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🌍 What's happening right now -
- Right now the US is in the process of updating their dietary guidelines. Since these guidelines were 1st introduced adult obesity has doubled and childhood obesity has tripled. Dr. Jeff Volek wrote a great piece talking about how important it is to get this policy right.
- 3 in 4 Americans are overweight / obese
- Over 50% of Americans are diabetic / pre-diabetic
- Obesity costs > $150 billion/year
- Diabetes costs > $327 billion/year
- I tend to believe education is the answer to this problem and the USDA can play a big part in this; however, I'm not too optimistic they'll get it right. So I'll keep trying to do my part.
- P.S. — Thank You for all the responses last week as to what I should work on next. Many people voted for sustainability, so I'll likely heed this recommendation. Interestingly, the next biggest request was diet-hormone related, so this is an area I'll have to dive in deeper in the (nearish) future.
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🎨 What he thought of it -
- I finished my 2nd portrait this year. It's a rendition from one of my favorite pictures (below) where Ollie and I are hanging out in the St. Louis Blues arena with the Stanley Cup.
- When asked what he thought of it he said, "My eyes look too fancy." 😂
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📜 What parable I've had in mind all year -
- I read this parable [paraphrased here] last year and have thought of it ever since:
A ceramics teacher announced on opening day that he was dividing the class into two groups. Half the students would be graded solely on the quantity of vases they made. The other half would be
graded solely on the quality of a single vase at the end of the year. A year of vase-making went by and when it came time to grade the students a curious fact emerged: the works of highest quality were all produced by the group being graded for quantity.
- While there are many key takeaways (i.e. fail fast and fail forward, forget about perfection, be willing to be bad to get good — h/t to Saturday 7 member Michael Puglin for sharing this article) the main secret I took away is that repetition is the mother of skill. I kept this story in mind when making my 2020 Challenge. I knew I could spend the year trying to learn to make a song OR I could force myself to churn out a song a month, knowing that the early ones would be terrible, but by the end of the year, I'd have a far better song than if I tried to perfect just one.
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🦴 What I'm squeezing -
- Speaking of my 2020 Challenge, it's the end of the month so I had to release my 5th song. It's called Marrow. I'm reminding myself that I'm still in the early going of "quantity vase making."
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🧠 What lyric I've been thinking about -
"Flip, flip, the turns feel like a bad trip.
Four seasons go by in the blink of an eye.
Like an addict for a needle, I keep a drip.
Refusing to die with any marrow left inside.
I need the high."
– Marrow
Lyric omitted (because it didn't go with the melody):
I trade my blood, sweat, tears
for marrow that fills my years
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🐣 What was the tweet of the week -
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🛒 What determines if you are a good person or not -
- I came across "The Shopping Cart Theory" and supposedly it is the litmus test to determine if you are a good person or not. Fascinating.
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As always, it's an absolute pleasure and an honor getting to spend some time with you, hope you have a great weekend!
Kevin
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