Hey there,
Iโm writing this fairly late Thursday night from a hotel room in Dallas and Iโve got to get up bright and early tomorrow morning for the Catholic Imagination Conference, so letโs get right to it, shall we?
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5 Quick Things โ๏ธ
1.ย 1.ย ๐ป New episode of ADWAF: Why I Left Instagram ๐ป Seth asks me about my decision to leave Instagram and why I have zero regrets. Truly!
2.ย I love this surprising delight of reading 500 words of garbage every morning. Iโve written so much more this year because of meeting with fellow writer friends via Zoom several times a week, and releasing myself from the pressure to write perfection means showing up and being willing to write โฆwell, garbage.
3. Making homemade vanilla extract is on my to-do list, especially since itโs gotten so expensive at the store.
4.ย "A friend once quipped that growing tomatoes is 'the best way to devote three months of your life to saving $2.17.' ...Work is where the real person resides. The true nature of a man is revealed when he is swinging a hammer, felling a tree, or negotiating a contract. For good or ill, we speak loudest to those around us when we are at work." Good food for thought.
5.ย And finally, Iโm such a big believer in gratitude journaling, and this take was a delight.
Currently Reading, Watching, Listening ๐
Laurus, by Eugene Vodolazkin
Quotable ๐ฌ
โWe meet no ordinary people in our lives.โ
โ C.S. Lewisย #
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Have a good weekend,
Tsh
p.s. Spaghetti appointment โ I canโt not think of reservations like this anymore.
Thank you for introducing me to Ashlee Gad!