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March 0325

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what I’ve created –

what I’ve watched – 

  • A Real Pain – top 100 films I’ve ever seen.
  • Idiocracy – unfortunately accurate and fortunately hilarious
  • Anyone But You – would recommend to just about anyone
  • Game Night – great watch with the siblings

what I’ve listened to –

what I ate –

Bajel in Mexico City – one of the best meals I’ve ever had. Michelin star 9 course experience with the theme of Clarity and Depth. Our meal featured Hibiscus foam paired with Lobster, beetroot, and grapefruit. Braised flat iron with beer cocoa and parsnip puree. Green apple and wasabi-shiso sorbet pickled cucumber and yogurt. Mole blanco with cauliflower and nutmeg. All set in one of the most beautiful high-rises in CDMX.

Mas o Menos in Joshua Tree – is a lovely coffee shop and cocktail bar. Worth the pitstop and the interior design / overall aesthetic is flawless.

travel hack –

Befriend everyone you meet, if only to be kind.

Always pack an extra layer and drive yourself if you can.

quote I liked –

“Mt Sinai in Egypt is 7497 ft.⁣ Estes Park, CO is 7522 ft.⁣

If elevation is the main ingredient in meeting God, then keep an eye out for an ominous cloud strolling the streets of some Rocky Mountain town.⁣”

what I’ve learned –

  • Steve Blank compared working in a startup to marines fighting in a war. He put it bluntly: “Startups are inherently chaos. As a founder, you need to prepare yourself to think creatively and independently, because more often than not, conditions on the ground will change so rapidly that the original well-thought-out business plan becomes irrelevant. If you can’t manage chaos and uncertainty… and if you wait around for someone else to tell you what to do, then … you will run out of money and your company will die.” If startups are “inherently chaos,” then it makes sense why early childhood adversity can help build the muscles necessary to handle that chaos.

what I wouldn’t try again –

tattooing myself is more painful than having someone else tattoo you. It’s impossible to ignore the pain and you know when it’s coming which makes it difficult to focus on the art. While I’m proud to have stretched my own limits and grown in ability with tattooing I don’t intend to give myself more.

how life is beautiful –

Coming back from the Channel Islands with a herd of dolphins swimming next to the bow of our boat close enough for each of us to touch one was a tear in the heavens that I’ll always be grateful for.

Being surrounded by 60 of my closest friends in a city I moved to 2 years ago for my birthday was pure love. Gratefulness is the key.

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