> ## 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 #86 - Again & Again - URL: https://www.mattrutherford.co.uk/stuff-86/ - Published: 2022-05-16T05:06:00.000Z - Updated: 2022-05-16T06:55:45.000Z - Description: Looking at self-care, free e-books, the practical things that make you happy and introducing the Stuff Mixtape. - Author: Matt - Tags: Newsletter 👓 Hi from **Dublin**, I'm Matt... I really miss mixtapes, the art of pulling together some favourite tracks for your friends or a loved one, carefully selected to make the mood. I must have made hundreds, even thousands in the past. I've decided to that Summer 2022 is when I bring the mixtape back - so with today's newsletter, I'm launching the monthly [Stuff Mix](https://stff.me/stuffmix1?ref=mattrutherford.co.uk) \- I hope you love it as much as I enjoyed making it. Now might be the perfect time to hit 'play' on that...it's perfect for accompanying the mail! ***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 week be the one that you implement more self-care in your routine. Not the type where you go to a spa, or ensure you are hydrated, [but some daily rituals that make you feel a little better](https://stff.me/86selfcare?ref=mattrutherford.co.uk). It makes complete sense to [focus on the small things that give you satisfaction](https://stff.me/86satisfaction?ref=mattrutherford.co.uk) 2. **Your new superpower:** Everyone gets rejected sometimes, the job you didn't get, the proposal that didn't land or the promotion you didn't quite make. [This article has some great advice on how to reframe rejection.](https://stff.me/86rejection?ref=mattrutherford.co.uk) Bonus video - [Simon Sinek explains why you should also reframe 'failure'. ](https://stff.me/86failure?ref=mattrutherford.co.uk) 3. **Essential Reading:** Science tells us that many jobs will be automated, [find out if a 'robot' will take your job with this clever site. ](https://stff.me/86robot?ref=mattrutherford.co.uk) If you think it might happen to you, here's some great advice on life-planning, [to help you decide what might be next. ](https://stff.me/86lifeplanning?ref=mattrutherford.co.uk) 4. **Take care of yourself:** Shift your vibe and make yourself happier, t[his article has sixty practical ways you can cheer yourself up.](https://stff.me/86happier?ref=mattrutherford.co.uk) 5. **TWIL:** Mac Owners are 40 percent more likely to stay at a four- or five-star hotel compared to Windows users and Mac users are willing to spend as much as 30 percent more per night for hotel rooms than those who use PCs. [Of course, travel sites have no idea what computer you are using. ](https://stff.me/86hotels?ref=mattrutherford.co.uk) 6. **Music is the answer:** This clever little site plays you a custom mix of [ambient sounds to reduce distractions](https://stff.me/86murmur?ref=mattrutherford.co.uk). Whilst this little one plays you a [simple mix of lo-fi music to reduce anxiety and help focus](https://stff.me/86sunday?ref=mattrutherford.co.uk). 7. **Read for free:** [Project Gutenberg has a library of over 60,000 free e-books.](https://stff.me/86gutenberg?ref=mattrutherford.co.uk) Now you have no excuse to not use that Kindle. 8. **Right place, right time:** The 2022 press photo of the year winners have been decided, [view the gallery here](https://stff.me/86pressphoto?ref=mattrutherford.co.uk) \- there are some outstanding photographs. 9. **Less Lamar, more Limahl:** [Heardle ](https://stff.me/86heardle?ref=mattrutherford.co.uk)is still great fun, but for older readers like me, maybe [90's Heardle ](https://stff.me/86heardle90s?ref=mattrutherford.co.uk)is better. [Or even 80's Heardle. ](https://stff.me/86heardle80s?ref=mattrutherford.co.uk) 10. **Finally:** [Where did you park your spaceship](https://stff.me/86spaceship?ref=mattrutherford.co.uk)? Choose your vessel, choose your location. 🎧 My **aural stuff** for you this week is the very first **Stuff Mixtape** \- packed full of new and old bangers from my ears to yours. There are some lesser-known disco classics, soul and funk classics alongside blissed out hip-hop and reggae. Everything is carefully selected to give maximum listening pleasure - enjoy! [Listen to Stuff Mixtape #1 on Spotify here. ](https://stff.me/stuffmix1?ref=mattrutherford.co.uk) 👓 If you ever need an Icebreaker for a meeting, [check out The Questions:](https://www.thequestions.app/?ref=mattrutherford.co.uk) it's my free pile of random questions to kick start your conversations. ### Stuff that someone said: > "My job is to be a DJ and make people dance so if people dance, I've done my job." **Jeff Mills**