💌 IL # 11: Stuff for your compost heap of ideas
Interesting ideas for less than 30 minutes of your time!
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Being condo dwellers, we practice bokashi composting. We put all our food scraps and leftovers in a bucket, mix it with bran, and wait for it to ferment. Once the bucket is full we give it to my uncle so he can bury it until it's completely integrated with the soil. The compost enriches the soil so it can provide nutrients for new plants.
Neil Gaiman used compost as an analogy for creating beautiful stories. Everything you consume with your senses can be a source of inspiration.
On a related thought, here’s something I scribbled on my notebook a couple of days ago:
Are you comfortable? Here are this week’s articles worth investing at least 19 minutes of your time:
✍️ Neil Gaiman’s Top 13 Writing Tips | Bobby Powers | 🕰 11 minutes
Neil Gaiman is one of my favorite writers and he gives the best advice on storytelling. Here are some takeaways from his Masterclass course.
🏡 The Work You Do, the Person You Are | Toni Morrison | 🕰 4 minutes
A nice read during these times when the line between work and home are blurred. How do you come home from work when they're both at the same place?
I got this from James Clear's newsletter.
🐍 Here's the Real Reason You Miss the Nokia 3310 | Brian Barrett | 🕰 4 minutes
Remember when you're fine with just playing with Snakes and text messages with less than 200 characters or before emojis, there were emoticons such as
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Thanks for reading through!
‘til next week!
Bituin 💫