How To Find Your Lost Spark

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Happy Sunday everyone. Did you know children laugh around 300 times a day and ask over 100 questions, while adults laugh 15 times per day, ask far fewer questions and overthink more.

You don’t grow out of imagination—you just stop using it.

The good news? You can get it back.

In today’s email:

1. Joy Through Play: How playful activities can reignite creativity and bring balance to your busy professional life.

2. Balancing Professionalism with Playfulness: How to incorporate wonder into your busy life without compromising professionalism.

3. Curiosity for Innovation: How maintaining a curious mindset can enhance adaptability and drive innovation in your career.

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How to Be a Child Again

When I was young, adulthood meant freedom.

Nobody could tell me what to do. It was just me and the future I wanted.

Then, when I got there, it wasn't what I expected. I didn't feel free. I felt lost.

Maybe you've felt the same. You had big plans as a kid, but the person you became doesn't match those plans. It doesn't even come close.

It's not confusion. It's fear. Fear of choosing wrong. Fear of not fitting in.

Fear of building a life that looks good but feels empty.

We don't talk enough about this pressure to figure everything out, especially for people who achieve a lot.

You reach your goals quickly, then wonder why you still feel stuck. Success without direction feels pointless.

The turning point for me happened when I stopped asking myself what I wanted, and instead, I asked what made sense.

I thought about what would look good to others and what was safe. But I also noticed the things I had enjoyed got quiet. I thought I'd grown out of them, but really, I just stopped paying attention.

How To Find Your Spark.

The things you loved didn't vanish. They're still there. You buried them under noise and productivity.

When you pay attention, you’ll notice they reappear quietly. An odd idea. A hobby that excites you. Something you want to do for no clear reason.

Notice those moments.

Being a child again doesn't mean acting childish. It means being curious. Do something because you enjoy it, not because it helps your career or impresses someone else.

Maybe self-improvement isn't always about doing more, sometimes it's about remembering who you were before everything had to matter.

So, for today, forget about levelling up. Look back instead. Remember what mattered when you were young. Then go do it—just because you want to.

Don't worry about being good at it. Don't plan the next five years around it. Just let it feel good.

When you find that feeling again, follow it. That's where you belong.

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Here are 3 Things You Missed:

#1 Ultra-Thin AR Glasses Breakthrough Makes Sci-Fi Wearables A Reality

• Scientists in South Korea unveiled a single-layer waveguide that can display full-colour augmented reality in a sheet of glass just 0.5 mm thick, dramatically reducing AR headset bulk.

• The team’s achromatic metasurface replaces the usual 3–6 layered optics, delivering bright, sharp RGB images in one layer and cutting weight—a major leap for AR wearability.

• Once commercialised, this innovation could make AR glasses as thin and light as regular eyeglasses, opening the door to comfortable all-day AR use for education, work, and entertainment.

#2 Green Hydrogen from… Urine? New Tech Turns Human Waste into Clean Fuel

• Researchers in Australia created two new systems to generate green hydrogen using urea found in urine and wastewater, cutting electricity use by up to 27%.

• These methods overcome past hurdles—boosting hydrogen yields and avoiding toxic byproducts—by producing harmless nitrogen gas during electrolysis.

• The result is a cost-effective way to produce hydrogen fuel while simultaneously treating waste. Scaled up, it could provide sustainable energy for industry and vehicles at lower cost than fossil-fuel methods.

#3 Dawn of the “Solar Age”: Global Solar Installations Hit Record High

• A new industry report reveals the world installed 597 GW of solar capacity in 2024—a 33% jump from the prior year—pushing total solar power past the 2 terawatt mark globally.

• Analysts predict the annual pace could reach 1 TW of new solar per year by 2030, underscoring an accelerating shift toward clean energy worldwide as technology costs fall.

• Described by experts as proof that “the solar age is truly here,” highlighting massive opportunities for innovative business models across energy storage grid infrastructure.

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