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Friday Inspiration 443
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This is for anyone who’s ever bought a throwback sports jersey, and isn’t quite sure why they did it, but who also enjoys how it makes them feel. (gift link)
I know there are lots of heartwarming stories about the Olympics, but this one is my favorite so far: Norwegian swimmer Henrik Christiansen is so obsessed with the chocolate muffins in the Olympic village that he’s made 10 TikTok videos about them. (The most popular one has been viewed more than 10 million times)
This piece reminded me that a) I’ve been using Gmail for almost 20 years and b) that I am probably not emotionally ready to read emails I wrote to anyone from probably 2005 through 2010. But wow.
This is such a cool short video about Kathryn Bigelow’s revolutionary POV shots, and how ahead of their time they were for fast action shots—especially when you consider how big and heavy the cameras were, compared to the first GoPro, which wouldn’t come along for another 14 years.
As a trail runner who worries about the welfare of animals maybe a little more than average, I have to say being followed by a flock of lost sheep on my run is maybe more terrifying than being followed by a mountain lion.
I had a great chat with my friend Jonathan Ellsworth on The Blister Podcast on Monday, and if you think I sound like shit, it’s because I do! But we still had a wonderful conversation about Ultra-Something. (I’ve had a cough for 3+ weeks now and am relentlessly advocating for myself as a patient in the healthcare system, while trying to rest and drink lots of fluids.)
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Writer, artist, filmmaker, columnist for Outside Magazine. My newsletter about creativity, adventure, and enthusiasm goes out to 15,000+ subscribers every week.
I Go To The Hardware Store When the world is going crazy, which is how it feels anytime I spend too much of my time looking at the news slash social media slash glowing screens slash information, which I’ve been doing for the past week or so, I go to the hardware store. Because at the hardware store, I can feel, for a few minutes, that maybe the world is not falling apart, as much as these people screaming at each other about “your side” and “our side” on TV news clips have very nearly led me...
Friday Inspiration 501 I have enjoyed many of Arthur Brooks’ columns for The Atlantic over the years, so I wasn’t surprised that this video, “You Need to Be Bored. Here’s Why.” hit home for me as well. Sometimes I wonder if we’re all keeping ourselves so “busy” with everything that we don’t have time to feel anything anymore—boredom included, but also other things. (video) I don’t know who the market is for this app, or if the market actually exists, but I love that this person created it: A...
Friday Inspiration 500 Well, today is the 500th edition of this Friday Inspiration newsletter. Aside from a couple of short breaks (one for some time off in 2021 and the other for the first few weeks of Jay’s life back in 2022), I’ve been doing this every week since November 20, 2015. Which is a long time. If you open this email every week or every once in a while, thanks for reading. If you are supporting this whole operation via Patreon or a paid subscription, thank you again for your...