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# Stuff #80 - Love from Berlin
- URL: https://www.mattrutherford.co.uk/stuff-80/
- Published: 2022-04-04T05:36:00.000Z
- Updated: 2022-04-13T07:34:23.000Z
- Description: Improving productivity by pausing, managing energy and Tinder for cats! It’s all the Stuff that MattR’s this week…
- Author: Matt
- Tags: Newsletter

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Hi from **Berlin**, I'm Matt...  
  
I've taken a few days out to visit somewhere different, and change my lens on the world. I hope I find you refreshed and ready for the week ahead.   
  
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Onward with the **Stuff that MattRs** this week...

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1. **Monday Motivation:** Research shows that we spend [4.8 hours per day per user](https://stff.me/80mobile/?ref=mattrutherford.co.uk) on our phones. [What happens if you ditch social media before noon?](https://stff.me/80noon?ref=mattrutherford.co.uk) I'm trying this for a week. Let this week be the one that **you** try and detach from your phone for a bit more each day.
2. **Your new superpower:** [The Productive Pause - a counter-intuitive superpower that will help you be more effective at work.](https://stff.me/80productivepause?ref=mattrutherford.co.uk) Includes practical steps on how to implement this into your day.
3. **Essential Reading:** Outrage! [Our minds and morals did not evolve to cope with social media](https://stff.me/80outrage?ref=mattrutherford.co.uk), and that's why it is easy to feel so 'triggered' all the time
4. **Take care:**  Your time management isn't a problem, but your energy management is. [Four practical exercises that will help you manage your energy and improve your productivity and effectiveness. ](https://stff.me/80energy?ref=mattrutherford.co.uk)
5. **TWIL:** [Baileys (the drink) was developed by 2 advertising executives](http://stff.me/5?ref=mattrutherford.co.uk) in twenty minutes as recently as 1973! Who knew?
6. **Stop trying to be nice:** Being nice all the time creates its own set of problems. [This video explains why. ](http://stff.me/80beingnice?ref=mattrutherford.co.uk)
7. **I will always be me:** [A beautiful and clever service that banks your voice](http://stff.me/80bank?ref=mattrutherford.co.uk), in case you ever lose the capacity of speech.
8. **Faded Beauty:** [An incredible gallery of abandoned Italian churches](http://stff.me/80churches?ref=mattrutherford.co.uk). I can feel a trip coming on!
9. **Say goodbye to productivity:** [A library of games for your brain](http://stff.me/80games?ref=mattrutherford.co.uk), I apologise for any lack of output this week!
10. **Finally:** [Tinder for Cats.](https://stff.me/80tindercats?ref=mattrutherford.co.uk) Of course it is.

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My **aural stuff** for you this week is old and unusual - and I was lucky enough to discover this on vinyl in a record shop here in Berlin. Electronic Universe Pt 1 by Software is some early 80's instrumental synth electronica. It's a stunner, and well worth a listen.   
  
[Listen to Software - Electronic Universe Pt1 on Spotify here.](http://stff.me/80software?ref=mattrutherford.co.uk) 

### Smart Stuff that someone said:

> "Berlin, the greatest cultural extravaganza that one could imagine." **David Bowie**