Been working nonstop for the last few weeks. Trying to serve everyone and losing a bit of myself in the process. Having a weird day today I desperately need more friends in Austin - remote work is a miserable existence for me. Working hard on this and making progress but far from solved All that said I'm very aware that I have nothing but champagne problems. I'm healthy, we have financial stability, Miss Kate and I are great, and we have fairly meaningful work to do Now you: What are you grateful for What do you need help with?

Negotiated a labor contract for a client today and took these while I walked back home. I always get strange looks from all the runners and cyclists while holding two phones: One for notes/work and one for photos/personal but it’s made both a lot easier than switching back and forth. I’d love to see any shots y’all might have of plants, specifically. We’ve had a ton of rain here in Texas and I’m enjoying the outcome - besides the allergies.

Today a friend (from this community) reached out and asked to chat. We got on a call and really had a productive conversation to solve a real world problem. I talk to people online almost all day every day, and wish I could talk to even more, but I find that the overwhelming majority of problems that people have in America can be boiled down to one single thing: lack of community It is truly an epidemic. We are radically isolated, mostly into our phones, and we have collectively forgotten how and why communities matte I have a LOT to say on this subject, I've been writing about it for 5 years now in fact. I don't know what I want to do with this particular group, but I want to invest more of my time here so at least the people here can get what they might need that I can provide We need to do more video calls, and we need to invite more people here

I fell off the podcast wagon about 2 or 3 years ago. My favorites were Choose Fi (especially the episodes w Sean Mulaney), the one with Doc G and the one with Frank Vasquez. I liked BP money sometimes too, and the one with Carl Jensen (hilarious). Anyway what are you listening to and why? I think Choose FI got formulaic although the host seems like a sweetheart.

In Maui I hosted this early morning thing where I collected a few people together at 7am and we all said something we are grateful for, and something we want to accomplish this week I called it Mandatory Monday - it was 100% voluntary So, what are you grateful for and what is something you want to accomplish this week?