https://alinuxuser.com/tags/finance/ Recent content in Finance on alinuxuser https://alinuxuser.com/%3Clink%20or%20path%20of%20image%20for%20opengraph,%20twitter-cards%3E https://alinuxuser.com/%3Clink%20or%20path%20of%20image%20for%20opengraph,%20twitter-cards%3E Hugo en-us Fri, 17 Apr 2026 16:52:01 -0500 https://alinuxuser.com/posts/2026/04/2026-04-27-milestones/ Fri, 17 Apr 2026 16:52:01 -0500 https://alinuxuser.com/posts/2026/04/2026-04-27-milestones/ <h4 id="the-detox">The Detox</h4> <p>A few weeks ago I started a digital detox. I stopped reading the news, skipped every hot take on the Iran war or on how President Trump “should have handled” it, and ignored the endless commentary from people detached from reality. None of it added value; it simply occupied precious brain space.</p> <p>Sherlock Holmes captured the feeling perfectly:</p> <blockquote> <p>&ldquo;What the deuce is it to me? You say that we go round the sun. If we went round the moon it would not make a pennyworth of difference to me or to my work.&rdquo;<br> — <em>A Study in Scarlet</em></p>