Reading
The Fires of December
Brandon Sanderson
Reading
Beyond work
Interests & experiences.
This is a personal journal, with room for whatever catches my attention: interests old and new, places I visit, things I try and ideas I’m working through.
From my camera roll
A little further afield.
A few moments outside work. The writing here will grow as I have more to share.
Read the personal journalA few moments
Away from the desk.
Personal writing
Whatever I’m thinking about next.
I want this to be a space I can keep adding to. Some posts will be about an interest, others an experience or a thought I want to work through.
The personal journalWhat I’m working towardBeyond the desk
Personal journal Currently.
What I’m reading, planning to watch and playing at the moment.
Watching
The Borderlands
Film
Planning to watch
Playing
Forza Horizon 6
Video game
Playing
Notes from the shelf.
Reading notes, things I’ve watched, games I’m enjoying and lessons I’m working through.
No reflections published yet.
Browse personal writingBeyond the desk · Health & fitness
Body recomposition.
I’m working on building muscle and reducing body fat, with strength, flexibility and cardiovascular health as my priorities.
My routine combines resistance training, mobility work and cardio. I’m focused on consistency and finding a routine I can maintain.
Personal writingThe reference shelf
Worth returning to.
An annotated starting collection, grouped into short learning sequences. These are starter selections awaiting my personal curation; they do not represent a completed reading or viewing history.
Finance fundamentals
From instruments to valuation.
Fixed-Income Securities I · external resource
Introduces fixed income instruments and a coupon-bond valuation framework. The course page includes the lecture and accompanying material.
Source verification
MIT course page, checked 9 October 2026.
Fixed-Income Securities II · external resource
The next step in this sequence: spot rates, forward rates and term-structure models. Pair with the first lecture before moving to a research question.
Source verification
MIT course page, checked 9 October 2026.
Valuation MBA · Spring 2025 · external resource
A full-semester valuation course. An ordered reference for relating a business narrative to assumptions, cash flows and value.
Source verification
Playlist linked from Damodaran’s official class index, checked 9 October 2026.
Market data & sources
Start with the source and its conventions.
Treasury yield curve methodology · external resource
Read the construction method before interpreting the shape of a par curve. Documents the inputs and interpolation used by Treasury.
Source verification
Treasury official methodology, checked 9 October 2026.
FRED economic data · external resource
A starting point for economic and market series. Keep the series ID, units, frequency and extraction date with every downloaded dataset.
Source verification
FRED official site, checked 9 October 2026.
Climbing practice
Movement concepts before more force.
Four movement concepts for climbing · external resource
Connects individual techniques to broader movement concepts. A prompt for observing position and direction of pull during easy practice.
Source verification
Video linked from Lattice Training’s official article, checked 9 October 2026.
Rock climbing footwork: the basics · external resource
A written reference for precision, foot angle, pivoting and weighting the feet. Record one observation after a session rather than treating every cue as universal.
Source verification
Lattice Training official article, checked 9 October 2026.
Coffee experiments
Control one variable at a time.
Understanding the Moka Pot · external resource
Explores brewing variables through experiments. Start here to understand what changes before comparing recipes.
Source verification
Creator’s verified YouTube video, checked 9 October 2026.
The Ultimate Moka Pot Technique · external resource
The practical follow-up in this sequence. Use it to define a repeatable method, then record dose, water, heat and tasting notes.
Source verification
Creator’s verified YouTube video, checked 9 October 2026.
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