in the next fiscal quarter i'm going to 10x my number of smiles

swanson

you can just do things (go visit some peacocks)

you can just do things (take a leisurely afternoon nap while a cat purrs beside you)

uhhhh, i have not pursued this thesis (yet) due to some messy life happenings, but i still intend to!!

you can just do things (sit in the stillness of the early morning and enjoy a cup of coffee)

just made some honey sriracha toast and feelin like a culinary genius

accelerationism is poison to the human soul

cozy capitalism

who's working on this?

maybe the proper role of humans is to be AI agents for God

what gets measured gets managed, and what gets managed eventually gets strangled of its vitality and goodness

listening to my cat snore is one of my favorite things 🥰

most "conversation" is actually just two monologues in a trench coat

cleanse myself in a chorus of chirps

brb gonna go bathe in birdsong for a bit

this youtube comment tracks my experience watching this video lmao

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you can just do things. absolutely insane things

www.youtube.com/watch?v=0Ss...

and for my next magic trick, i'm going to live a humble and disciplined life in service of God ✨

good morning 🦋

moving to a new apartment is such a pain in the ass, but ngl i'm cherishing the opportunity to sell and donate like half of my shit

true

if I was a dog, I would be the kind who sticks his head out the car window and revels as his ears flop in the wind

those sure were simpler times

To Come Home To Yourself May all that is unforgiven in you Be released. May your fears yield Their deepest tranquilities. May all that is unlived in you Blossom into a future Graced with love.

Friend gave me a John O’Donohue book recently. It’s quite good.

“To Come Home To Yourself”

moloch feeds on our shame

thesis i'm about to fuck with:

if i publish my best writing as a high-quality physical artifact, and keep it entirely off the internet (no pdfs or digital versions at all), it will feel substantially more valuable for readers, and create far more economic value for me

honestly same

good morning

old story in rob's head: ahhhhhhh i'm feeling super overwhelmed by my to do list, so i should prob run away and do a bunch of recreational numbing in the name of "self care"

new story: the more i do the better i feel

every time i quit coffee, it takes less than two weeks before i realize that nope my life is unequivocally better with coffee in it