If you’ve ever been to Sedona, you will probably understand what I’m about to try to explain. Time there seems to move a little slower. After spending a few days there last week, one of the things I’m trying to hold onto now that I’m home is how slowly the day seemed to pass. Maybe it was because I’d wake up each morning at 4:00 and then 5:00 to FaceTime the boys before they went to school, so my day was kind of starting early, but I’d go back to sleep until about 6:00, so I would be working...
1 day ago • 1 min read
I hope you had a great week! Here are this week's Daily Notes, a new episode of AlignedLife, a couple of Omens, and some great reads and podcasts I enjoyed. 📝 this week's Daily Notes 8.16.26 #1278 unshakeable confidence 8.17.26 #1279 quality vs. quantity 8.18.26 #1280 never know what you might find at the top of a mountain 8.19.26 #1281 love people for who they are 8.20.26 #1282 succeeding at who you are 8.21.26 #1283 feeling irrational 8.23.26 #1284 allocation of currencies 📺 AlignedLife:...
2 days ago • 2 min read
There are really three currencies in life: time, energy, and money. Most people would probably guess time and money, but energy may not be an obvious answer. Compared to time and money, energy might be the hardest currency to track. We have time-tracking and budget apps that can help us understand how we are allocating those resources, but energy isn’t as easy to track. Sure, tracking sleep can kind of measure energy, but energy is more than how you feel when you wake up. Energy also includes...
3 days ago • 1 min read
If you are pursuing your Authentic Life, it is perfectly normal to feel a little irrational. You are embarking on bringing not only a version of your Self to the world that has never existed, but also an impact that has never been felt. Your Authentic Life is not irrational. It only appears irrational to others because they do not understand what you know and feel. Your feeling of irrationality is not your own, but the projection of others onto you. Depending on where you are in your Pursuit,...
4 days ago • 1 min read
“Everyone fails at who they are supposed to be. The measure of a person, of a hero, is how well they succeed at being who they are.” -Frigga, Queen of Asgard On the final leg of my trip home, I decided I’d watch one of the free movies Southwest offers and settled on Avengers: Endgame—fun fact: once Roman was old enough, we started watching Marvel movies, and I absolutely love them. When I heard Frigga say this quote to Thor, I sat up a little taller in my seat—she had my attention. I...
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This morning, my friends and I did a breathwork session, which has become something we do each year we make the trip. Before we started, our guide was talking to us and said something that stood out to me: “We should love people for who they are, not just accept them for who they are, because that brings acceptance, which implies judgment. We should just love them for who they are.” I’ve never really thought about how acceptance, which we take to be a positive thing, still implies some sort...
6 days ago • 1 min read
Last night, my friends and I hiked to the top of Cathedral Rock in Sedona, Arizona, for the sunset. The sunset wasn’t the only gift that we would receive at the top of the mountain. When we reached the summit, we were greeted by two young Black men sitting on the rocks like they were sent there to see us. They sat on rocks with their backs to the main view, facing the exact point we would come up. Immediately, they said hello and dapped up my two friends—acknowledging that it was nice to see...
7 days ago • 1 min read
My friend and I have a longstanding debate that will never be settled: who is the better rapper, J. Cole or Drake? You already know where I stand. We’ll never settle this debate because what we each appreciate in music differs, along with what we consider important metrics. Drake, whom I actually like and listen to, clearly wins the streaming and popularity game. You don’t reach the level of distribution and audience size Drake has if you are not good. He has mastered creating radio hits and...
8 days ago • 1 min read
“Most people believe confidence comes from being really good at what they do or never messing up. But unshakable confidence comes from knowing your worth isn't tied to your performance.” -Joe Hudson See you tomorrow and keep pursuing, JC
8 days ago • 1 min read