Hey, I'm Haikal.

Thanks for stopping by my home on the Internet.

10-second bio

• 👨‍🎓 I'm a 3rd-year medical student at the University of Malaya.
• 📈 Often geeking out about how habits and productivity can improve our life
• ⚽🎾 I spend a lot of time watching/playing football and tennis (big Man Utd and Nadal fan!)
• 🩺 Thinking about how doctors can maximise their impact by combining clinical medicine with interests that can scale (writing, programming, etc.)

What I write about

This site houses my writings on

• 💉 Medical school
• 📓 Effective learning techniques
• ⚡ Productivity
• ✅ Habits
• ✍ Writing (meta or what)
• 🛠 Tools for thought such as Roam and Anki
• 📚 Notes of my favourite books, courses, and articles.

I'm learning about the things that fascinate me, and I share and document what I learned on my site.

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A collection of my best essays:

• Go From Procrastination to Studying
• Make Learning a Game - A Beginner's Guide to Anki
• How To Use the GTD System as a Student
• How To Read More Books
• Notes Raft: How to Build a Habit of Writing Evergreen Notes

Other links for you:

• Check out my evergreen notes on the things I've read. It's my second brain!
• My favourite resources in medical school

Let's get in touch!

Send me a tweet :)