Discipline is the highest form of self-respect. Your agency and true time preference are revealed in your body. You truly stand alone here, embodied in what you actually value. (Note to self)

GM ☀️☕️

I need to get better at taking clear candid stills. When it’s quiet and I’m alone on these early morning hikes, sometimes it feels like an episode of National Geographic. RIP to that squirrel and my steady hand. I just hope I don’t run into a bear or mountain lion, they’re definitely out here.

GM I choose to smile through it all. Unfortunately, that also means I’m an inappropriate laugher. It’s a stress response that has definitely caused some trouble, usually when someone is being confrontational. Is laughter the best medicine?

In happier news my 19 year old son who still lives at home while attending college painted a shed that had been languishing in a remote corner of the property and built a partial pergola. He set up a lathe and is now making things to sell at a local maker’s market and listening to classical music while doing it. He will be accepting bitcoin. I’m impressed!