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...

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There is life in the struggle. There is only a speedy decline in the easy way.

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If you are stuck, think about the system and start at one end, confirming each link as you go.

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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.

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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...

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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.

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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.

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By starting now, at whatever capacity you can manage, you have already tilted the stars in your favor.

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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!

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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...

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