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Episode 12: Sandy Xu
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Welcome to Episode #12 of the Focus and Chill podcast. We’re lucky to have Sandy Xu as our guest today. Sandy is passionate about the transition to net zero carbon emissions. She is a renewable energy analyst, convenor of the Sustainability Book club, and obsessed with finding low-carbon running shoes. She’s also Jeremy’s wife.
- JN: What projects are you concentrating on during your focused hours?
- Modelling in Python, not clay
- Forecasting prices of electricity to make sure that
- Studying Masters of Data Science
- EV battery longevity
- How about the rest of the time? What do you enjoy doing in your off time?
- Sustainability book club (quarterly):
- Books:
- “Together we can”
- “The big switch”
- “Dark Emu”
- Books:
- Sustainability book club (quarterly):
- What does your morning routine look like and how has it evolved over time?
- Muse: meditation headset
- Is it neurofeedback?
- Journaling:
- Free writing
- Structured:
- What am I grateful
- What am I excited about
- Anki
- Data science flashcards, e.g. what is cross entropy?
- Habit Stacking
- Meditation / Journaling / HIIT (5 mins) / Anki (5 mins) / DataCamp (10 mins)
- Muse: meditation headset
- JC: What do you do to optimize productivity during your working hours?
- Energy management > time management
- Peak performance in the morning: tackle difficult coding tasks first thing
- Energy slump after lunch
- Naps help
- Another peak in the early evening: study
- Time blocking: book meetings with herself so that other people can’t interrupt her during deep work
- Body doubling
- Distraction blocking using Focus Bear
- Pomodoro technique
- Changing locations (go to the library)
- Energy management > time management
- JN: How do you switch off at night?
- Reading books
- Evening journaling
- How the day went
- Plan for the next day
- How do you stop studying from eating into switch off time?
- Prioritize setting tomorrow’s tasks
- Shutting down computers/devices
- Hot shower/foot spa in the evening
- JC: What habits do you want to remove from your life?
- Inconsistent morning routine
- Overcoming fear of starting
- Excuses to not do things in the morning / kick them to the evening
- To don’t list:
- YouTube
- JN: What resources (books, philosophies, apps) do you find most helpful for productivity and habit formation?
- Books:
- Atomic habits, Clear
- Habit Stacking
- Tiny Habits, Fogg
- When, Pink
- Collection of Chinese aphorisms
- Atomic habits, Clear
- Apps:
- Forest: can’t use the phone while focusing though doesn’t work on the computer that well
- Focus Bear
- Books:
- JC: Where can people connect with you or find your work?
- Meetup page for Sustainability Book club
- JC: Do you have any final words or asks for our audience?
1. A long journey starts with a single step
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Episode 12: Sandy Xu
Focus and Chill - productivity tactics for AuDHDers and other neurodivergent folks
Manage episode 371377334 series 3493829
Welcome to Episode #12 of the Focus and Chill podcast. We’re lucky to have Sandy Xu as our guest today. Sandy is passionate about the transition to net zero carbon emissions. She is a renewable energy analyst, convenor of the Sustainability Book club, and obsessed with finding low-carbon running shoes. She’s also Jeremy’s wife.
- JN: What projects are you concentrating on during your focused hours?
- Modelling in Python, not clay
- Forecasting prices of electricity to make sure that
- Studying Masters of Data Science
- EV battery longevity
- How about the rest of the time? What do you enjoy doing in your off time?
- Sustainability book club (quarterly):
- Books:
- “Together we can”
- “The big switch”
- “Dark Emu”
- Books:
- Sustainability book club (quarterly):
- What does your morning routine look like and how has it evolved over time?
- Muse: meditation headset
- Is it neurofeedback?
- Journaling:
- Free writing
- Structured:
- What am I grateful
- What am I excited about
- Anki
- Data science flashcards, e.g. what is cross entropy?
- Habit Stacking
- Meditation / Journaling / HIIT (5 mins) / Anki (5 mins) / DataCamp (10 mins)
- Muse: meditation headset
- JC: What do you do to optimize productivity during your working hours?
- Energy management > time management
- Peak performance in the morning: tackle difficult coding tasks first thing
- Energy slump after lunch
- Naps help
- Another peak in the early evening: study
- Time blocking: book meetings with herself so that other people can’t interrupt her during deep work
- Body doubling
- Distraction blocking using Focus Bear
- Pomodoro technique
- Changing locations (go to the library)
- Energy management > time management
- JN: How do you switch off at night?
- Reading books
- Evening journaling
- How the day went
- Plan for the next day
- How do you stop studying from eating into switch off time?
- Prioritize setting tomorrow’s tasks
- Shutting down computers/devices
- Hot shower/foot spa in the evening
- JC: What habits do you want to remove from your life?
- Inconsistent morning routine
- Overcoming fear of starting
- Excuses to not do things in the morning / kick them to the evening
- To don’t list:
- YouTube
- JN: What resources (books, philosophies, apps) do you find most helpful for productivity and habit formation?
- Books:
- Atomic habits, Clear
- Habit Stacking
- Tiny Habits, Fogg
- When, Pink
- Collection of Chinese aphorisms
- Atomic habits, Clear
- Apps:
- Forest: can’t use the phone while focusing though doesn’t work on the computer that well
- Focus Bear
- Books:
- JC: Where can people connect with you or find your work?
- Meetup page for Sustainability Book club
- JC: Do you have any final words or asks for our audience?
1. A long journey starts with a single step
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