What are you building? One of my favorite questions. Today you’re building habits. Maybe you’re planning on building a skillset. Maybe dreaming of building a business.

Why do people avoid eye contact in NYC? Because they’re afraid of being approached and asked for money if they do. Needless to say, I couldn’t tell you the color of a single pair of eyes today. Who’s the handy data analyst who’s going to make a graph of the number of people smoking weed…

Those who easily catastrophize, calibrate. Those who quickly bemoan, sing. Those who advocate for layers of bureaucracy, cease.

I’m staying in room 123 tonight. The girl at the front desk, who was maybe a year or two younger, asked if I was here for the Celtic festival. If I had replied that I was moving here to start a new chapter of adventures, that probably would have prompted a more interesting conversation. Instead,…

The perfect day. A gift. Concluded quickly, but remembered indefinitely.