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...
Week #18, 2025
Let yourself be overwhelmed by the beauty of existence and barf that overwhelm out on those around you. Life is too short not to be amazed.
Week #17, 2025
It seems so simple to understand that other people have hopes and dreams too. You want to be REALLY happy? Help them achieve those hopes and dreams.
Week #16, 2025
By starting now, at whatever capacity you can manage, you have already tilted the stars in your favor.
Week #15, 2025
Instead of living an off-the-shelf life, where your house looks the same as all the people you are trying in vain to impress, have the courage to listen to your actual preferences, and do the work to be different. Sure, it's less efficient, but it is so much more fulfilling!
Week #14, 2025
Week #14 of 2025 has arrived... The 47-year-old me loves to putter around the yard in the spring on a Saturday. The 18-year-old me doesn't even understand what that last sentence means. Time to walk over to your 4K Weeks poster and fill in another square. Done? The meat of this week's email is about detaching yourself from outcomes, and not confusing a lack of resources with a lack of resourcefulness. These are two things that I struggle with often. I mean, why the hell would you do something if you weren't interested in a specific outcome!?!?!?!?!? I am working on it... that's why I am thinking about it... but in the meantime... I am super attached to the outcome...
Week #13, 2025
Week #13 of 2025 has arrived... And we have safely passed the Ides of March... Just incase any of you Caesars were worried. Et tu, Brute! Time to walk over to your 4K Weeks poster and fill in another square. Done? This week is all about my back. It was bothering me this week... Who knows why... but that meant that a few times this week, instead of barreling through my agenda like an unbridled force of nature, I needed to lay on the ground for a few minutes. Each time, our wonderful 100 lb, loveable mutt Walter came over, laid nearly on top of me, and rested his head on my chest. When he does that, I often wonder...
Week #12, 2025
Week #12 of 2025 has arrived... Spring is here! Spring is here!... if only for a minute!!! Death and rebirth... it's glorious when it comes! Time to walk over to your 4K Weeks poster and fill in another square. Done? Are you in a season of saying no, or a season of saying yes? I recently realized that it was time for me to stop saying no to everything, and start saying yes a bit more... No was useful for a while. There were too many things... Focus was essential. But, it is easy to get all caught up in your perfectly curated situation, and not notice as things get stale, novelty dries up, and growth grinds to a halt. Everything...
Week #11, 2025
The people around you are having a huge effect on the expression of your personality.
Week #10, 2025
Week #10 of 2025 has arrived... We are almost 1/5th of the way through the year that just began a hot second ago. But... the spring is on the way... lush, vibrant worlds, springing to life again. It's damn near magical. Time to walk over to your 4K Weeks poster and fill in another square. Done? You know what blows my mind? Rivers. How can there possibly be enough little tributaries to fill the Mississippi River every second of every day, forever? It's mind-blowing. Nearly everything has a kernel of wonder if you can convince yourself to stop knowing things just for a second. If you have read this newsletter or listened to the podcast a few times, (and enjoyed...