A few years ago, I noticed a pattern in myself.
Whenever something felt off, money, work, energy, even mood, I would start researching.
Not aggressively.
Quietly.
I would look up one thing.
Then another.
Then somehow I would be twenty tabs deep, trying to understand why something that looked fine did not feel fine.
Sometimes it was about money.
Sometimes mental health.
Sometimes a product, a T shirt, a chair, a pair of shoes.
At first, it felt scattered.
But over time, I realised it was the same instinct every time.
I was not chasing answers.
I was trying to get clear.
Clarity, I noticed, shows up in unexpected places.
In how you spend money.
In how you manage your work.
In the products you keep replacing.
In the thoughts you keep avoiding.
Most of us treat finance, mental health, and everyday decisions as separate problems.
They are not.
They are all expressions of how clearly we are thinking.
That is what this is about.
This Week’s Fixation is a weekly note about the one thing I found myself researching, questioning, or circling more than expected.
This newsletter is where I follow that trail.
One fixation at a time.
Some weeks it will be practical.
A money decision that did not sit right.
A product that promised a lot but delivered little.
A system that looked smart on paper but felt wrong in real life.
Some weeks it will be internal.
A mental habit that quietly drains energy.
A sense that everything looks fine, but something still feels off.
Why does this feel wrong even though it looks fine?
Other weeks, it will be about learning to think more clearly.
Reducing unnecessary complexity.
Noticing where attention leaks.
Making fewer, better decisions.
The topic changes.
The lens does not.
I am not here to give advice.
I am not here to optimise your life.
I am more interested in:
How people actually behave
Why rational decisions often are not
How small choices compound over time
and why clarity usually beats intensity
I do not believe better lives come from hacks.
They come from slowing down.
Asking better questions.
And paying attention to what keeps pulling at your mind.
This newsletter is me doing that once a week.
Out loud.
Some fixations will be practical.
Some will be uncomfortable.
Some will lead nowhere.
That is fine.
If something stays with me, it is probably worth thinking about.
Just one fixation.
Thought through.
Until next time,
