> ## 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 #95 - be default essential - URL: https://www.mattrutherford.co.uk/stuff-95/ - Published: 2022-07-18T04:16:00.000Z - Updated: 2022-07-18T04:15:59.000Z - Description: Discovering what it means to be Default Essential, cultivating humility and guarding your Work-Life Balance. Plus, Stuff Mixtape #3 and much more... - Author: Matt - Tags: Newsletter 👓 Hi from **Dublin**, I'm Matt... *Much of Western Europe is experiencing something of a heatwave this weekend. I hope wherever you are reading this, you are happy, healthy, and safe, whatever the weather is doing.* This week I'm sharing the **third** edition of the [Stuff Mixtape](https://stff.me/stuffmix3?ref=mattrutherford.co.uk) \- another hour-long selection of bona fide bangers to accompany the newsletter. **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 [start your journey to 'default essential'](https://stff.me/95default?ref=mattrutherford.co.uk), the work quality you need to help you navigate [a downturn](https://stff.me/95layoffs?ref=mattrutherford.co.uk). [Included in here](https://stff.me/95default?ref=mattrutherford.co.uk) are practical steps to help you audit your portfolio, find scope, and optimise. 2. **Your new superpower:** [Humility](https://stff.me/95humility?ref=mattrutherford.co.uk). Thats it, that's the tweet. Here are three tips to cultivate [humility in the workplace.](https://stff.me/95humilityatwork?ref=mattrutherford.co.uk) 3. **Essential Reading:** There is a lot of information about [how to prepare for an interview](https://stff.me/95prep?ref=mattrutherford.co.uk), but I've never seen a tool that lets you practice your interview answers. [This excellent site from Google allows you to warmup for an interview by practicing your answers](https://stff.me/95interview?ref=mattrutherford.co.uk). Great resource. 4. **Take care:** [Excellent advice in this article](https://stff.me/95wlb?ref=mattrutherford.co.uk) on setting boundaries to help you achieve true work-life balance. Why is it important? [Because work is killing us.](https://stff.me/95killing?ref=mattrutherford.co.uk) 5. **TWIL:** I'm the same age that Ernest Hemingway was when 'The Old Man and the Sea' was published. [Discover what others had achieved at your actual age. ](https://stff.me/95age?ref=mattrutherford.co.uk) 6. **On the tip of my tongue:** [Are our smartphones ruining our memories?](https://stff.me/95amnesia?ref=mattrutherford.co.uk) This report documents the rise of digital amnesia. Luckily, there is [an app to help you remember that word.](https://stff.me/95tongue?ref=mattrutherford.co.uk) 7. **How much world?** [This clever little site](https://howmuch.world/?ref=mattrutherford.co.uk) helps you compile a map of all the places you've visited. [Mine looks surprisingly good](https://stff.me/95myworld?ref=mattrutherford.co.uk), but never in South America and not enough Africa covered. 8. **This much world:** Vadim Sherbakov takes some [majestic photographs of landscapes across the world](https://stff.me/95landscapes?ref=mattrutherford.co.uk). More of his extraordinary work is [online here.](https://stff.me/95vadim?ref=mattrutherford.co.uk) 9. **It's over here!** [Point at your pointer.](https://stff.me/95point?ref=mattrutherford.co.uk) Simple, but surprising, and funny. 10. **Finally:** [Stattogories](https://stff.me/95stats?ref=mattrutherford.co.uk) (which makes my spellcheck panic) - a collection of higher/lower games based on stats from Wikipedia/IMDb/Spotify and more. Excellent Stuff! *(PS - I make no apologies for how much time you waste on this!)* 📫 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. 🎧 My **aural stuff** for you this week is the latest edition of the Stuff Mixtape. From cosmic disco, through Northern Soul to Irish street poets and electronic anthems - this is the best background music for Stuff! I hope you enjoy listening to it as much as I enjoyed compiling it. [Listen to Stuff Mixtape #3 here.](https://stff.me/stuffmix3?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: > "Anger is an acid that can do more harm to the vessel in which it is stored than to anything on which it is poured." **Mark Twain ([via](https://twitter.com/TheMarkTwain?ref=mattrutherford.co.uk))**