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- Peter Thiel, quoted in Tools of Titans by Tim Ferriss
Dang, Google Photos over here making me cry 😭 It finds video snippets of my daughter, puts them in slow motion, and plays emotional piano music in the background 🥹
I would love to hear from the product team crafting these experiences and what their goal is for Photos. Not a feature I would think of putting in a Photos app, but I’ve really enjoyed it! I love that it surfaces nostalgic memories for me!
Feeling extra tired this morning. Started reading scripture but kept falling asleep. Ended up just throwing punches in the air to keep myself awake while I read. I’m glad I was alone, I probably looked crazy…
But it’s a nice new trick to keep myself awake while reading early in the morning. 🥊
🌊 man is deep water.
💨 will is wind. fleeting and weak.
🌕 what then be his moon?
I added an /ideas page to my blog, as mentioned recently in my post on indie hacking. I’ll update this page every now and then as I have new ideas or stumble on the ones scattered across my journals and note taking apps.
I love when I’m inspired by something I highlighted a long time ago in my Readwise Daily Review. This one feels especially relevant with my recent excitement around indie hacking.
I wish I would have known that there was no need to wait. I went to college. I went to law school. I worked in law and banking, though not for terribly long. But not until I started PayPal did I fully realize that you don’t have to wait to start something. So if you’re planning to do something with your life, if you have a 10-year plan of how to get there, you should ask: Why can’t you do this in 6 months? Sometimes, you have to actually go through the complex, 10-year trajectory. But it’s at least worth asking whether that’s the story you’re telling yourself, or whether that’s the reality.
I updated my bio (the words at the top of every page) and my about page. See the changelog for more details, or just check them out!
I just found out that UDisc Community was released a couple weeks ago. I’ve been waiting for this feature for years!
Here’s an invite link if you have the app but don’t have access to Community yet, and here’s my profile if you want to see how I’m playing!
A moment of silence for the people on low-carb diets…
So cool… Saving this to try out on my blog later. Matt Webb has “collaborative cursors” on his blog, so you can see other visitors' cursors and chat with people who are currently on the same page. I love that he hangs out on his home page and says “hi” to people sometimes.
Is it better to be a cowardly lion or a brave chicken?
My favorite doctor appointments are the ones where I wait forever, then the doctor comes in and says “After looking at your file, we can’t do anything until we run some tests. Schedule those and come back later”. /sigh
This seemed like it really hit the nail on the head. An insightful look at how “therapy culture” is imitating religion, but falling short.
Currently eating Chick-fil-A on a picnic blanket in the parking lot of a Barnes & Noble. I love Saturdays.
I recently started a tradition of working from a different coffee shop each Friday. Today’s Pumpkin Pie Latte was a nice complement to deep work ☕
Quests > Goals
This got me thinking about how I frame my objectives.
I replaced all the X-Large t-shirts in my closet with Large. I am surprised just how much better I’ve felt wearing clothes that fit right. I tried different options and ended up ordering 7 colors of the Next Level N6210. They’re cheap as dirt with an “athletic dad-bod” fit.
Moon, silent, alone.
“Arise, abyss!” she commands.
Dark depths stir to life.
I like when a bathroom has beautiful or insightful decor. I learned something new today about a train that debuted in 1936. Why did trains look so much cooler back then?
Our cucumbers are out of control. In one day we harvested six cucumbers, each bigger than my forearm. The situation is so dire that I’m having tajín-seasoned cukes with coffee for breakfast. 🥒☕
Sharing a gelato flight is a great way to cap off the evening.
