Eating: Siggi’s Touch of Honey yogurt + a lil crumble of Trader Joe’s Maple Pecan Cluster cereal + chia seeds + a date + a scoop of cashew butter. Probably a bit sugar-heavy, but I ain’t skressin.
Listening To: “Stunnin’ (slowed + reverb)” by Curtis Waters. I never really get on TikTok lately, but the songs that spread on there are great. It reminds me of early SoundCloud days when we were more inclined toward independent music discovery versus today’s pop machine.
Just Watched: The Social Dilemma. I’ve read mixed reviews of this documentary-drama hybrid, but overall, I found it ominous and important. Silicon Valley insiders provide cautionary insight for social media users to wake up to the addictions and privacy breaches (surveillance capitalism) inherent to major platforms. The more time we spend on our devices, the more we obscure the line between person and product, unable to detect truth, reality, and humanity.
Feeling: Damn proud of myself. This past Friday, I completed my goal of running 150 miles in 30 days. I hope to write something more profound about the experience soon, but for now, I will say this: discipline begets discipline. If you can sustain a habit for a month, it will inform other areas of your life. But this isn’t a self-help blog, so make sure you’re still being a hedonistic piece of shit sometimes, too, because life’s more interesting when it’s sloppy.
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