Quote of the week:“Be ‘selectively ignorant.’ Ignore topics that drain your attention. Unfollow people that drain your energy. Abandon projects that drain your time. Do not keep up with it all. The more selectively ignorant you become, the more broadly knowledgeable you can be.” —James Clear (This quote reminds me of the below comic) What I’m reading:A Good Neighborhood by — Read More

Quote of the week:“Everyone is stuck in their lives, thinking about what people are thinking about them, when actually nobody is thinking about them. Only you are thinking about yourself, usually. You and your mother.” — Janice Y.K. Lee, The Expatriates What I’m reading:Leave the World Behind by Rumaan Alam What I’m listening to:Hollywood Park: — Read More

Quote of the week:“The American people have had to sacrifice far too much because of the incompetence of this administration.” –Kamala Harris What I’m reading:The Expatriates by Janice Y.K. Lee What I’m listening to:Hollywood Park: A Memoir — Mikel Jollett What I’m watching:“A Wilderness of Error” (Hulu) — Watched this whole series; still not sure — Read More

Quote of the week:“Shut up, man” — Joe Biden  What I’m reading:Same books as last week (been a slow reading week):White Fragility by Robin DiAngeloThis Tender Land by William Kent Krueger What I’m listening to:Hidden Valley Road: Inside the Mind of an American Family by Robert Kolker What I’m watching:“Unwell” (Netflix) — I would like to see — Read More

Quote of the Week:“Alone is a feeling you can get used to, and it’s hard to believe in a better alternative.” — Akwaeke Emezi, The Death of Vivek Oji What I’m reading:White Fragility by Robin DiAngeloThis Tender Land by William Kent Krueger What I’m listening to:That’s Mental: Painfully Funny Things That Drive Me Crazy About Being — Read More

First off, I want to take a moment to acknowledge 9/11. It’s hard to believe it was NINETEEN YEARS ago today. For many of us, it was such a turning point in our lives, and left such an imprint on our psyches, that it will always feel like it “just happened.” I think of the — Read More