Every year in the US, over 400 billion dollar$ are transmitted in the form of gift cards to friends and family. Home Depot, Starbucks, PlayStation. Gift cards are dumb because points stuck on a gift card loses value over time and the recipient feels compelled to spend it at this one specific place even when they can’t find anything worthwhile to buy. But gift cards feel more personal than cash because it creates the perception that the gift is more personal, catered to the recipient’s personality. How do you send a gift card with more flexible ways to spend it? I think the answer is programmatic money. Money that is fungible but also customizable. Imagine a PlayStation branded bitcoin. This does not exist today, and it sounds super dumb, as dumb as gift cards themselves. First we must be dumb before we can get smart.

Most of my stress doesn’t come from work itself — it comes from trying to do everything else at the same time. Life feels calmer when I stop multitasking my entire existence and focus on just one thing. #destress #overwhelmed #minimalism #mindfulness

It’s hard to do much in winter - gets dark before you know it. The Bitcoin winter is upon us.

Day in the life of a French Lavender part 1 #plantstr #dogstr #grownostr

I’m struggling with the decision of hiring a dog trainer. A part of me feels like it’s just a matter of my own consistency, but on the other hand, it’s really hard to stop Toshi from going after squirrels and cats in the neighbourhood. And it’s hard for me to fathom how she will ever be trained off of that behaviour. I think I just need to do it. Spend some satoshis on Toshi.

Day in the life of a pothos n’joy: how long it takes in moscow time #houseplant #grownostr #damus #moscowtime

I like the message but I think it’s very mentally taxing to make a conscious time optimization decision. Our biology just isn’t built for doing this, we can make these decisions sometimes but most times we fall back into our default habits. For example, the times when I find myself scrolling on my phone are often these in between moments of the day when I’m feeling hungry and sleepy at 4pm. If I nap now, I know it’ll disrupt my circadian rhythm and I’ll regret it later. I ordered some UberEats and it’s 20 minutes away so I have to wait for it before I can solve my hunger. These moments happen very often, and it’s not so much about big tech robbing me of my time but rather logistical inefficiencies. Yes perhaps they can be solved with better planning but planning every single day means you’re not really living.

There is practically no plant content on nostr. A simple search for the word “houseplant” makes this obvious. It’s a literally barren land, which makes it kind of fun to post on because it’s like I’m single handedly sowing seeds. But it also makes me appreciate the massive audiences of YouTube, Instagram, and TikTok all the more. #houseplant

I spent far too long configuring my relays today. Most of the relays have the same content, so it wasn’t nearly as interesting as I thought it would be. My dog was right, we would’ve been more productive had we gone on a walkie walk!

day in the life of a monsetera delicosa pt2 🌱 #grownostr #plantstr #gardenstr #houseplant

If I have zero followers, is the only way for people to discover my notes through hashtags? #grownostr

I watched some of my dance videos from 2022 and compared it to the videos from this weekend and it’s now clear to me that my body movement has regressed. It took me 3 years to notice and it makes me sad. But noticing regression is a sign of growth. You have to be able to see the before and after effect to know what you lost so that you make a choice whether or not to regain it. #westcoastswing

I’m at a dance convention this weekend and I am intentionally choosing not to attend more than 1 workshop a day. It feels weird because I paid to attend and I feel like I should soak in as many workshops as possible, but I’m abiding by the principle that more information is not necessarily better, especially when your body has not yet internalized the movements I learned from previous lessons.

Started reading Thinking Fast & Slow. Biggest takeaway thus far is that I definitely a lazy thinker but that’s also what makes you more efficient. You can’t always rely on slow thinking because you don’t have enough energy for that. So only apply slow thinking selectively, and eat more snacks.

Day in the life of a monsetera delicosa pt 1 🌱 #plantstr

It looks healthy but there are black spots on the bottom leaves and I suspect there is too much water. #houseplants

One of the things I’m most proud of is creating a spreadsheet to track and categorize my net worth, like 10% cash, 10% bitcoin, 10% bonds, 10% gold etc. and updating this spreadsheet on a regular basis. It’s really helped me reallocate assets so I didn’t end up with 80% equity like I did in 2021. And I am grateful that I stuck with the habit.

I find myself stuck with the same content on my nostr feed because I mass followed a bunch of people when I started and haven’t done anything since. It takes a lot of work to curate my following lists. It’s like doing work, and I’m already trying to minimize the time I spend doomscrolling on social media. Not sure what to do #grownostr

I love #reading but I’m finding it harder to block off time to do it, and worse yet when I’m reading a book, I get fomo, a fear of missing out on something better I could be doing with my time. I could have LLMs summarize books for me, but that feels very wrong.

Thinking about moving off of Facebook and IG, the difficult thing is messenger and DM. Once in a blue moon, friends I care about do reach out to me via these channels and I need a way to tell them how else to reach me. #meta #grownostr