A beautiful fall day in Kelowna. Fall colours aren’t fully out, but loving the warm weather combined with the golden light.
Made the decision to deactivate Instagram/Threads for now to focus on myself, my daughter, and the relationship with my girlfriend. I find the pull of distraction too strong now when I’m feeling low or stressed. I need to regain my focus before I can return to it.
I still plan on sharing the micro thoughts and photos on my website, Four Sides.
Meditations for Mortals: Four Weeks to Embrace Your Limitations and Make Time for What Counts - a new book from Oliver Burkeman.
His Four Thousand Weeks was very good. Instant pre-order for me and look forward to reading it in October.
Damn.
The cold opening for Slow Horses Season 4, Episode One, has to be one of the best openings for a season of a show. Certainly one of the best I’ve ever seen.
Since I decided to leave Twitter a month ago, there isn't much I miss. Being away makes you realize how much time is wasted scrolling.
I miss following sports or monoculture shows. And even then, only a little bit.
Stayed up past midnight for the opportunity to buy raffle tickets for the Taylor Swift concert in Vancouver. Not available, so up at 6:00 am to make it happen.
The things you do for your daughter.
I have to admit that it’s been fun getting my hands dirty on the CSS and hbs files of Ghost to improve the blog’s look. 30-60 mins a day so I don’t get crazy.
Feeling much better about it now. Take a look.
An insightful interview between Ryan Holiday and Keila Shaheen, author of The Shadow Work Journal. Covering journaling, shadow work, and the connection to Stoicism.