower back. It did not restrict any of my movements but prolonged sitting caused fatigue and pain. A visit to a physiotherapist confirmed that it was indeed caused by muscle stress. My poor sitting posture coupled with my tight hamstrings were the culprit. The diagnosis … [Read more…]

Posted in: Productivity Tagged: health, pain

Small expenses add up

Print This Post April 9, 2017 by Sauvik Biswas Leave a Comment

I had made a conscious decision to not put anything too big on my credit card this month. It was not that I wanted to be stingy. This was merely an exercise in keeping my expense on my card low for a relatively larger purchase at the end. Now that my billing cycle has come to … [Read more…]

Posted in: Productivity Tagged: Finance

Why I hate Facebook and what I am doing with it.

Print This Post March 31, 2014 by Sauvik Biswas Leave a Comment

Cal Newport on his Study Hacks blog highlighted why he doesn’t prefer joining Facebook. His rant can be read here and here. He even gives an advice as to why one should quit Facebook. I agree with most of the things he has outlined. I spend less time browsing through unsolicited junk. A deviation in … [Read more…]

Posted in: Productivity Tagged: Facebook, Social Media

Cleaning my Workstation

Print This Post March 16, 2014 by Sauvik Biswas Leave a Comment

In a process to declutter my physical space, I have chalked out a few things. Today I spent about an hour to turn this to this (you can still see the junk at the lower left corner). The workstation contained a lot of items that I haven’t used in a year. The primary one was … [Read more…]

Posted in: Productivity Tagged: cleaning, living space

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