About this episode

Kyrin and Juan discuss the complexities of busy life, shifting priorities, and reminisce about carefree times before major life changes.

After a mini break we're back and tired as hell. In Episode #521 of 'Meanderings', Juan & I discuss: being very busy versus truly tired, how priorities shift as life gets more complex and why sometimes the smartest move is pruning commitments instead of optimising them, reminisce on the “end of an era”—pinpointing a final carefree night with friends before marriages, kids and tighter schedules reshaped everything & maxing out your skills to learn what truly fits. Stan Link: https://stan.store/meremortals Timeline:  (00:00:00) Intro (00:01:32) Today’s loose topics: busy, tired, and ends of eras (00:04:29) Work surge, funding cycles, and context switching (00:07:14) Time slipping: dating, late nights, and sleep debt (00:10:52) Merging habits: training with podcasts, dropping networking (00:13:20) Reducing decision fatigue, going with the flow (kids) (00:18:18) Meal batching as an antidote to micro decisions (00:21:24) The Springwood night: last carefree gathering (00:25:56) Complexity vs difficulty: why coordination gets hard (00:31:04) Revisiting UQ: inner child, fear and growth (00:35:00) Wisdom with age and limits of advice to your younger self (00:39:37) Practices…

People in this episode

Hosts: Kyrin Down, Juan Granados

Topics covered

• busy life
• priorities
• commitments
• end of an era
• personal growth
• decision fatigue

Keywords

• busy
• tired
• commitments
• personal growth
• decision fatigue
• carefree nights
• life changes

Mentioned in this episode

Organizations: UQ

Books & works: Meanderings

Places: Springwood

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