Week #28, 2025
Why are we so afraid of being alone with our thoughts? Why is it so easy for phones and apps and social media to distract us? Why are we drawn to the porch light of contrived drama and cheap conflict? Why are we so ready to be distracted?
Week #27, 2025
It is a very difficult skill to master, living in the present moment. But, it is likely the most important. In fact, there is no other moment.
Week #25, 2025
Strength, courage, integrity, honor, humility, bravery, selflessness, empathy, love, kindness… these things are contagious, so catch them… and pass them on.
Week #24, 2025
In a world as complicated as ours it is VERY easy to justify nearly anything. It is so easy that it is often hard to know if a decision that would benefit you personally is actually the decision with integrity, or just a personally convenient justification.
Week #23, 2025
Week #23 of 2025 has arrived... The summer routines are being established. It's so silly how easy it is to slip, unintentionally, into a routine that doesn't serve you. Also, wildflowers are beautiful. Time to walk over to your 4K Weeks poster and fill in another square. Done? Did you know that to be in the top 25% of all podcasts in the world, a podcast has to have over 120 downloads in the first week after an episode's release? Turns out, 4000 Weeks, the podcast of this newsletter hits that each week. Pretty cool for a whim I had. To be in the top 10%, a podcast needs over 355 listens in the first week. That means that if...
Week #21, 2025
If you are stuck, think about the system and start at one end, confirming each link as you go.
Week #20, 2025
The hardest work you can do is the work of controlling the five and a half inches between your ears. It's difficult, thankless work.
Week #19, 2025
Week #19 of 2025 has arrived... Astronomers have discovered chemical compounds in the atmosphere of a planet 124 light years away that may hint at biological activity. Time to walk over to your 4K Weeks poster and fill in another square. Done? Nearly every part of that sentence will blow your mind if you let it. Astronomers: Humans can actually study the universe. Chemical compounds: Humans can understand the building blocks of life. Atmosphere of a planet: Humans understand what an atmosphere is and what it means for us and other life in the universe. 124 light years away: The light that is arriving from this planet today is older than airplanes. Biological activity: Imagine for a minute what it would mean for humanity to...