> ## 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 #173 - Qué Sopa? - URL: https://www.mattrutherford.co.uk/stuff-173/ - Published: 2024-02-05T05:39:57.000Z - Updated: 2024-02-05T05:39:56.000Z - Description: Get more done, by doing less. Figure out how to feel noticed by your boss. Life advice from Michael Caine, and a fiendish word game. - Author: Matt - Tags: Newsletter Hey, Matt here! Welcome to a new week. This week's mail comes to you on a lazy [St Brigids Day](https://www.ireland.ie/en/st-brigids-day/?ref=mattrutherford.co.uk) in Ireland. Big thanks to the new subscribers [since last week](https://www.mattrutherford.co.uk/stuff-172/), if you haven't done it for a while, maybe YOU could help me by sending this mail on to a few trusted friends? [They can join the fun here](https://www.mattrutherford.co.uk/). 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) AND that I'm writing (nearly) every day in 2024, you can catch up [with my daily notes here](https://www.mattrutherford.co.uk/tag/daily-notes/). 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 get more done, by doing less things simultaneously. Discover [the joy (and benefits) of single tasking. ](https://www.sunsama.com/blog/how-to-single-task?ref=mattrutherford.co.uk) **Review**. [My weekly review process can help supercharge your progress.](https://www.mattrutherford.co.uk/supercharge-your-week/) Just 10 short questions that will help you reflect and get focused. **Visibility**. [Do you feel unnoticed by your boss?](https://ideas.ted.com/feeling-unseen-by-your-boss-heres-what-you-can-do/?ref=mattrutherford.co.uk) This TED Podcast talks about ways to fix that problem. **Difficulty**. [Some amazing life and career advice from Sir Michael Caine](https://youtu.be/VXSVqg1KCbw?ref=mattrutherford.co.uk). It's a really short video, but a cracking example of stoicism in action. **85%.** We're conditioned to believe that nothing less than maximum pressure will get results. The truth is that you might find it is much less than that. [It's about working smarter, not harder. ](https://www.fastcompany.com/90964282/how-the-85-rule-can-help-you-succeed-at-work?ref=mattrutherford.co.uk) **Stress.** How stress drains your brain and makes you forgetful, and what you can do about it. [This TED talk explains what is happening and some simple solutions.](https://youtu.be/LrtlmbkvvEs?ref=mattrutherford.co.uk) **Organise**. [The excellent Zen Habits explains simple ways to find the joy of being organised. ](https://zenhabits.net/joy/?ref=mattrutherford.co.uk) This is some top level, easy to follow advice that will help everyone. *Savouring the deliciousness of clearing down is something I enjoy, my favourite hour of the week is emptying my email inbox.* ✍️ ****Random Journal Prompt:** Reflect on a recent challenge and your response to it. [Over 500 journal prompts here](https://www.mattrutherford.co.uk/tag/journal-prompts/) --- ![red and white labeled book](https://images.unsplash.com/photo-1627227850557-f33a71ee3f0e?crop=entropy&cs=tinysrgb&fit=max&fm=jpg&ixid=M3wxMTc3M3wwfDF8c2VhcmNofDh8fG1vbm9wb2x5fGVufDB8fHx8MTcwNzA1NTM3OXww&ixlib=rb-4.0.3&q=80&w=2000) Photo by [Stock Birken](https://unsplash.com/@stockbirken?ref=mattrutherford.co.uk) / [Unsplash](https://unsplash.com/?utm%5Fsource=ghost&utm%5Fmedium=referral&utm%5Fcampaign=api-credit) **Gezellig**. If you've ever been to Amsterdam, you'll know the feeling. [How to be cosy like the Dutch. ](https://www.axios.com/2024/01/03/gezellig-meaning-dutch-word?ref=mattrutherford.co.uk) **Light.** [Morning light is crucial for happiness.](https://www.vox.com/even-better/24022918/morning-light-happiness-seasonal-depression-sad?ref=mattrutherford.co.uk) Some practical ways to get it, even if you're not a morning person. **Crown.** [Bonhams are auctioning off all the props from The Crown.](https://www.bonhams.com/auction/30133/the-crown-auction-online/?ref=mattrutherford.co.uk) Ideal if you want to own the gates from a fake Buckingham Palace, or a dress worn by Claire Foy. **Monopoly.** [Fascinating insights into the hidden world of Monopoly.](https://www.atlasobscura.com/articles/column-secrets-of-monopoly?ref=mattrutherford.co.uk) Not quite the celebration of capitalism that I originally thought it was! **Untranslateable**. This was in one of the very first Stuff newsletters, but the site has been updated. [Words and phrases from around the world that are difficult to translate.](https://untranslatable.co/pages/explore?ref=mattrutherford.co.uk) You can discover what [poireauter](https://untranslatable.co/p/anonymous/poireauter?ref=mattrutherford.co.uk) means, or when to say [Qué Sopa.](https://untranslatable.co/p/amarens/que-sopa?ref=mattrutherford.co.uk) **Finally.** [QWERTLE](https://qwertle.friedman.in/?ref=mattrutherford.co.uk#/daily). Utterly baffling (and very clever) daily word game based on the keyboard positions of the letters you guess. 🎵 Once again, I'm building a mammoth playlist for the year. You can follow along here, [we're already at over an hour of bangers. ](https://open.spotify.com/playlist/1WDYisQq2nyIS2pqqvh8gr?si=8d9f596fc62f4e7b&ref=mattrutherford.co.uk) The [2023 version](https://open.spotify.com/playlist/3nKbhvL8ZbH346FrxFkQwW?si=aaeee69efe714e2a&ref=mattrutherford.co.uk) is still alive. ### 🔈 Stuff to Listen to... ![](https://storage.ghost.io/c/c2/2e/c22ecd6b-9412-4701-b914-97051141e207/content/images/2024/02/andrew_weatherall_by_john_barrett_dscf2071_colour_l_close-10d60be12dd8000586c187b85f4f59ad98865713-s1600-c85.webp) 🎧 [Andy Weatherall](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Andrew%5FWeatherall?ref=mattrutherford.co.uk) was a pioneer of the underground dance music scene. With an ever evolving and truly eclectic style, he was the finest of DJ's across multiple styles and genres. He's a true hero of mine. My monthly mixtape is inspired by the range and fearlessness of Weatherall as a curator. Alongside hundreds of DJ mixes, productions, remixes and live memories - Weatherall also created [the Black Notebooks](https://banbantonton.com/2020/02/22/andrew-weatherall-the-black-notebooks/?ref=mattrutherford.co.uk), a series of playlists spanning multiple styles of music. After his death in 2020, these were put online as a fantastic memory of a renegade spirit. With only 90 tracks, this is a perfect playlist. Highly recommended. [Listen to The Black Notebooks by Andy Weatherall here](https://open.spotify.com/playlist/4nwvJ352Z8mSB2Nro62RhN?si=a72819b228594c9e&ref=mattrutherford.co.uk) 🎵 [The latest Stuff Mixtape is out,](https://www.mattrutherford.co.uk/21-january-2024/) #21 contains some absolute beauts from the likes of Khruangbin | Arab Strap | Sprints | Al Barry | Mick Ronson | Jamie XX | Sierra Farrell | Coffintexts - [all available here.](https://www.mattrutherford.co.uk/21-january-2024/) > **Stuff someone said.** > Why *love* your work? It won’t, of course, [love you back](https://aworkinglibrary.com/reading/work-wont-love-you-back?ref=mattrutherford.co.uk). > [Mandy Brown](https://aworkinglibrary.com/writing/unified-theory-of------?ref=mattrutherford.co.uk)