> ## 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 #91 - there be dragons! - URL: https://www.mattrutherford.co.uk/stuff-91/ - Published: 2022-06-20T05:04:00.000Z - Updated: 2022-06-20T05:03:59.000Z - Description: What happens when you learn to finish stuff, and figure out how to read 10x faster than you do now? Maybe the 5-hour rule will help you do more... - Author: Matt - Tags: Newsletter 👓 Hi from **Spain**, I'm Matt... I'm into the last days of my time in Spain, and I used the last week to experiment on true remote working. I was just as connected and productive working from [my tiny desk](https://www.instagram.com/p/Ce-kFG5sZnG/?hl=en&ref=mattrutherford.co.uk) and had the benefit of bright sunshine and warm air. I can see this being a more regular occurrence in the future. As always, I hope this mail find you safe and well wherever you are. ***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 the 5-hour rule](https://stff.me/91fivehour?ref=mattrutherford.co.uk). It's a simple strategy, used by some successful people to ensure that they devote at least some time each day to learning & enrichment. An hour of learning must be [better than this.](https://stff.me/91doomscrolling?ref=mattrutherford.co.uk) 2. **Your new superpower:** [Finishing stuff.](https://stff.me/91finish?ref=mattrutherford.co.uk) More importantly, what happens in your mind when you leave things unfinished? [Here are ten practical tips for finishing what you started. ](https://stff.me/91finishtips?ref=mattrutherford.co.uk) 3. **Essential Reading:** [How privileged are you?](https://stff.me/91privilege?ref=mattrutherford.co.uk) The Project Humanities site has checklists and resources to help [understand privilege](https://stff.me/91privilegehbr?ref=mattrutherford.co.uk), and the impact it can have on those around you. An excellent resource for anyone, especially leaders. (*Thanks for S for this Stuff*) 4. **Take care:** [Finch is a clever new app](https://stff.me/91finch?ref=mattrutherford.co.uk), with a cute design that gamifies those processes of self-care that work for you. You give birth to tiny creature, and then keep it 'alive' by completing mindful habits that look after you. It's a very pretty version of my [free habit tracker](https://stff.me/habittracker?ref=mattrutherford.co.uk). [Sounds a bit like a tamagotchi!](https://stff.me/91tamagotchi?ref=mattrutherford.co.uk) 5. **TWIL:** [Over 34000 dragons (some green, some black) have washed up on the beach on Cornwall.](https://stff.me/91containers?ref=mattrutherford.co.uk) This continues my obsession with shipping containers, and their role in sending our stuff around the planet. 6. **How fast do you read?** [I've been testing Jiffy reader](https://stff.me/91jiffy?ref=mattrutherford.co.uk), a Chrome Extension that alters how text is displayed on your screen and claims to speed up how quickly you can read. I can feel myself moving faster through the text, [although I'm not sure I'll ever be a **really** fast reader.](https://stff.me/91speed?ref=mattrutherford.co.uk) 7. **Hub and Spoke:** [Drag the world map and find the ten closest airports to your cursor](https://stff.me/91spider?ref=mattrutherford.co.uk). You can also pretend that a giant red spider is crawling around. 8. **Girth or height?** [This lovingly crafted database catalogs monumental trees from around the world.](https://stff.me/91trees?ref=mattrutherford.co.uk) There are details on over 54000 significant trees, and some are truly remarkable, like [this **thirty-meter** wide specimen in Mexico.](https://stff.me/91mexicotree?ref=mattrutherford.co.uk) 9. **From Dublin to Djibouti:** Or from Rome2Rio - [this clever site will plot a route between any two places](https://stff.me/91rome2rio?ref=mattrutherford.co.uk). I know Google Maps can do this, but the options for travel are nicely presented. 10. **Finally:** The hardest of the -tle daily games I have seen so far, [this one gives you five chances to guess an artist, from their paintings.](https://stff.me/91artle?ref=mattrutherford.co.uk) I've ether got it in one, or not at all - can you beat me? [All the StuffAll the Stuff that has been published on Stuff.![](https://www.mattrutherford.co.uk/favicon.png)Stuff that MattR'sMatt Rutherford![](https://storage.ghost.io/c/c2/2e/c22ecd6b-9412-4701-b914-97051141e207/content/images/2022/02/PinClipart.com_america-clipart_10611.png)](https://www.mattrutherford.co.uk/stuff-archive/) I created this new archive where you can search all the links posted in the Stuff Newsletters 🎧 My **aural stuff** for you this week is a film soundtrack from one of my favourite musicians, [Blanck Mass.](https://www.instagram.com/blanckmass/?hl=en&ref=mattrutherford.co.uk) The movie is Ted K, which tells the life story of Ted Kaczynski in Lincoln, Nebraska before he became infamous as the Unabomber. It's a suitably eerie and intense soundtrack, and well worth time to have a listen. [Listen to Ted K by Blanck Mass on Spotify here.](https://stff.me/91blanck?ref=mattrutherford.co.uk) 📫 Do you love independent writing? [I recommend The Sample.](https://thesample.ai/?ref=1153) Every day, they will send you a novel newsletter you might like, no obligation. ### Stuff that someone said: > "The best way to make things better is to see how they are..." **Seth Godin** ([via](https://stff.me/91seth?ref=mattrutherford.co.uk))