wonder over worry

hello.

happy sunday, you gorgeously imperfect human.

I left my cave this week. went to a coffee, talked to people, sat somewhere that wasn't my desk. nothing dramatic. just the ordinary surprise of other humans existing around you, with their own preoccupations and energy and particular way of moving through the world.

I forget, sometimes, how much of what I think I know about life is just what I've been sitting with alone. the moment you step outside the loop of your own thoughts, something recalibrates. the world is larger and stranger than whatever you've been quietly narrating to yourself.

absorption is not the same as understanding. reading, thinking, planning: none of it replaces contact with the actual world. action teaches differently. you find out what you actually believe when you have to act on it, and not a moment before.

curations of the week

listened

Jay Shetty — Tim Ferriss: The #1 Reason You Feel Stuck

Tim Ferriss on the one thing people miss when they're struggling: health is the pillar everything else sits on. if you're down despite the journaling and the meditation, it might not be a mindset problem. worth the listen.

audiobook

Things Become Other Things, Craig Mod

a walking memoir written as a letter to a childhood friend Mod lost. 300 miles through Japan's ancient Kumano Kodō pilgrimage routes and disappearing villages. about grief, belonging, and the strange grace that only appears when you've been walking long enough to stop performing. I want to do this pilgrimage. might actually do it.

sound

Japan Kissas, Craig Mod

ambient recordings from Japanese coffee shops. put it on and disappear.

Meditation, Monoman

for focus and quiet.

12 to 12, sombr

on loop.

ai updates

a quote i’m pondering

have a good week. remember to say i love you to the ones you do.

p.s buy me a coffee ♡