Senses working overtime #372

1 The race to reclaim the dark

2 Disney adults

It's the happiest place on Earth - what's not to love?

3  Hoboken Hasn’t Had a Traffic Death in Four Years. What’s It Doing Right?

4 The best science fiction books you've never heard of

5 Why you can't remember being born

Overtime: Collective wisdom from Pocket saves - Part 1 and part 2

Senses working overtime #371

1 Collage - Austin Kleon

2 The case for fewer friends

Photo by Nicole Herrero on Unsplash

3 Why we need rituals, not routines

Photo by Ashley Batz on Unsplash

4 Dr Jill Biden

5 Mall walkers

Overtime: 

Sasha Aickin, former CTO at Redfin, shares some financial advice from his grandmother:

"When you buy something cheap and bad, the best you’re going to feel about it is when you buy it. When you buy something expensive and good, the worst you’re going to feel about it is when you buy it."

Senses working overtime #370

1 Solitude is not loneliness

2 The importance of rest - Poet May Sarton

“I always forget how important the empty days are, how important it may be sometimes not to expect to produce anything, even a few lines in a journal. A day when one has not pushed oneself to the limit seems a damaged, damaging day, a sinful day. Not so! The most valuable thing one can do for the psyche, occasionally, is to let it rest, wander, live in the changing light of a room.” — Journal of a Solitude

3 Proactive and reactive thinking - Thomas Oppong

4 Tarzan in real life (sort of)

(Courtesy of Swiss Miss)

5 The best music of 2022 so far (according to Alexis Petridis)

Overtime: 

"Usually, the better someone does their job, the easier it looks. You rarely realize how hard it is until you try it yourself."

James Clear

Senses working overtime #369

1 Maverick

2 The Multifarious Multiplexity of Taika Waititi

3 The movies of the summer (American version)

4 Celebrating Wendy Froud (a.k.a. The Mother of Yoda)

5 The science behind likely multiple infections of Covid

Overtime: Euphoria

“For me, euphoria is simply the act of waking up, making my coffee, and sitting down with a book and being able to read.”   Elliot Page