Best of 2018

At the beginning of 2016, I set a goal to read 50 books. I read 40 books that year. “50 sounds like a lot”, I said to myself, and the following year the goal was to read 30 books. By the end of 2017, it was 20 books. After that, I thought my life had become busier, and I didn’t have as much time to spend on books.

So in 2018, reading one book a month sounded like a good idea. Guess what. I’ve read only a couple of books this year. Conclusion — your goals affect your productivity. The greater the plan, the more effort you make.

Shoe Dog by Phil Knight ★★★★★

Films

• Lady Bird ★★★★½ — Funny, heartbreaking and beautiful.
• The Florida Project ★★★★ — Visually pleasing. A little adventure into childhood.
• Three Billboards Outside Ebbing, Missouri ★★★★½ — Rural America is not what we’ve seen in La La Land last year.
• Crystal Swan ★★★★½
• Eighth Grade ★★★★
• Spider-Man: Into the Spider-Verse ★★★★

TV Shows

2018 was the year when I finally watched Friends.

• The End of the F***ing World ★★★★½
• Neo Yokio ★★★★
• Taboo ★★★★½
• Alias Grace ★★★★
• Friends ★★★★★

Podcasts

• Cortex:
  • Cortex 66: Triggers - Creating Behaviour That Lasts — Cortex — Overcast
  • Cortex 65: Goals Are Dumb — Cortex — Overcast
• Hello Internet:
  • H.I. #95: Break Glass in Case of Emergency — Hello Internet — Overcast
  • H.I. #99: The Necessary Lies of Civilization — Hello Internet — Overcast
  • H.I. #108: Project Cyclops — Hello Internet — Overcast
• Hardcore History:
  • Hardcore History 34-39 – Death Throes of the Republic Series
  • Hardcore History 43-47 – Wrath of the Khans Series
• #329: Jason Fried — How to Live Life on Your Own Terms — The Tim Ferriss Show — Overcast
• Go Against the Grain with David Heinemeier Hansson — The Chase Jarvis LIVE Show — Overcast
• Ep. 170: David Heinemeier Hansson On Leadership, Remote Work, and The Workplace of Tomorrow — The Becoming SuperHuman Podcast — Overcast

Articles

• A Picture Is Worth a Thousand Cookies – Halide
• Building Your Color Palette
• Can you grow a startup on the side?
• Going nomad · Felix Krause
• Growing apart and losing touch is human and healthy
• How to start long-term investing for early retirement
• Level up for UX: Design lessons from video games
• Melatonin: Much More Than You Wanted To Know
• Things Experienced Speakers Wish They’d Known: Tips For First-Time Conference Speakers
• Things I Don’t Know as of 2018 - Overreacted
• What Can Bike Sharing Apps Teach Us About Mobile On-boarding Design?
• What to do when tech jobs go bad – Alejandro Wainzinger – Medium