10-30-Praying to all the gods Kept one child home from school today: fever, stomach unwell. Second child called for a pickup with the same symptoms. En route, third child texted October 30, 2023 I am my own best souvenir 🔗 I am what I am doing right now: I am my own best souvenir. I was in no danger of forgetting that four years of my life, and I am in no danger of October 28, 2023 Whitten, Hannah - For the Wolf See, Lisa - Lady Tan's Circle of Women A needed reminder Any thing you can think of follows this same path. Any action by any being gently changes the world. Live accordingly October 26, 2023 post post post post Here are the things that matter Your health Your people Your work They require action Health ⮕ Cultivate People ⮕ Love Work ⮕ Do There’s one responsible party: you. The health October 20, 2023 Zevin, Gabrielle - Tomorrow, and Tomorrow, and Tomorrow Hannah, Kristin - The Great Alone It's always the same Like he said, it’s always the same—they start out burning books and end up burning people. —Terry Hayes, I Am Pilgrim Sub “banning” for October 18, 2023 post Haushofer, Marlen - The Wall post Better to have no story than a bad one Venkatesh Rao, Logics of Caring: We can actually just attend to the world we’re living in, rather than to derelict stories about it. Stories are October 14, 2023 10-13-Moments and days Today was a 10/10 day and I’m just kind of dumbfounded and delighted with my own life right now. Nothing new or dramatic. Just putting little bits October 13, 2023 post Winning an argument is not changing someone's mind In the same way that debates are not conversations, being victorious in an argument (which can be indicated in a number of ways) is 100% not the October 9, 2023 post Social media can trigger us into a fixed mindset. Social media forces you to compare yourself to others, forces you to seek as many likes as possible. Whatever you put out there, you’re on the line. October 5, 2023 Optimizing for delight I can jump into the deep end on optimizing things like tools and workflow and routines and so on. It’s fun and I can get lost in there. I used to October 3, 2023 Important perspective from Patrick: I thought to myself that if I could go back in time from age 56, I’d let that 26 year old know not to do one October 1, 2023 post post post post post post