• I'm working on a gigantic project (more on this coming soon), and I was reviewing this article I wrote 2 years ago, which I think highlights why healthy eating is so difficult. Most of our food today has been transformed beyond recognition. For example, a cookie is a plant-based "food." It's made of flour, sugar, and oils. All extracted from plants. But it's not just cookies. Even the organic produce at the grocery store would be unrecognizable compared to its "distant relatives" prior to human interventions (agriculture, industry, and technology). 

• I love "projects" (like I mentioned - a huge one on its way) but I've gotten more discriminating over the years on which ones I pick up. The weight of the opportunity cost associated with committing to a new project (versus doing an infinite number of possible other things) is a serious consideration. I really liked this list of questions to ask before agreeing to dive into a new project:
  • Would I do this even if it never brought a big payday? 
  • Is it "mind blowing" amazing / unique?
  • Does it scratch my own itch?
  • Am I uniquely qualified to pull this off?
  • Why hasn't it been done yet? Why is now different?

• Going on a walk is in the top 5 most underrated activities. I don't like to take anything with me on walks. No phone and (ideally) no shirt (weather permitting in order to get sun). Instead I like to walk with a blank mind, open to wander and open to perhaps the most underrated emotion, awe. 

🎤 What are the results of a year of vocal lessons:

• My 2020 Challenge is to learn to make music. Since I have zero natural musical or vocal abilities (just like art), I got a head start on vocal lessons in 2019. This week marked 1 year of vocal lessons. It has been BY FAR the hardest part of this challenge. I've spent more time trying to learn to sing than all the songwriting, production, mixing and mastering combined. And while I still have a long way to go, it wasn't until the last few weeks that I even thought I had made any progress at all. Skill acquisition often follows the compound effect. For a long time it feels like nothing it happening. Until it does.

• Like boiling water, even though the water is heating up, nothing seems to happen until 212 degrees F. Continuing on, trusting the process, and putting in the time without the dopamine of notable progress separates success and failure.

• I'm running a week long poll on what people think the price of bitcoin will be next US election. Voting open until Tuesday!

• If I had to guess I would agree with the majority thus far
  • With the caveat: I think the next bull run will be starting around that time (2025) which catapults bitcoin over 1M.