Books, Sports, Rhymes & Life
Dear iPod Classic,
You’re lying next to me as I type this, but it’s easier for me to write what I feel than it is to say it to you.
I just wanted to let you know that I value and appreciate you. You have now been by my side for a decade and although we’ve had a few rough patches (remember those dark times you said “iPod sync is complete” but there were actually no songs?), we’ve stayed together and I think our bond is stronger than ever.
I’ve recently revamped my monthly newsletter to be a collection of all my random thoughts on things as well as the book reviews. It’s the eighth-best thing you can get in your inbox! Subscribe!
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Each month, I send a newsletter reviewing every book I read that month as well as some random thoughts and scribblings on a variety of subjects. It’s free and it goes right to your inbox!
The June edition of my monthly newsletter, including book reviews. Please subscribe!
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If it’s going to take years for something to happen, it better be worth the wait. With that in mind, for my first podcast appearance, I was lucky to have the opportunity to talk about my absolutely favorite album, Wu-Tang Forever.
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The May edition of my monthly newsletter, including book reviews. Please subscribe!
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Things almost never work out as planned.
Logically, we know this. We understand this. We accept this.
And yet we’re still surprised, and sometimes even wrecked, when it happens.
For the vast majority of us, it takes time to make money and, traditionally, it took more time to make more money (overtime pay is the most basic example of this). The paradox, of course, is that we don’t have time to actually enjoy the money we’re making and are instead on just running on the human hamster wheel.
This is why everyone is so obsessed with passive income and why The Four-Hour Workweek continues to sell copies year after year. We want more of our time without giving up our money. We want to keep the same lifestyle that our money afford us — house, car, spending cash — but we want to also have the time to actually enjoy those things.
I find it astounding just how important Twitter has become to life, particularly in the United States. It’s fun for jokes and music releases and live-tweeting sporting events or award shows, but it affects the country in profound ways, from the economy to national security to pop culture and sports. The latter two may seem minor in comparison, but they are billion dollar industries that are a real part of the national conversation.
I’ve noticed my old, bad tendencies continue to flare up over the past couple of years and the coping mechanisms to which I immediately default. I can tell the difference in my attitude and temperament, even my perspective.
