bowery hotel scene shot.
last night while dining at bread, I noticed a table of very attractive guys sitting outside.
my approach: tie-tac-toe, hand-delivered by our waiter
the outcome: the group of Swedish men loved it, all of us we’re chatting as a group before a game win, and the guy I had my eye on turned out to be taken.
ah well, maybe next time…
wake up
yesterday, i was extremely inspired and on an energy high. all day, i came across this theme of “waking up.” the interconnectedness of every moment was crazy. i wrote this last night while listening to acoustic jams at Rockwood…
wake up
feel so good
feel so good so ride that out
wake up
feel so right
feel so right so live that out
moments tell
moments are
how we feel
the story of our life
moments be
moments lead
our actions
the future of right now
wake up
where are you going?
why are you feeling so dry?
wake up
feeling so dry
feeling so dry
why am i feeling so dry?
wake up
water your world
color your world
be your world
let’s take an L out of this world
and smoke words
til we’re both high
let’s wake up
these moments
smoking words
til we’re forever high
(i took the photo over the weekend on my roof. more rooftop sunset photos here.)
Constantly looking over our shoulder at what others are doing takes our eyes off what’s ahead of us.
While the internet makes it easier than ever to spread ideas, it makes it far more compelling to coordinate actions. If everyone in your weekly meeting drops a pencil at precisely 12:03, you’ll notice.
It also feels surprisingly good to witness the evolution of thoughts and feelings for the first time in what seems like forever; I had forgotten that thoughts and feelings actually grow more complex if you just stop documenting their earliest iterations. Strangers on the street are the most concrete example. They can be funny from a block away, pitiable from half-a-block away, tragic up-close, and then lovable once they’re behind you. If you use a smart phone like I do, you never see the pitiable stranger, the tragic stranger, or the lovable stranger.
via Magic Molly
We are momentum creators. What momentum we create is up to each of us, but it won’t be stolen by death. That momentum will be shaped by the next conversation we have or the next decision we make.
I suspect a lot of people aren’t sure what’s the top idea in their mind at any given time. I’m often mistaken about it. I tend to think it’s the idea I’d want to be the top one, rather than the one that is. But it’s easy to figure this out: just take a shower. What topic do your thoughts keep returning to? If it’s not what you want to be thinking about, you may want to change something.
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love this bit of actionable insight from Paul Graham’s essay too.
You can’t directly control where your thoughts drift. If you’re controlling them, they’re not drifting. But you can control them indirectly, by controlling what situations you let yourself get into. That has been the lesson for me: be careful what you let become critical to you. Try to get yourself into situations where the most urgent problems are ones you want to think about.
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great essay by Paul Graham
our steps are aligned. amber + bekah rooftop feets.
