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Caspian Almerud
Writing

Writing

Scattered notes from things I built, measured, broke, or eventually understood.

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2020-03-25

It’s still your turn.

I think a lot of people are relieved about the Covid-19 virus. It means they have a valid reason to not do. A reason that almost all of…

2020-03-23

The thing we did right was that we never stopped.

The early millennials haven’t really learned the skill of grit, at least not on a group level. Some of the grittiest people I’ve met have…

2020-03-19

Apathy

It’s been a long time since I felt this apathetic. No will do do anything. Absolutely no will to talk to people.

2020-03-15

Let your body do what it needs to do.

I woke up at 12:30 am this morning, after almost exactly 3 hours of sleep. The perfect amount if I’m going for a bi-nocturnal sleep…

2020-03-14

What you need to build a practice.

Building a practice can be hard at times. It takes time, resilience and grit.

2020-02-23

Ep. 18: On Planning

When Christopher Columbus headed out on the big Expedition that we all know him for, he had a plan. He was going to find India.

2020-01-14

Decisions.

All you got to do is to decide what to do with the time that’s given to you.

2020-01-07

Stop to catch yo

I’ve recently made my first trip alone, and it was one of the best things I’ve ever done. One of the things I noticed both arriving in…

2020-01-06

A question for

As I approached myself, I asked

2019-12-19

My daily rhythm.,

I’ve realised more and more what my daily rhythm looks like, and how it affects me. The rhythm is central to know what I need to do at…

2019-12-18

Macro patience, micro speed

Work your face off for the things you want to achieve. Regardless of what it is, it’s going to take a lot of speed and hard work. Every…

2019-12-13

Patience

Today I practiced patience by sorting rice grains for 2,5 hours. Yet the greatest test of patience has been trying to answer e-mails from…

2019-12-12

We were standing on a roof plateau, and looking over a village.

Later that night, she saw a ladder and had a brilliant bad idea. She said that we should build a bridge between the houses, and that way…

2019-12-11

“You are you independent of where in the world you are.”

“You are you independent of where in the world you are.”

2019-12-10

“Notifications are alarm clocks that someone else is setting for you.”

“Notifications are jusalarm clocks that someone else is setting for you.”

2019-12-09

Morals in old stories.

Converting knowledge from the past to a modern context might be hard at times. Right now, I’m reading one book written in the 1600:s, and…

2019-12-07

Travelling with expectations.

I think travelling is something we need to practice. Just as curiosity, and excitement. When I say we, I really mean the ones of us who…

2019-12-06

Beauty and functionality in de

There are two parameters to design: Beauty and Functionality. At times they take each other out, as times, we only look to one, at times…

2019-12-05

How to be a

The first thing you need to do in order to teach something to someone is to listen to them. Deeply, and attentively. Regardless the setting, you need to listen to what they know, what they’re...

2019-12-04

Inputs and attention.

I’ve found input to be quite interesting. Input in the sense of how much and what kind of information we’re picking up. How we’re good at picking up different kinds of information, and the amount we...

2019-12-02

Learning about yourself, a theor

We learn who we are in practice, not in theory.

2019-11-30

Mantra for worries.

Can’t control it?

2019-11-29

#Cdesign no1

I’ve become interested in design the past couple of months. Design in all forms, from websites to architecture to processes and railways…

2019-11-28

Live forever

I’ve said that I don’t think I’m ever going to die for quite some time now. It’s something I can feel in my whole body saying it, I won’t…