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  • Seeing Life in Weeks: A Wake-Up Call You Didn’t Know You Needed

    Seeing Life in Weeks: A Wake-Up Call You Didn’t Know You Needed

    For some reason i really love this page. https://waitbutwhy.com/2014/05/life-weeks.html

    What if I told you your life could fit neatly into a grid of tiny boxes?

    That’s exactly what Tim Urban did in his unforgettable post, The Tail End. He visualized life not in years, but in weeks. The result is a sobering, profound, and wildly motivating shift in perspective.

    Let’s unpack this, and see how it can inspire us to live on purpose—especially when it comes to our time, career, and relationships

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    🧠 The Grid of Life: 90 Years, 4,680 Weeks

    The first image above shows 90 years of life—represented as 4,680 small squares, one for each week. Every row is a decade. You probably already feel it: that grid isn’t as big as we think.

    ➡️ If you’re 30, you’ve already colored in 1,560 weeks.
    ➡️ At 50, you’ve used 2,600 of your weeks.
    ➡️ Reach 90, and you’re looking at just 4,680 total.

    When you see life like this, it’s hard to ignore the fact: our time is terrifyingly finite.

    🏫 The Typical Life: School, Career, Retirement

    The second image zooms in deeper: every box is one week of a typical American life, from birth to death.

    What’s striking isn’t just how short life is—it’s how few “peak” weeks we have for certain things:

    • 🧒 You’ll spend only ~400 weeks with your parents after you move out.
    • 💼 Your career may last 2,000 weeks, if you’re lucky and strategic.
    • 💍 Most couples who divorce will part ways 1,000 weeks after meeting.
    • 🏖️ Retirement? That might be your final 500-1,000 weeks—if you make it there healthy.

    🔄 The Wake-Up Call: We’re in the Tail End

    Tim Urban calls the time remaining with our parents, friends, kids, even our passions, “The Tail End.”

    If you’re in your 30s or 40s, you may have already had 90% of your in-person time with your parents.
    If you have a best friend who lives far away? You may only see them a few more dozen times in your life.
    It’s not to depress—it’s to wake us up.

    🧭 So What Now? Three Big Takeaways:

    1. Time is Not Renewable. Spend It on What Matters.

    Scrolls, meetings, procrastination—all invisible thieves. Start seeing time as a limited currency.

    ✅ Ask: Would I spend this hour differently if I could only do this 20 more times in my life?

    2. Plan Your Life with Intention.

    Use tools like:

    • 📅 Yearly and weekly whiteboards
    • 🧠 Life planning tools (OneNote, Notion, calendars)
    • 💭 Monthly reflection moments

    Don’t drift. Design.

    3. Value Quality Time Over Quantity

    The number of in-person interactions you have with key people is finite. Make each one richer.

    ❤️ Call your parents.
    🌇 Go on that sunset walk with your kid.
    🥂 Plan that reunion with your old friend.

    🧩 Final Word: Time is All We’ve Got

    When you look at life in years, you might feel like you have time.
    But when you look at life in weeks—it becomes clear: you’re already in the tail end of some of life’s most precious things.

    Don’t wait for the “right time.”
    Use the tail end as fuel, not fear.

    Live deliberately.
    Plan wisely.
    Love deeply.
    Start today.

  • The Four Types of Luck — And How You Can Invite More Into Your Life

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    In his book Chase, Chance, & Creativity, neurologist Dr. James Austin breaks down luck into four distinct categories—revealing that not all “luck” is simply random chance. In fact, much of it can be cultivated.

    Let’s explore these four types of luck and how you can tap into each one:

    1. Blind Luck (Pure Chance)

    This is the kind of luck that strikes randomly. You win a raffle you didn’t expect to win, a stranger gives you a compliment, or you find a $20 bill on the ground.

    You can’t plan for it, and you can’t work for it. But you can be grateful for it—and understand it’s only one small piece of a bigger picture.

    2. Luck from Motion (Chance Through Hustle)

    This is the luck you create by being active, constantly in motion—networking, starting projects, experimenting, or simply putting yourself out there.

    The more you show up, the more you increase your surface area for good things to happen.

    💡 “Fortune favors the bold.” — This is what that really means.

    3. Luck from Awareness (Chance Through Insight)

    This is the kind of luck that arises when you’re paying attention. You notice patterns others ignore. You read the fine print. You spot opportunity where others see chaos.

    This form of luck rewards the curious, observant, and informed.

    4. Luck from Uniqueness (Chance Through Distinctive Work)

    When you become truly excellent or unique in your niche—when your knowledge, skillset, or way of thinking is rare—you attract luck that’s only possible for you.

    People seek you out. Problems find their solutions through you. Luck seems “tailor-made” because of the personal brand, experience, and value you’ve cultivated over time.

    So How Can You Create More Luck?

    Start moving. Be curious. Pay attention. And do hard things that make you rare.

    Luck isn’t just fate. It’s often a byproduct of preparation, persistence, and perspective.

    Now ask yourself: What kind of luck are you working on today?

  • Your Career Game Plan: Lessons from Your Next Five Moves by Patrick Bet-David

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    Introduction

    In chess, the masters don’t just think about their next move—they anticipate the next five. In business and career growth, the same strategic foresight applies. Patrick Bet-David’s Your Next Five Moves isn’t just a book—it’s a blueprint for anyone serious about taking ownership of their future.

