6 Happy Things to Celebrate

Weekly Reminders to Stay Positive #11

1. What I have been reading:

the pathless path by paul millerd

I have been following Paul’s work for a while now and have been familiar with his Pathless Path journey. Reading this book though opens my eyes to a whole new world of familiar trajectory, fears, self-imposed pressure that I have brought onto myself after graduating from a magnet high school and competitive business school.

concepts like world-class hoop jumper, moment of burning out, having pebbles in your shoes as a metaphor for an unsettling feeling that needs resolve (in Paul’s case, it is his career), chasing one job after another feels way too familiar for me.

A practice I like from the book is setting a reminder that pops up every day and shows you your priorities. For paul, they are health, relationships, fun & creativity and career.

articles:

• This essay on attention, thank you Muhammad for sharing

Transform gut feelings into words, explaining something people intuitively know is true but haven’t yet put into words. A new way of explaining something the reader already knows can be more powerful than teaching something new, because it generates an “ah-ha” moment without asking them to strain their brains too hard.

• words on how i got here by Jasmine Sun

good writing, like a good meal, needs fat. It should indulge readers, is meant to be chewed and enjoyed, affording a generous escape from the prosaic and mundane

• Commitment & optionality from the Edward Says newsletter

Delightlyfully and somewhat eerily coincidental that we both wrote about commitment in the same time frame, consider this POV of a male, more mature writer.

• You’re not Struggling Alone by Nat Eliason

2. Jimmy o yang show

I got to see Jimmy O yang live for the first time in Austin. He was awesome and the show was taped so the audience was absolutely wild. My Seattle roommate Phuong would appreciate this shout out to Phuong :)

3. Leaving for Miami

Taking my Thanksgiving break in Florida to see my bestest of friends. Updates will come two weeks from now

4. volunteer last friday

I have been volunteering at a local elementary school in Austin for a few months now. I am assigned a 4th grader to mentor and become her adult buddy.

2. hitting 200 subscribers ???

Thank you, thank you for subscribing. I have reached 200 subscribers and I owe it all to you. Please help spread the word on my newsletter if you can resonate with my words. My comment and inboxes are open for any feedback.

2. a host of cozy coffee shop visits: manana, merit, epoch