Richard Conanan is one of the homies and we go way back.

Topics Covered: Study Techniques, Lo-Fi Hip Hop, Guilty Pleasure Music; Friendship

Shoutout to Phyllis for better studying techniques and to the homies.

In this episode, Richard shares about how he went from being a high school slacker to getting straight A's by the end of his university career and how a car accident changed his perspective on life. We talk about studying techniques, in particular the Pomodoro Technique and how it works for both us.The rest of the episode is a vibe and we talk about our love for lo-fi hip hop, our favourite guilty pleasure music, and friendships.

Timestamps:

• 1:19 – scrapped summer plans and staying positive during COVID and good vibes


• 5:17 – being a slacker during high school; getting by and potential to do more; car accident and how it changes perspective


• 11:32 – Richard’s shoutout to Phyllis; repeating courses and being challenged with the question: ‘how do you study?’; introduction to the Pomodoro Study Technique; zoom study sessions with the boys; from being a slacker to a straight A student


• 21:04 – Random tangents: candles and air diffusers; watching other’s Instagram stories; hiking trails and being able to tell if people are hiking from the ‘gram or for nature


• 27:14 – lofi-hip hop; white noise and shoutout to ChilledCow, lofi hip-hop 24/7 hours, talking about our love for lofi-hip hop; playing lo-fi hip hop as background music during work period; ‘does music help your productivity?’ teenagers, music and identity; random tangents about different lofi music


• 34:06 – our love for music in general; being hip hop heads; Richard and Anthony listing off about our favourite guilty pleasure music ¯\_(ツ)_/¯; road trip and vibes; memories associated with music; our favourite rap and RnB artists these days


• 46:29 – Richard on the importance on friendship and good vibes; how would you describe yourself in the friend group? Travel memories, chilling with friends and talking about life; quality over quantity friendships

Recorded: July 27

Released: August 13