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gm y’all

after a four day weekend with my kid I have now arrived at my office and I stare at the wall, totally rekt—the real rugpull

how’s your morning?

Have you read Bill Bonner’s Hormegeddon? Morgan Housel counts Bill as one of the masters of language in finance and it’s a quick and interesting read.

Replying to Avatar Adam Snyder

Alrighty frens. I've written and partially illustrated a second nostr:nprofile1qqsqp5rw957s5v844p9c7e0y63hz9m2g9kjlp0309gqtc09eu7ga9dgpzdmhxue69uhhqatjwpkx2urpvuhx2ue0etpdxc book.

The story follows a boy who likes pie more than cake as he grows pumpkins for his own birthday pie. There's a subtle undercurrent in the story emphasizing the patience in the undertaking. There's also age appropriate information on the how-to side without bogging the story down.

Anyhow, I have 3 titles I'm working with and I'd like to #asknostr which do you prefer:

Pie Takes Time

Seeds of Patience

Pumpkins, Patience and Pie

#grownostr #kidsteaders

Thank you for your input!

Pie Takes Time +1

Thanks for the rec! I’ve been meaning to read this for a year or so.

I’m a big fan of Nourishing Traditions, by Sally Fallon Morell, President of the Weston A Price Foundation. You probably have it, but if not, I highly recommend as well. Great #bookstr

Good on you for doing your own farming/ranching. There are right ways and wrong ways to grow and deliver what one eats, and it sounds like you are taking control of that variable for your self and your community. That’s commendable.

Don’t you think it’s when prescriptive attitudes and volume delivery take hold that the ways humans eat become corrupted?

I know healthy carnivores and healthy vegans. I know unhealthy carnivores and unhealthy vegans. Polar bears (mostly carnivore) can do well and gorillas (mostly plant based eaters) can do well, right? Like them, humans should probably eat according to their zone as much as possible.

Replying to Avatar mcshane

lot of people in my life say they want to try jiu jitsu/ mma / etc but won’t commit to a trial class when offered.

the first time i ever went to a boxing gym I just sat in my car in the parking lot, severely out of shape, drug addicted, broke. I wasn’t there to meet anyone. no one knew i was there. I didn’t know anyone there. I didn’t know why I was there. I didn’t go inside.

But for me to even pull up to a gym for the first time was passing a hurdle that changed my life. the next day I held my self accountable, and returned. I just watched. The day after that I put on some borrowed gloves and participated. demonstrable intent, embracing failure.

I’ve built on that slowly. defeating core limiting beliefs by degrees. The gains have been exponential over time, tho many ups and downs. I’m not a world champion in anything, but I have learned how to learn, and embrace new and uncomfortable lifestyles & communities. Learned a lot, failed even more, but importantly just ever broadening my human experience.

My point is try new things. Say yes to people. Erase your calendar. Go camping alone. Go on a blind date. Move to thailand. You can do whatever the fuck you want in this life. Quit your job. Go broke. Take a salsa class. Volunteer at a halfway house. Talk to strangers. Buy a boat. Spray paint something. Just don’t become complacent and too comfortable. embrace, Don’t waste this inexplicable existence.

If your ambitions outpace your ability, and you are showing up for life. you can’t lose.

no need to broadcast or virtue signal that you intend to do or start something to feed your ego or mask a social insecurity. no need to be successful in the eyes of others. catch myself doing these a lot honestly.

but important to remember it’s you vs you. Others can serve as occasional benchmarks or inspiration, but how you push to improve yourself when no one is around is the only relevant measure of progress.

so just go do that new thing. enjoy it, enjoy the new people you meet and the learning process 🤙 oss

-photo from my first week of boxing, 2019

well said!

‘tis caturday

what cryptid is pawing the back of my car?