The secret to parenting/life/negotiation is to remember that the main goal in every conversation is to have the next conversation.
Remember not all of your life decisions have to be smart. Some can be purely for cinematic value.
You will be celebrated for performing your identity in legible, simplistic ways. This ultimately flattens your complexity and lived experience. Resist this.
file under: your world is a reflection of your understanding
Summer update: this is where I live now.
Specifically, at that desk. Staring at a screen, and sometimes staring out the window.
—John Archibald Wheeler“We live on an island surrounded by a sea of ignorance. As our island of knowledge grows, so does the shore of our ignorance.”
I realized today that is has been four years since I began my journey to complete a doctoral program. I don't care for the term "journey" since it seems to be overused on reality television shows. But, it is a journey. It is a battle. It is a constant struggle to finish. And, one thing I have realized while my way through this doctoral program and now the dissertation component, is the limitation of my own experience in this world.
And spawn is off to Reno, with a short stop at the doctor’s office first. Wellness check/physical is important.
Then back out to Warby Parker to get glasses adjusted. Again. Lots of water being released from Folsom Dam, as the snow melt continues.
Father's Day
Ribs slow-cooked and a few pours of bourbon. Spawn came down for the weekend. Parents came over for dinner.
Not a bad way to spend the day.