I love food. I wish I was a better cook. I think I can be. I’m good at following recipes.  And I do have a couple of dishes that I can cook well. I just need to add more to my repertoire.

What I’m reading: Tools of Titans, the tactics, routines, and habits of billionaires, icons, and world-class performers by Tim Ferriss. — Fascinating. Mind boggling. Useful.

What I’m watching: Do Schools Kill Creativity? on Ted Talks. — I’m watching this for the nth time. So profound. It’s been viewed over 40 million times.

What I’m listening to: “Is the American Dream Really Dead?” by Freakonomics Radio.

Go see: Perfetti Sconosciuti “Perfect Strangers” — Enjoyably good. It’s impossible to remain indifferent.

What I’m reading: “How to do what you love and make good money” by Derek Sivers.

What I’m watching: Stranger Things on Netflix. I don’t know why I keep watching it before bed. It scares me!

What I’m listening to: Neil Patel’s Marketing School podcast. Easy to digest, bite-sized chunks of useful SEO stuff I know nothing about.

A quote I’m pondering on: ”When I let go of what I am, I become what I might be.” — Lao Tzu

“Still life”: a painting or drawing of an arrangement of objects, typically including fruit and flowers and objects contrasting with these in texture, such as bowls and glassware. It’s an interesting description since I find that anything I photograph becomes still. A moment of stillness is captured even if it is of a moving object. A still photograph is life frozen in time.

What I’m reading: “How to do what you love and make good money” by Derek Sivers.

What I’m watching: A TED Talk by Sandi Toksvig “A political party for women’s equality.” Relevant and inspiring.

What I’m listening to: Foundr Podcast “The Godfather of Blogging Shares How to Create Content People Love - Darren Rowse of Problogger.”

A quote I’m pondering on: ”Vulnerability is the birthplace of innovation, creativity and change.” by Brené Brown