> ## 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 #83 - Goodbye Mr Blue - URL: https://www.mattrutherford.co.uk/stuff-83/ - Published: 2022-04-25T04:50:00.000Z - Updated: 2022-04-26T14:55:12.000Z - Description: This week we look at Work-Life Balance vs Work-Life Integration, how to improve your writing and self-care street art that could improve your life. - Author: Matt - Tags: Newsletter 👓 Hi from **Dublin**, I'm Matt... Welcome to a new week, I hope Stuff finds you well this week. I want to welcome the influx of new subscribers I have this week, its great to have you all here. **Thank you for being a part of Stuff.* If you received this email from an excellent friend, and would like to subscribe, [please go here](https://mattrutherford.co.uk/newsletter?ref=mattrutherford.co.uk). If you'd like an archive of Stuff from the beginning of 2022 - [it's here](https://www.mattrutherford.co.uk/tag/newsletter/).* Onward with the **Stuff that MattRs** this week... --- 1. **Monday Motivation:** Let this be the week that you clearly understand [the difference between Work-Life Balance, and Work-Life Integration](https://stff.me/83worklife?ref=mattrutherford.co.uk) and which holds the most benefit. *A clue - it's both*. This is **important**, because data shows [we are building a triple-peak day](https://stff.me/83triplepeak?ref=mattrutherford.co.uk), a pattern that is replacing the typical 9-5 day. 2. **Your new superpower:** I've talked about [deep work](https://www.mattrutherford.co.uk/productivity-in-customer-success/) before, and the idea of finding flow - [this article shares the four steps of becoming indistractable.](https://stff.me/83indistractable?ref=mattrutherford.co.uk) This is especially for you if you've checked your phone whilst reading this email. 3. **Essential Reading:** [This excellent PDF presentation will give you practical tips on how to write more clearly, think more clearly and learn complex material more easily.](https://stff.me/83writing?ref=mattrutherford.co.uk) Highly recommended read. 4. **Take care:** [36 ways that you can live differently](https://stff.me/8336ways?ref=mattrutherford.co.uk) and improve your life. Numbers #5, #24 and #31 are valuable ideas that are worth thinking about. Number #6 is something I have begun to learn, and it has really helped me. 5. **TWIL:** Whilst reading about the Queen Elizabeth II's birthday this week, I learned that [she has a person responsible for breaking in her shoes.](https://stff.me/83shoes?ref=mattrutherford.co.uk) 6. **Self-care with wall:** Self-care messages and affirmations, in a street art style. [An Instagram feed that will enhance your life](https://stff.me/83selfcare?ref=mattrutherford.co.uk). Bonus idea - Try sharing these with the people you love. 7. **Stop droning on:** [Enjoy this extraordinary video](https://stff.me/83tesla?ref=mattrutherford.co.uk) of a drone trip through a Tesla Factory in Berin. Just three minutes, but so much to see! 8. **Why we dream:** [A beautiful 5-minute TED Talk that tries to help us understand why we dream](https://stff.me/83dreams?ref=mattrutherford.co.uk). I welcome my dreams, the only come when I am truly rested. 9. **Lennon to Bowie via The Carpenters:** [A brilliant list of twenty of the best cover albums ever made](https://stff.me/83covers?ref=mattrutherford.co.uk), there are some absolute BELTERS in here. Including a few that I hadn't heard before. 10. **Finally:** I thought I might be finished with new daily puzzles, [and then QuizWitzle comes along](https://stff.me/83quiz?ref=mattrutherford.co.uk). Five quiz questions per day, with linked answers that you have to guess. I really like this one. --- 🎧 My **aural stuff** for you this week is an album I missed completely, but HOLY SH\*T, it's amazing, and I urge you to give it a go! **Chloë and the Next 20th Century by Father John Misty** is a superb collection of americana, with touches of easy-listening and alt-country. Joshua Tillman who records as Father John Misty has an articulate and funny approach to lyrics, and this latest albumb by him is 100% worth your time. [Listen to Father John Misty - Chloë and the Next 20th Century on Spotify here.](https://stff.me/83misty?ref=mattrutherford.co.uk) ### Stuff that someone said: > "...without darkness, nothing comes to birth, as without light, nothing flowers." **May Sarton** ([wiki](https://stff.me/83sarton?ref=mattrutherford.co.uk))