Minimize Entropy and live a happier life
Maintaining lists, an organised calendar and excel sheets are cheat codes for a life in academia / industry.
Our lives are messy and there too many things we can’t control. As a consequence of the many uncontrollables and our constant worry regarding them, we mentally relinquish control on the things we can control.
Our brain, can process a limited amount of information in one go. That’s why having an organised, simple and clear digital life- enables one to have their personal “library” in their pocket.
So, please organise your Apple Notes, Notion and Google Drive.
These 3 services are essential to our existence in 2026. And while you may be thinking: “Oh- but who cares about organisation- I want to do real ‘work’”
What I say to that is: It’s obvious that you have to do work. It’s obvious that you have to know your fundamentals.
However- spending your “off-time” organising your life is probably the highest leverage thing you can do.
Why do I care so deeply about this? Why write an entire blog on this?
An organised mind thinks clearly.
A mind that thinks clearly lives deliberately.
A mind that lives deliberately, lives happily…