Weekly Mix #212 - Is time the most important thing?

​The Great Resignation, Changing Jobs, Optionality & Time Millionaires

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Happy Monday!

This week I turned 29.

If you'd asked me when I was younger, 29 would have sounded old.

My parents got married when they were 25. I have friends around my age with multiple children, and who are getting married.

Daniel Pink's When, a book all about timing, showed that people in their "9" years tend to be statistical outliers. They do things like run a lot more marathons, because the year is significant in their mind. The limited time they have left in a particular decade spurs action.

I don't feel the pressure to run a marathon (thankfully), and I don't feel old yet, but I do think that age can be a catalyst for action.

For now, though, I'm happy just to think about it!

In the spirit of birthdays and age, this week's newsletter has a bit of a time theme. And I wrote down some of the lessons I learned this year too.​

Hope you have a great week.

Graham

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Links

📖 Blog: 9 Lessons From Year 29 - A few of the things I've learned over the past year, which was a weird one.

📖 The Great Resignation is Acclerating - The Atlantic - Crises cause change, and it would seem that one of the effects of the pandemic has been—and continues to be—work. More people are quitting their job each month.

📖 Values, Money, Ego, and Capabilities - Kat Cole - If you're thinking about changing jobs (or just need to check in), this framework is a great place to start. It's a good exercise regardless.

📖 The Trouble with Optionality - Mihir A. Desai - Optionality is the finance term for having the right, but not the obligation, to do something. It's become a common term, used to describe all kinds of choices. But there are downsides to the constant pursuit of it.

📖 Time millionaires: meet the people pursuing the pleasure of leisure - The Guardian - Along with The Great Resignation, all kinds of people are now seeking to claw back their time, rather than pursuing higher income.

🔧 Flick Metrix - A tool for seeing all the highest rated films currently available on Netflix, Amazon Prime, Hulu, Disney+ and more.

🍿 The Sinner - Season 4 - The Sinner is a murder-mystery show with main character Detective Harry Ambrose. The latest season was filmed in my hometown of Lunenburg, and just started airing last week. You can watch it week-by-week or wait until it hits Netflix.​​

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