rest week

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On Twitter,

Paul Millerd

referred to this week as “dead week” and I had a slight problem…

I have the privilege of having the week off, as does my wife, so we went to Tampa Bay.

Family is here too, so they took the kids here and there which was completely nice.

We were also without a car, which means we didn’t do as much in the area as we usually do.

That said, New York has been an overwhelmingly busy place for us, it’s ingrained in the culture, and we’re trying as hard as we can to fight against that temptation to do “more.”

Our weekends are slow. We try and take a Sabbath rest. The kids don’t have a bunch of formal weekend activities, we let them do that mostly after school. That may change in the future, but it’s what we need for now.

No matter your situation, I hope you had at least a few days off for Christmas and/or New Year’s.

That said, this week will be short, but here are a few things on Medium I wrote recently that you may like:

• What happens when you only focus on “quality”?

• How to make your new writing routine your default in 2024

• 7 tips to sharpen your creative edge

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More Things

• My 2023 books list has one more entry: this weirdly apocalyptic/philosophical novel by Douglas Coupland called Player One (no not Ready). Strangers in a bar that end up in a foxhole situation. Enjoyable, not sure I’d recommend it?

• Just started with Celebration of Discipline by Richard Foster, cracked open Daisy Jones and The Six (I liked the show!) and a marketing book called Dotcom Secrets by Russell Brunson.

  • I put together this Reading Journal template on Notion if you’re interested. Only a few dollars.

• “Cool People Actually Saved America’s Feet” at The Atlantic.

• Catching up on Barry on HBO.

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Last Things

“Rest and be thankful.” ― William Wadsworth

Keep going,

-Josh Spilker