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Haikus, composing music and rewards

  • January 9, 2023
  • Davidson Paulo
  • Thoughts

A couple years ago, Shyrwyn decided to write haikus. She would write and publish one haiku a day.

Your job is to get a new job… or something like that

  • September 17, 2021
  • Davidson Paulo
  • Thoughts

Back in 2010 I was working as a level 2 infrastructure analyst at a tech company in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. As part of my responsibilities, I had to interact constantly with different software developers, so it was common for me to have lunch with them.

My sourdough journey: what I’ve learned so far

  • August 7, 2021
  • Shyrwyn Clemente
  • Thoughts

After a month of making sourdough breads, here are my few lessons learned:

Something I had on my mind

  • June 29, 2021
  • Shyrwyn Clemente
  • Thoughts

To live is not about the BIG things you’ll achieve in your life.

I wish I had been taught this when I was a kid

  • June 29, 2021
  • Davidson Paulo
  • Thoughts

Sometimes I wonder what would I have done different if I had been taught as a kid that becoming good at something is a matter of doing it repeatedly for a long period of time.

Tackling my fear of failure by baking

  • April 9, 2021
  • Shyrwyn Clemente
  • Thoughts

Everyone is afraid of something completely irrational.

Don’t fall in that rabbit hole

  • April 8, 2021
  • Shyrwyn Clemente
  • Thoughts

In my pursuit of living a meaningful life, I thought by doing all the things that came to my mind, one of them would eventually be the answer.

What would they think of me if I told them…

  • January 31, 2021
  • Shyrwyn Clemente
  • Thoughts

I want to quit my corporate job?

A bad decision with a good outcome doesn’t make it a good decision

  • January 26, 2021
  • Shyrwyn Clemente
  • Thoughts

I’ve made many stupid decisions in the past that I’m not proud of.

What would I tell my 5-year younger self?

  • December 6, 2020
  • Shyrwyn Clemente
  • Thoughts

It’s on December 6, 2015 that I took the plane to travel solo to South America.

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