Self Improvement

My son is learning music and guitar, and I decided to join him. I play guitar, have done so for years, but always by tabs, never with any formal education. Actual sheet music? Never really bothered. Now seemed like a good time to fix that. The problem showed up quickly. Guitar tabs and most resources aimed at guitarists use letter notation: A, B, C, D, E, F, G. My son learns through solfège: Do, Re, Mi, Fa, Sol, La, Si. When we sit together and look at the same note on a staff, he calls it for example Do, and I have to think really hard whether it’s a Do or C. That is fine in principle, both systems map to the same notes, but it means I want to be fluent in both. ...

Intro So you decided to try to lose some excess weight. Good for you! You browse around on the internet and find thousands of studies and blogposts and advice on how to do so. But losing weight is a personal journey in which you need to find a balance between diet and not losing your mind. I’ve drafted some rules that worked for me. Again, it’s a personal thing, but to me these rules made a diet manageable, measurable and effective. I used these rules to lose 15 Kg over the course of 4 months. And they helped me get rid of weight on at least 3 occasions. (We’ll talk about why it always came back at the end…) It’s a set of tips and tricks, do with it what you want, and good luck! ...