Ehsan Fereyduni
Hey, I’m Ehsan /a-🌞/. Every Monday, I send one short email: 1 Doodle · 1 Do · 1 Direction. You will get one doodle I drew, one small thing to do this week, and one direction to carry with you. A 1-minute read, easy to apply.
1-1-1: The Detachment Detour
Hey friends, Hope you had a good weekend. Here’s this week’s 1-1-1. 1 Doodle This week's doodle, "The Detachment Detour," is about what happens when we hit a wall at work. When you are stuck inside a messy problem, trying to force your way straight through the chaos usually just leads to more overthinking. But as the doodle shows, taking a detour below that line of noise, into mental detachment, is often the quickest way to bypass the clutter and find a clear path forward. You have probably...
1-1-1: August Check-In: Your Next 90-Day
Hey friends, Hope you had a good weekend. Here’s this week’s 1-1-1. 1 Doodle We are a few days away from August, which means we have five months left in 2026. I know time goes fast, but what I have learned from this monthly reminder is that it slightly slows things down for me, not that much, but enough that I feel the year. In the past, it was just January to December, but now, since I'm counting the months with these monthly reminders, I feel more conscious about my time. I'm not sure if...
1-1-1: Vision Gives You a Target
Hey friends, Hope you had a good weekend. Here’s this week’s 1 Doodle · 1 Do · 1 Direction. 1 Doodle A few months ago, I finally scheduled a one-on-one meeting with a mentor at work. There was only one person between him and the CEO, so I assumed he might decline my request. But he didn’t. My main goal was to gain a clearer vision for my career, not to identify specific milestones, but to understand who I want to become. This week, I started thinking about what happens when we have no vision...
1-1-1: Towards Burnout
Hey friends, Hope you had a good weekend. Here’s this week’s 1 Doodle · 1 Do · 1 Direction. 1 Doodle In the past few weeks, I haven't been following my own rule of taking a proper lunch break. Instead, I've been eating at my desk while working. Even though I have this time blocked off on my calendar and had successfully stuck to it for a long time, I still managed to fall out of the routine. This week’s doodle is a gentle reminder to myself to stop working through lunch. Doing it once in a...
1-1-1: The Independence Point
Hey friends, Hope you had a good weekend and enjoyed the Argentina and Cabo Verde game! Here’s this week’s 1 Doodle · 1 Do · 1 Direction. 1 Doodle "Give me some space to experiment", that was my labmate back in 2019 at the University of Florida. While he was the most senior PhD student in our lab, he was constantly being micromanaged. One of the moments when this conversation openly started between him and my PI got me thinking: when should a PI, a manager, or a boss start to shift from...
1-1-1: July Check-In: Your Next 90-Day
Hey friends, Hope you had a good weekend. Here’s this week’s 1 Doodle · 1 Do · 1 Direction. 1 Doodle We are in July, which means we are officially halfway through the year. July is a special month for me because it is my birthday month :) If you haven’t started your 90-day plan yet, this week’s doodle is a reminder to start now. I’m glad I began this 90-day planning practice, and I’m glad I’ve been reminding you every month to get on board, because it is never too late to create a 90-day...
1-1-1: The Focus Gym
Hey friends, Hope you had a good weekend. Here’s this week’s 1 Doodle · 1 Do · 1 Direction. 1 Doodle We are living in a distracted world, and screens are everywhere, squeezing out our attention. We have them on our wrists, in our pockets, on the walls, and on our desks. This makes focusing difficult because we are always just seconds away from something that can distract us. Comparing this situation to the past, there was a time when doing a job primarily involved physical activity. When...
1-1-1: Behind Achievement
Hey friends, Hope you had a good weekend. Here’s this week’s 1 Doodle · 1 Do · 1 Direction. 1 Doodle In 2002, I failed to get into a university. I planned for the next year and ended up getting into the least famous university in Iran. Throughout that year, I constantly questioned my talent. I thought, Maybe this is it. Others are just more talented than I am, and I should accept this as a fact. Today, 24 years later, I have a PhD from the best university in Florida and work as an engineer at...
1-1-1: The Risk Behind the Reward
Hey friends, Hope you had a good weekend. Here’s this week’s 1 Doodle · 1 Do · 1 Direction. 1 Doodle In the beginning of a career, the formula for success is simple: work hard and you will move up. But eventually, everyone around you is also working hard, and you hit a new baseline. In 2011, I reached that baseline. I had a stable job with a safe game to play until retirement: teach 24 hours per week for the next 30 years, and then retire. But I couldn't imagine staying a chemistry teacher...
1-1-1: June Check-In: Your Next 90-Day
Hey friends, Hope you had a good weekend. Here’s this week’s 1 Doodle · 1 Do · 1 Direction. 1 Doodle Believe it or not, we are already in June. By the end of this month, we will be right in the middle of the year. Like the beginning of each month, I’m sending you this doodle as a reminder to pause and check where you are in your 90-day plan. And if you have not started yet, this month can be the month. You can set your own 3-month plan now. Make it not too easy that you can finish it in one...
Hey, I’m Ehsan /a-🌞/. Every Monday, I send one short email: 1 Doodle · 1 Do · 1 Direction. You will get one doodle I drew, one small thing to do this week, and one direction to carry with you. A 1-minute read, easy to apply.