Beware the Ides of March.
On this day in 44 BC, Julius Caesar was assassinated.
That’s your fun trivia tidbit for this week.
And for those of you who celebrated yesterday, happy Pi Day.
I’ve spent $61.38 on groceries, $37.87 on takeout/restaurants, and $91.74 on coffee and beer since last week.
My current Bitcoin holdings: are 0.07647765 BTC.
Bitcoin hit a new record this week, crossing the $70K mark for the first time ever. Please continue to pay attention to this space. It’s likely Bitcoin will continue to rise, especially as we approach the next halving.
In Audio Note #67 this week I talked about time. Specifically, how I prioritize time.
Or rather, how I prioritize time to do things that don’t actually matter.
This week on Medium I published Stop Building Your Startup —The Economy Doesn’t Actually Need It
This is more or less an open letter to tech founders who are building useless businesses that no one wants. My take: I think our economy needs real businesses, not more startups.
SXSW took over Austin this week. I decided not to attend any events. I’ve been completely overwhelmed with client work and needed to pause on introducing myself to new prospects.
Take care of all your memories. For you cannot relive them.
-Bob Dylan
What’s a memory you made this past week?
That was a question posed during a coworking group I recently attended.
A couple of weeks ago, a friend introduced me to a group in town that gets together three times a week for group coworking sessions.
I’ve been trying to go on Fridays.
During a mid-morning break, the group’s facilitator had us form a circle and go around sharing something of note from the week.
Last week we talked about memories. Specifically, the idea of creating a memory bank for yourself.
When you die you can’t take anything with you. The only thing most of us have as we get older are our relationships.
Eventually those too will wither and die. What remains are the memories we create from those relationships and banked during the course of our lives.
When it was my turn I froze.
What had I done that week?
I worked and I worked out.
I checked my email. I checked LinkedIn. And I checked my stats on Medium.
As I quickly took an inventory of my week a pit formed in my stomach.
I had no memories to show for it.
But it wasn’t just that week. When I thought about it a bit deeper, there wasn’t much to work with for the prior weeks either.
I was busy and I did things. But I didn’t create any memories.
I think that’s because I’m so busy trying to accomplish things. Even though I talk about the process and how slow it is, when you’re in it, it feels anything but slow.
Most of the time, I don’t slow down long enough to enjoy the process let alone create space for memories to form.
When we’re too busy doing the things we think we’re supposed to do, we miss out on doing what matters — building relationships and making memories with the people we love the most.
So let me pose the question to you: what memories did you make this week?
What I’m Currently Reading
The Plant-Based Athlete: A Game-Changing Approach to Peak Performance
P.S. Check out my recommended reading list here
My running gear:
Whatever clothes I can find at the thrift store
My crypto gear:
My productivity tools:
Task management:
TodoistScrapping this because Google launched a new to do list feature built into Google Calendar. It’s AMAZING.
Time management: Clockify
Email management: Unroll.me
Everything management: Notion
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