Based on a true story
According to Munch, he was inspired to paint this scene as he was walking in a boardwalk with tow of his companions. As he stopped and his companions walked on, he looked up at the blood red sky and felt a “the scream of nature” moving through him.
I’ve listened to this three times now. Garcia-Fons plays the double bass like a Spanish guitar.
The one rule of coffee drinking
If someone serves you bad coffee, don’t drink it. You don’t have to. Sometime we forget that — the total control we have over our coffee fate. It’s true for many things in life. But before not settling for other things, learn to not settle for your coffee. Better still, don’t go to places that serve bad coffee.
Craig Mod’s wisdom here applies to many areas of life beyond coffee. But it reminds me that it’s not worth it to microwave day-old coffee to get through the day.
Joel Gascoigne:
The idea of the Anti-Todo List is that it is the account of progress for that day. In some ways it’s a “Done” List. This is really powerful, because you can always look back at your Anti-Todo List and see how much you’ve got done (even if the items weren’t on your todo list).
Just like how you get a little rush by crossing something off your todo list, the Anti-Todo List goes even further and suggests that you actually write the items down fresh, and write all the additional tasks you end up accomplishing which weren’t necessarily on your todo list.
I have something like this already. As I mark items off my to-do list, they move to the completed tasks view. However, reviewing this regularly will reveal work patterns and opportunities for improvement.
Dustin Curtis:
Wake up early. Show up. Learn how to think. Be genuine, but appear nice. Use envy for motivation instead of destruction. Do what you say you’re going to do. Ensure balance in every area of your life. Confront repressed thoughts immediately. Surround yourself with people who are better than you (but remember the thing about envy). Work out every day. Be good at what you do. Make money doing what you love. Have good friends. Never settle.
