Surprised to see terebess.hu on the front page of HN. For over a decade, it has been my go to source for books on zen.

I prefer taking 10-15 mins in the morning to plan my day. This includes both work and non-work activities. I believe that if this micro-practice of reflecting on tasks, priorities etc. becomes a habit, then for me the at the macro level things begin to fall into place automatically.

Also I prefer good old pen/pencil and a notepad over any software but you could do this any way you like. I always have a pen and notepad lying on my desk. I write lots of different things down like due dates for bills, upcoming birthdays, even ideas or tasks that I do not want to forget. For ideas, tasks etc., you can at a later point rewrite from your notepad to obsidian, trello (or your software of choice).

30 years is a long time. Just out of curiosity, do you have any thoughts on the general trivia (things like flow state triggers, deliberate practice etc.) that exists in this niche?

I could tell ya about carpal tunnel and how to get really bad quickly and regret that for 30 years?

do tell :)

Alas, that was pretty much the whole story.

You're talking to the wrong guy for any of that stuff. I suck at games and play them on easiest settings any time it's available. I consider difficulty in games a personal insult to me from the developers with one glaring exception of anything from FromSoftware except Dark Souls 2.

Different games and genres will have different ratios of luck / inborn talent and reflexes / research and training. But over time I've found the best way to get value out of games is to not care how good or bad you are and just enjoy the ride of seeing something new or doing something you just can't do in real life.