> ## Content Index > Fetch the complete content index at: https://www.mattrutherford.co.uk/llms.txt > Use this file to discover other available public pages before exploring further. # 👓 Stuff #161 - decompression time - URL: https://www.mattrutherford.co.uk/stuff-161/ - Published: 2023-10-30T05:27:52.000Z - Updated: 2023-10-30T05:27:51.000Z - Description: It's time to decompress, and find ways to stop procrastination as well as deal with microstress. Plus, can YOU remember all the tube stations? - Author: Matt - Tags: Newsletter Hey, Matt here. Welcome to a new week AND to the new readers since[ last issue](https://www.mattrutherford.co.uk/stuff-159/). A reminder that you can find me [on the web](https://www.mattrutherford.co.uk/) and on [Threads.](https://www.threads.net/@matt.rutherford?ref=mattrutherford.co.uk) It's mixtape week, you can [give it a play here](https://open.spotify.com/playlist/4jWJQ3Fj1EIPtzrwu1pnbT?si=9a634b5a138a4db8&ref=mattrutherford.co.uk) to keep you company as we get into the links. Thanks for joining me - now, onto the good stuff! ![upload in progress, 0](https://storage.ghost.io/c/c2/2e/c22ecd6b-9412-4701-b914-97051141e207/content/images/2023/05/mattsig_personal-Background-Removed-1.png) --- **Monday Motivation.** Let this week be the one where you [stop procrastinating, by managing your emotions](https://www.instagram.com/p/Csr4UJFvubx/?ref=mattrutherford.co.uk). I recognise all four of these states. ([The Brain Coach](https://www.instagram.com/thebraincoach?ref=mattrutherford.co.uk)) **To-Do.** An excellent idea, [keep a second to-do list of items that can be done in 5 minutes or less. ](https://chrisguillebeau.com/5-minute-to-do-list?ref=mattrutherford.co.uk) Keep it close to you at all times. I’m going o implement this. **Wellbeing.** Small moments can zap your performance. [Find out about the hidden toll of microstress](https://hbr.org/2023/02/the-hidden-toll-of-microstress?ref=mattrutherford.co.uk). ([Havard Business Review](https://hbr.org/?ref=mattrutherford.co.uk)) **Apres-Work.** What are you doing after work today? [Here’s an excellent list of fifty fulfilling things you can do this evening](https://www.themuse.com/advice/screen-time-making-you-unhappy-better-things-to-do-after-work?ref=mattrutherford.co.uk), instead of app-scrolling. ([The Muse](https://www.themuse.com/?ref=mattrutherford.co.uk)) **Decompress.** Along the same lines, [how these people with stressful jobs decompress](https://www.theguardian.com/lifeandstyle/2023/oct/27/sober-raving-beekeeping-and-playing-dungeons-and-dragons-how-people-with-stressful-jobs-decompress?ref=mattrutherford.co.uk). Including sober raves, beekeeping and skydiving. **The future.** [The best inventions of 2023](https://time.com/collection/best-inventions-2023/?ref=mattrutherford.co.uk). Including Braille Lego and Spotify AI DJ. ([Time Magazine](https://time.com/?ref=mattrutherford.co.uk)) ✍️ ****Journal Prompt:** How do you handle relationships with people who have different views or beliefs? ([More prompts here](https://www.mattrutherford.co.uk/tag/journal-prompts/)) --- **Travel. Maps.** [ Click on an image to hear a podcast episode about the place.](https://maps.fm/dl/783bbb?ref=mattrutherford.co.uk) A great way to travel without leaving your desk. **Name that tune.** [Google Hum will allow you to sing a tune,](https://blog.google/products/search/hum-to-search/?ref=mattrutherford.co.uk) and AI will do the rest to help you find the name. I tried it, and it works most of the time! **Climate Change.** [We can solve this.](https://www.scientificamerican.com/article/the-world-solved-acid-rain-we-can-also-solve-climate-change/?ref=mattrutherford.co.uk) We’ve done it before, what happened to Acid Rain? ([Scientific American). ](https://www.scientificamerican.com/?ref=mattrutherford.co.uk) **London.** [The London Metro Memory Game.](https://london.metro-memory.com/?ref=mattrutherford.co.uk) Infuriating. I’m at 61.2% so far. [Also, Paris, Berlin and Vienna - and New York coming soon. ](https://metro-memory.com/?ref=mattrutherford.co.uk) **Finally**. [Puzzmo](https://www.puzzmo.com/today?ref=mattrutherford.co.uk) \- a daily page of puzzles, some free, some paid. Beautifully designed, and requiring a solved puzzle to even get in. 🎶 A reminder that every day I add to my [mammoth 2023 highs playlist.](https://open.spotify.com/playlist/3nKbhvL8ZbH346FrxFkQwW?si=ed416af1341e4842&ref=mattrutherford.co.uk) The list is now at 300 tracks long, everyone a banger! --- ![](https://storage.ghost.io/c/c2/2e/c22ecd6b-9412-4701-b914-97051141e207/content/images/2023/10/shitshow-1.jpg) ### 🔈 Stuff to Listen to... 🎧 The 18th edition of the Stuff Mixtape is once again jammed with great music that has been in my orbit this month. The mixtape runs to nearly 2 hours, and some highlights include: Opening with the extraordinary Mitski, as well as Noah Yorke and Yaya Bey. I have an amazing track from UNKLE and previous Stuff favourite Imperieux. We go around the world with tracks from Qbanaa (in Spanish) and a great Finnish cover of a Fleetwood Mac tune. There is some awesome soul from the Monophonics, some classic reggae from Ini Kamoze and a terrific remix from Clark on a tune by Theodore. To take us home, there is a beautiful new tune from Vince Clarke, one of the originators of Synthpop legends Depeche Mode. A reminder that [the Mixtape Archive is here](https://www.mattrutherford.co.uk/tag/mixtape/)... [Listen to Stuff Mixtape #18 here](https://open.spotify.com/playlist/4jWJQ3Fj1EIPtzrwu1pnbT?si=509bab638a574ef9&ref=mattrutherford.co.uk) > **Stuff someone said.** > Once you're out the door, it's always worth it > [**Lachlan Morton**](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lachlan%5FMorton?ref=mattrutherford.co.uk)