    Whether you’re launching a startup, climbing the corporate ladder, or pivoting your profession, Bet-David’s framework encourages a deeper level of self-awareness, vision, and execution. Here’s how his five-move philosophy can reshape your career path and power your planning.

    Move #1: Know Yourself

    “If you don’t know who you are, you can’t know what you want.”

    Career success starts with radical self-awareness. What drives you? Are you motivated by security or impact, legacy or freedom? Knowing your personality, values, and desires allows you to make decisions that align with your core identity—not someone else’s definition of success.

    🔑 Career Insight: Take time to audit your strengths, weaknesses, passions, and patterns. Ask: “What kind of work makes me lose track of time?” Build your plan around that.

    Move #2: Clarify Your Vision

    “Clarity is power.”

    Do you want to become a CEO, a renowned designer, or the go-to expert in your field? Bet-David emphasizes that without a vivid end goal, your efforts can scatter. Once you define where you want to go, you can start reverse-engineering the path.

    🔑 Career Insight: Create a 3-year and 5-year vision board. Think titles, skills, projects, income, and lifestyle. Then map out the milestones you need to hit along the way.

    Move #3: Strategize Like a Grandmaster

    “It’s not just about hustling. It’s about thinking clearly and anticipating.”

    Once you know yourself and your destination, it’s time to architect your next five moves. This means thinking long-term, making calculated risks, and understanding the consequences of today’s choices.

    🔑 Career Insight: Think through your next promotion, certification, network connection, or market shift. What sequence of steps gets you to that next level?

    Move #4: Build the Right Team

    “Your circle will either multiply your ambition or sabotage it.”

    Career planning isn’t solo. Whether you’re a freelancer or a corporate player, the people around you shape your growth. Surround yourself with mentors, allies, and teammates who challenge and sharpen you.

    🔑 Career Insight: Audit your network. Who’s helping you evolve? Who’s holding you back? Start making intentional connections that align with your future.

    Move #5: Master the Art of Power and Scale

    “If you’re not growing, you’re dying.”

    At the advanced levels of your career, the game changes. You’re not just executing tasks—you’re building systems, leading people, and navigating complex dynamics. Power and scale come from leverage: delegation, influence, and scalable models.

    🔑 Career Insight: What can you delegate today? What systems can you build so your efforts compound over time?

    🧠 Planning Ahead: Career as Strategy, Not Serendipity

    The core of Your Next Five Moves is that success isn’t an accident—it’s engineered through clarity, strategy, and focus.

    📌 Use this framework in your career planning:

    1. Quarterly check-ins with your personal vision.
    2. Annual goal setting based on skill-building and positioning.
    3. Weekly planning sessions to align tasks with long-term strategy.
    4. Daily execution with intent—every hour matters.

    🔄 Final Thought:

    If you’re feeling stuck or drifting, stop reacting and start playing the long game. Your future isn’t a mystery—it’s a set of deliberate moves. Master your first move today, and your fifth move will take care of itself.

    “Be the grandmaster of your own life.”

  • Building a game -Escape from Atlantis

    Creating a basic version of the game i enjoyed as a child!

    A 1 day project using ChatGbts 03-mini-high model to do the coding

    https://github.com/herepete/Escape_from_Atlantis

    Improvements wise the Map generation and formatting never felt right despite maybe 6 or 7 conversations with the AI interface.

    The game is also a bit quick and i feel you could add a bit more game logic in there to make it a bit more of a skill game.

    A good fun project though.

    For anyone not familiar with the game here are 2 videos on the game 🙂

  • What am i working on?

    Sites i have at various stages of Construction:

    aifundtracker.com > Testing in background

    pastolympians.com > Not started

    avoidtimewasting.com > Complete

    newsbriefai.com > Complete

    tech-musing.com > Complete

    More General work:

    ProjectsLearningOther
    January 2025Moved this site to new version of wordpress
    February 2025Built https://avoidtimewasting.com/Passed –
    OCI Foundations Associate (2024)    		Linked in Profile update
    March 2025Alexa skill- Check reading bin day app (Under Dev)

    Python command line Game Escape from Atlantis     		The ai engineer course complete ai engineer bootcamp >CompleteUpdates to this site
    April 2025Looking back into aifundtracker.com Write up for a RewriteGot back into Reading Timeless Simplicity & The Compound Effect
    May 2025Large Rewrite of code behind aifundtracker Git CodeThe ai engineer course complete ai engineer bootcamp >Complete
    June 2025
    July 2025Working on AI projects at work.
    Planning Goals for the coming year    		Desk Tidy
    Sorted all my unread books.
    August 2025a lot of playing and learning with https://gandalf.lakera.ai/
    September 2025– Added “My Projects” & “AI_Secuirty” to site menu.
    – Added Why ai security matters?
    – re built front end of site
    		Completed :

    The Ultimate AI/LLM/ML Penetration Testing Training Course

    “AI for You”
    October 2025Cypress: Web Automation Testing from Zero to Hero

    November 2025https://www.newsbriefai.com/
    December 2025Six Sigma – White & Yellow BeltAI Hackathon at work