Sacchit

Agent work is the most frustrating and deeply unsatisfying way of working I’ve experienced It is impossible to get in the flow of a task when you have 3 separate things going on, each step of progress needs you to wait 1-3 mins per task, then needing to parse a big wall of text before you decide the next step And while you’re waiting for information to become available you inevitably get distracted, making the task even longer because you forget all the things going on in parallel (hence why I’m writing this tweet) I don’t know what the solution or if there even is one but I wish there was something better than just an endless sidebar of tabs fighting for my limited attention

Status symbols today: - Taking private lessons in chess, jazz piano, or French in your late 30s - Knowing your VO2 max, DEXA stats, and ApoB - Having zero clue what the internet is mad about today - Wired Apple earbuds on video calls - More than 2 kids - 100% natural fiber clothing (linen, merino, cashmere, zero polyester) - Empty calendars - Caring about microplastics - No TV in the main living room - Having lots of followers or being off social completely - Being sober - Eating "clean" - Type of water you drink - Private school for kids - Traveling to Japan - Premium skincare - 2nd house - Backyard pizza oven - 2+ fridges - Ordering off menu because you've gone to the same spot since 2014 - Charcuterie boards - Single estate olive oil and tinned fish - Hosting Sunday dinners where phones go in a wooden bowl by the front door - Private chef - 2000s manual Porsche 911 over any brand new supercar - 90s Toyota Land Cruiser or old Volvo wagon as the daily driver - Talking about seed oils a lot - Dyson vacuums - Limewash walls and unlacquered brass hardware that patinas over time - $95 heavyweight blank white tees (Lady White Co., Merz b. Schwanen, Buck Mason etc) - Beautiful workstation - Raw A2 milk from a local farm drop - Le Labo products - Talking about cold plunges - Custom cedar sauna + outdoor shower in the backyard - Secondhand goods with stories - Cast iron and stainless steel pans only - Eating organic - Buying half a cow from a regenerative ranch (and owning a garage chest freezer just for it) - Japanese selvedge denim and unbranded cashmere - Taking afternoon calls on a walk (refusing to turn on Zoom camera) - Hi-Fi audio - Framed art from artists you met in person - Mortgage rate below 3% - La Marzocco coffee maker - Owning your last name .com (and it's your email too) - Charizards - Wearing a faded crewneck from a tiny bakery in Copenhagen or Kyoto - Reading books - Phone permanently on Do Not Disturb - Work/life balance - Analog hobbies (Leica film cameras, fountain pens, woodworking) - Kids with zero iPad time (wooden toys + outdoor school) - Bone broth - Digital detoxing - Taking the entire month of August off like an old-world European - iPhone Air or iPhone Duo Okay, I'll stop. So, what did I miss?

The healing power of HUMMING. Fucking hell, the more you learn about the human body, the more you realise how much we still don't understand about the simplest things. Did you know that humming for just 60 seconds can help calm you down when you're stressed? There's a nerve called the vagus nerve, which runs from your brainstem down through your body and plays a massive role in your nervous system. Slow breathing and humming can help you settle yourself when your head's going a hundred miles an hour. And this is where it gets interesting, fam. Researchers actually found that humming increased nitric oxide in the nasal passages by around FIFTEEN TIMES compared with quiet breathing. FIFTEEN FUCKING TIMES. Now, nitric oxide is involved in blood vessel function, and the vibrations from humming help move air between your sinuses and nasal passages. That's what the research was measuring. Mad when you think about it. Now, funny enough, I was reading Jane Roberts, I believe it was The Nature of Personal Reality, and she was talking about something called inner sound values. The idea that the sounds we create internally, even our thoughts and beliefs, have an influence on our physical reality, right down to the cells in our body. And that got me thinking about something else. Why do you think Buddhist monks have been chanting OM for centuries? Mmmmm. Ommmm. That deep vibration you can actually feel in your chest and head. People have been using chanting and humming in spiritual practices for a very long time, often to settle the mind and bring themselves into a calmer state. It's funny, isn't it? We've got people spending a fortune trying to relax, buying every fucking gadget under the sun, and meanwhile you can sit in your kitchen humming like a broken fridge for absolutely nothing. Try it yourself. Close your mouth, breathe gently through your nose and hum for 60 seconds. Don't force anything. Just notice how you feel afterwards. And if somebody walks in and asks what the fuck you're doing, tell them you're having a meeting with your nervous system. The more you know, fam. 😊