At the start of 2021 one of my personal goals was to reduce the neck, back, and even hip pain I’d had for a decade. This year I was pleased to reflect on making a huge amount of progress (80%+ reduction). Here's what I learned:

(Not medical advice, just my personal experience) Preface: Taking care of yourself is an undelegatable duty - you can’t just go to a doctor, therapist, or anyone else and expect them to figure your problems out. You can (and should) use experts as resources, but ultimately you need to own your problems and solutions.

Today I was reflecting: I’ve put more time into India than any other single country. We’ve got so much to do here. Are a few quick updates on Stripe in India and some open roles we’re hiring for 🧵 /1 The demand for Stripe’s India Beta has been intense and we’ve accelerated our investment in the country. We’re focused on serving the most ambitious companies in the world and India’s tech scene has unmatched energy and ambition! support.stripe.com/questions/how-… /2

I'm compiling a series of reading lists of books I’ve enjoyed and learned from.

The first list is on the topic of technology. /1

noahpepper.com/syllabi/techno… We’re long on short summaries and Tweetstorms and short on time invested in deep understanding.

My goal with this project is to share and slower longer form content, dear Tweet thread reader. More on those goals here. /2

noahpepper.com/syllabi/

Living in Singapore for 1 month during the COVID outbreak I’ve been super impressed by the government leadership and response here. Things that I've noticed: 0/ Transparent and regular updates on their policies, status of the virus spread, clear actionable recommendations to individuals and businesses, and responses to misinformation. moh.gov.sg/covid-19