> ## 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 #168 - Lasagna Crisps - URL: https://www.mattrutherford.co.uk/stuff-168/ - Published: 2023-12-18T05:23:50.000Z - Updated: 2023-12-18T05:23:49.000Z - Description: Time to stop multitasking during meetings, and improve decision making. Merit based flexibility could be the future of hybrid working. Plus, crisps and britpop! - 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), which is even better now that the European users have arrived! 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) --- 🎯 Before we leap into the list, I wrote about a new AI powered Journalling app from Apple. [You can read it here.](https://www.mattrutherford.co.uk/unlocking-wellness-and-creativity-exploring-apples-ai-powered-journaling-app-in-ios-17-2/) **Monday Motivation.** Let this week be the one where you STOP multitasking during meetings, [here’s a great framework to stop distractions during important collaboration moments.](https://www.nirandfar.com/multitasking-during-meetings/?ref=mattrutherford.co.uk) **Nostalgia**. Psychologists are starting to understand that we can feel longing for things in the future. [Anticipated nostalgia.](https://psyche.co/ideas/you-can-feel-nostalgia-for-things-that-you-havent-yet-lost?ref=mattrutherford.co.uk) **Remote**. [Could merit based flexibility be the future of remote working?](https://fortune.com/2023/11/08/merit-based-flexibility-future-of-work-as-return-to-office-mandates-fail-productivity-gleb-tsipursky/?ref=mattrutherford.co.uk) Some good insight into how a hybrid model can boost productivity. What are your company doing? **Principles**. [30 useful principles that can help you make sense of the world. ](https://gurwinder.substack.com/p/30-useful-principles-autumn-2023) I hadn’t heard of a few of these before, each one has a link to dig into the details. **Slow**. Sourdough, pickling, making marmalade, 800 page novels. [Is 'slow living' the beginning of a backlash against tik-tok life?](https://immaterialist.blog/2023/12/08/the-slow-revolution-anno-2023-24/?ref=mattrutherford.co.uk) **Decisions**. [Why smart people make dumb choices.](https://nesslabs.com/decision-making?ref=mattrutherford.co.uk) The excellent Ness Labs explains how your brain makes decisions. ✍️ ****Random Journal Prompt:** Write about a moment of deep connection you experienced recently. ([Over 500 prompts here](https://www.mattrutherford.co.uk/tag/journal-prompts/)) --- ![brown chips on brown textile](https://images.unsplash.com/photo-1613919113640-25732ec5e61f?crop=entropy&cs=tinysrgb&fit=max&fm=jpg&ixid=M3wxMTc3M3wwfDF8c2VhcmNofDV8fGNyaXNwc3xlbnwwfHx8fDE3MDI3OTk3NjV8MA&ixlib=rb-4.0.3&q=80&w=2000) Photo by [Mustafa Bashari](https://unsplash.com/@mustafabashari?ref=mattrutherford.co.uk) / [Unsplash](https://unsplash.com/?utm%5Fsource=ghost&utm%5Fmedium=referral&utm%5Fcampaign=api-credit) **Crisps.** Lasagna. Shallot & Vinegar. Hot Chilli Squid.[The top-secret world of crisp flavours.](https://www.theguardian.com/food/2023/dec/02/the-weird-secretive-world-of-crisp-flavours?ref=mattrutherford.co.uk) **Search.** 25 years of google. [Find out what we've all been searching for.](https://trendstimecapsule.ue.r.appspot.com/?ref=mattrutherford.co.uk) **Movies.** [The 101 greatest films you’ve never seen.](https://www.bfi.org.uk/sight-and-sound/lists/101-hidden-gems-greatest-films-youve-never-seen?ref=mattrutherford.co.uk) A comprehensive list of hidden gems, presented in chronological order by the BFI. **Life.** How long will you live? [The latest data on life expectancy around the world.](https://ourworldindata.org/life-expectancy?ref=mattrutherford.co.uk) **Earth.** [NASA uses its significant satellite capability to monitor the planets vital signs.](https://eyes.nasa.gov/apps/earth/?ref=mattrutherford.co.uk#/vitalsign?vitalsign=air%5Ftemperature&altid=0&animating=f&start=&end=) It’s a sobering view of our shiny blue jewel in space. **Finally**. [Britpopple. Daily tunes from the golden era of britpop](https://britpopple.glitch.me/?ref=mattrutherford.co.uk) \- all you need to do is guess them in less than six tries. ### 🔈 Stuff to Listen to... 🎧 This week's audio treat is an album I slept on earlier in the year, but could be a great one to listen to as you relax in the run up to a busy holiday season. Hinako Omori is a Japanese singer and songwriter based in London, and the latest offering is 'stillness.... softness...' released in October on Houndstooth Records. This is a lovely collection of songs, sitting somewhere between dreamy pop and ethereal ambience, with some abstract twists and turns along the way. I love the vocals, which sometime remind me of Kate Bush or Tori Amos. It's a gorgeous, lush sound which gets better with multiple listens. Highly recommended album. [Listen to Hinako Omori - stillness... softness... here](https://open.spotify.com/album/0q9xBZ47BVg9VeSYAgyZPx?si=4NUcyAsaQGqnvh918T0TMw&ref=mattrutherford.co.uk) > **Stuff someone said.** > Focus on what fascinates you, no matter how uncharacteristic. There is no purpose because there is no line connecting moments in time. There is no plot. You are not a story. > [Derek Sivers](https://sive.rs/pdog?ref=mattrutherford.co.uk)