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Day 4,190: Health is Wealth

Describe an encounter with a random stranger that I felt was positive.

It’s silly, but the dude next to us in the VIP area at the Swimming Paul concert was so nice. Vibing with the music, knew all the words, and gave us vodka shots with OJ to chase it. That’s certainly the most recent one. Super nice guy, just sharing the love, you know? We were all having a great time.

There’s been so many others. Strangers who’ve helped me, or others I’ve helped, or just passing exchanges of empathy, or ...

Day 4,189: Whacking Weeds

What place in the world would I never want to visit?

Prison. Lol. That’s the first thing that came to mind. But it’s not the spirit of the question, I don’t think.

Mount Everest is the place that came next. If there was a gondola up there: sure. Hell yes I’d do it. But in this reality, with how insanely dangerous it is to go up there, no. I have absolutely no desire to ever visit there. I’m not dying climbing a fucking mountain. That makes no sense to me. For me. The people who do climb th...

Day 4,188: Win!

Super late bc I watched the Warriors play Memphis…but we won. It was tight, but we closed it out. One step towards me believing in us again.

Night night.

Day 4,187: Drivin’

What is my favorite restaurant?

Ooo, tough question to answer in a food city like LA. I have several favorites, but for the sake of giving one, I’ll mention my most recent favorite restaurant meal experience: Anajak Thai in Sherman Oaks. Been there several times recently and it delivered each time. Taco night, in particular, was spectacular.

But…favorites that we keep going back to: Pho So 1, Uovo, Sugarfish, La Morra, Medici, In N Out, Lal Mirch, Porto’s…good lord there’s literally a doze...

Day 4,186: Play-in

Where do I see myself in 10 years?

Doing very much the same thing I am now, except back to writing full-time. That’s my hustle right now: getting enough books under my belt that I can make it my full-time job. I might even go back to doing client work if I could write full-time. I’d have the energy and space to do it. ‘t would be amazing.

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The Warriors lost the game they needed to win in order to avoid the play-in. So…for the third straight year, they’re a play-in team. Sigh.

I ha...

Day 4,185: Bounce

What are five everyday things that bring me joy?

Honestly? First thing(s) that come to mind are my wife, Cooper and Joy. And the kitties. Which aren’t things, so I don’t think it counts, but that is the first thing that came to mind.

My headphones. They bring so much to me everyday. Music. Podcasts. Inspiration. Knowledge.

Our TV. Funny to say, but it’s true. Liz and I comment on it all the time, how worth it that TV is. We use it literally every day. She’s using it right now to watch C...

Day 4,184: Missy

Describe something I learned in High School.

That I had a place, socially. Middle school was really, really hard for me. I didn’t fit in much. I wasn’t bullied, really, I’ve always been able to stand up for myself for the most part. It happened here and there, but not too bad. But High School was where I realized that I could make friends across a wide spectrum of social groups, and that I had my own niche to fit into that was comfortable and genuinely me. It was a nerdy group, certainly, but...

Day 4,183: Keeps On Slipping

The Studio is very funny. AppleTV+. Seth Rogan knows what he’s doing. I heard once that drama is full of characters trying desperately to find the truth, and comedy is full of characters desperately trying to hide it. That tracks, for me. And I love the description because it’s such an active one. It’s all about what people are doing.

I feel better today, thank lawdy. Still super tired, but no longer out of it. Fever is gone, I think, and I was indeed able to sleep last night without any cou...

Day 4,182: Wah-wah

What’s the most fun way to exercise?

Oh, some sort of competitive activity, no question. For me, anyway. Like, tennis for example. I don’t even think about the exercise, I just play. The game occupies my mind, completely, so I don’t feel the pain of working out. Genuinely. I don’t even think about it. I just go.

I also used to love running at night. At night, I felt so fast, and like I could run forever. And…yeah. I enjoy yoga. But not nearly as much as a sport of some kind.

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So…t...

Day 4,181: Tender

Sigh. Still sick. Mild symptoms, certainly, but under the weather. A light fever, perhaps, aches and headaches, a cough, and mostly just tired and kinda out of it. I’m over it. Doesn’t make good journaling, I know, but that is the state of things.

Thankful that work has been pretty chill so far this week. It was not last week, or the week before, so…that’s good. I’m ready, though! I want to be back at it. Enough of sitting around and taking a break. I want to dive into writing the book, and o...