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Riffing off a quote in last week’s newsletter, Make any behaviour you want to encourage easier to do, and any behaviour you want to discourage harder to do. How to Be Unhappy: stay inside all day move as little as possible spend more than you earn take yourself (and life) too seriously look for reasons why things won’t work always consume, never contribute resent the lucky and successful never say hello first be unreliable Invert for happiness: get outside each day move: walk, exercise, dance spend less than you earn view life as play be the one who looks for solutions develop a bias to contribute and create learn from the lucky and successful be the first to say hello be reliable I stole this from James Clear’s 3–2–1 newsletter. You should subscribe. They are short, pithy and awesome! ...

As I battle my physical demons, the newsletter will probably be on this slightly off cadence as I struggle mightily throughout the week, thinking about what to write, failing and then at the last minute panicking and sharing a short snippet of something I love and enjoy. I hope you do too :) ...

I have to learn to make time for reading and writing, which has slowed to a crawl ever since I am slowly getting back to life. Hence these untimely letters. This week, I present a little story I read when I was, oh, about ten years old. Thirty years later, it still guides my actions and affirms my faith. It has always given me a strange kind of freedom, when it comes to my how I go about life, encouraging me to do my best, and not to worry even if I stumble. It planted the very powerful seed, that God if (s)he exists, is more loving than just. I just ought to be a good human. ...

Sorry, but not sorry about the lack of the weekly email yesterday :) The phone is dead, the computer’s crashed and the net is not working. In short, Murphy definitely has not left the building. But if I am to be successful at what I do, if I aim to earn your trust, I need to show up :) To quote Seth, Showing up on time, with a smile on your face is almost always more important than what you actually say or do. ...

Before we begin the festivities, here’s a small aside to the techheads who follow me and the tech muggles who care about privacy. (Which should actually be all of us, considering the various invasions of privacy happening) My friend and mentor, Kushal writes short newsy notes on what goes on in that world. Why privacy matters and how the powers that be are stripmining our privacy and what we can do to protect it. ...

Hello, folks! Let’s get this show back on the road, shall we? Before we resume, I just want to thank you for all your notes of encouragement and good wishes. I still am not out of the woods, yet, but healthy enough to resume writing these littles notes :) September Everyday Millionaires, Chris Hogan (must read. but only for folks like me who are a little slow with money. it’s a typical Dave Ramsey book. short. to the point. all meat, no bones. lots of stories. the book itself is an exploration of their study of 10,000 millionaires in the USA. no, she does not own a fancy penthouse. she is more likely to be a high school teacher in her early to mid fifties.) ...