Author: Amit

Location and Time

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Location has energy, Time has memory. You can create energy in your home through changing the sites, scents and sounds in a space. If you are working from home and find it challenging to focus for an extended period of time, it can be largely attributed to the setting of your work place. Meaning you are using the same space for watching Netflix, taking a quick nap and your focused activities.

Try creating activity specific sub-spaces in your house/apartment and observe the changes. For example, you can have a small corner of the room for meditation, a well lit work table or desk for focused activities etc..

Cheers!

Update: Virtual Movie Club

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Weekly virtual movie club has become an instant success and a helpful tool for me to connect and socialize in this perceived social distancing era. I have been enjoying the weekly discussions and movies recommendations for last few weeks.

Some of the movies recommended were as follows:

I would not have watched most of the movies from above list myself as Netflix/Amazon/Others would never have been able to recommend these to me based on my viewing history.

Another major benefit of having these movie club discussions is that people talk about something unrelated to current situation as opposed to “How is the lock-down in your area” .

I hope to continue this trend of virtual weekly club after life goes back to normal and we pretend to become busier.

Cheers!

P.S: Check out https://amits.blog/2020/04/15/virtual-movie-club/ If you missed my original post about the virtual movie club.

Bliss Molecule “Anandamide”

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The word “anandamide” originates from the sanskrit “ananda,” which roughly translates to “bliss” or “joy,” an indication of the cannabinoid’s properties as a mood enhancer. Also called N-arachidonoylethanolamine (AEA), anandamide interacts with the body’s CB receptors similarly to cannabinoids like THC. It’s a neurotransmitter and cannabinoid-receptor binding agent that functions as a signal messenger for CB receptors located in the body.

References:

https://www.leafly.ca/news/science-tech/meet-bliss-molecule-anandamide-cannabinoid

Financial IQ

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Wealth (Financial well-being) is one of the three main pillars for living a great life. Other two pillars being Health and Relationships. People realize the importance of wealth in crisis and COVID had definitely made people realize that. If your wealth pillar is not strong, I recommend people to read Robert Kiyasaki’s books which explains things in easy to understand language. Below are some key points from his book “Rich Dad’s Increase Your Financial IQ: Get Smarter with Your Money”

  1. Make more Money
  2. Protect your Money
  3. Budget your money
  4. Leverage your money
  5. Improve your financial information

Cheers!

Modular Home Manufacturers

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I have been researching about modular home manufacturers and found some cool companies:

Canada:

http://www.rewildhomes.com/ (BC Based)

https://www.honomobo.com/ (Edmonton based)

https://www.eastcoastmodern.ca/mod-2 (Halifax based)

https://www.thebackcountryhutcompany.com/ (Vancouver based)

https://www.clickmodular.com/home-1 (BC based)

USA:

https://methodhomes.net/homes/ (Seattle Based)

https://www.plantprefab.com/models (California based)

Blokable: (seattle Based)

https://www.geekwire.com/2019/seattle-housing-startup-blokable-raises-23m-plans-new-california-manufacturing-facility/

https://blokable.com/

https://node.eco/ (Seattle based)

https://modulehousing.com/blog/black-street-development/ Module (Pittsburgh)

Italy: https://madihome.com/faq/

Denmark: https://vipp.com/en/hotel/vipp-shelter

India:

https://www.modcongroup.com/ (Kerala)

UK: https://www.cube-haus.co.uk/how-we-work

Philippines: https://revolutionprecrafted.com/project/dubai/

Link for other companies: https://thecasaclub.com/companies/

Cheers!

Thought of the Day

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If you don’t want to be poor then you would never be poor. This is a dialogue from Johnny Depp starer movie “Blow” that frequently comes to my mind when I think about money.

I probably watched this movie a decade ago and haven’t rewatched it, but the essence of the dialogue has stayed.

In the movie scene, a boy tells his father that “he doesn’t want to be poor” and the dad responds with above dialogue.

When people talk or complain about being broke, not having enough money , being poor etc. The main reason is that they never thought or wanted to be rich.

You can do a simple experiment, ask 10 of your friends/family member about what do they want monetarily in their life and you would be surprised..

Cheers!