Things are busy around here. Life is a little bit complicated on the personal front right now, but I guess that just inspires me to get busy with work and other activities. Here’s what I’ve been up to lately.
Working on my final Frontiers in Life Sciences presentation
The course is coming to and end, which means it’s time for my final assignment - a 15-minute presentation on a paper of my choice.
It was the perfect opportunity for me to dive deeper into a topic I’ve been fascinated in for a long time - bioelectricity and how it can dictate large-scale anatomy. I need to do a couple of practice rounds for the presentation, might post a video here later. But in the meantime… a sneak peek, maybe?
Christmas Movie Night in Gothenburg
Last week I went to Gothenburg for one night to meet some old friends for a Christmas Movie Night. We watched Die Hard and Klaus. Both great - but Klaus… Klaus was just incredible and I want to see it again.
Biohacking session on focus
Yesterday night a friend and I went to a biohacking meetup about mental focus. We talked about the basics - diet, exercise, sleep, etc., as well as focus ‘amplifiers’ in the form of supplementation, mindset switches, etc.
I take quite a few supplements which I believe help with focus, but for me the two things that have most noticeable effects are:
- Caffeine + L-Theanine OR mate (short term - minutes/hours)
- Exercise (medium/long-term - hours/days)
Running
Still running - I had a couple of easy weeks with only 2 runs instead of my usual 4. For the winter I’ve decided to target 2-3 runs per week. A sort of maintenance mode, I guess.
I also signed up for a 6km winter trail run at the end of January. Eh… we’ll see about this one.
Cognition Lab
I participated in a cognitive test studying memory and visualization at the Cognition Lab here in the city - it was pretty interesting and maybe helped me answer my own earlier question about whether I think more in words or images.
Course admission results
I’m on the waiting list for my first preference, a cosmology-related course, and admitted into a course on good and bad science.
Coming up: Nobel Prize Lecture - Economics
This Saturday morning I’m planning to attend a lecture by one of the winners of the 2025 Nobel Prize in Economics, Philippe Aghion. The prize was awarded for his work in creative destruction - how innovations make established industries obsolete.
So much to learn, so little time - a nice problem to have. All of this is of course powered by copious amounts of caffeine.
