Hello friend,

I love Memorial Day (but out in LA we've got the May Gray).

And this isn't just any long weekend. A special thank you to those who made the ultimate sacrifice.

As we officially enter summer, have you felt like 2024 is slipping away from you?

Are you tackling the “small” things and putting off the “big” things, but you don’t know how to break the cycle?

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🎧 In this week's podcast, we ask: Should we fear death?​

Am I too old for this?

I'm looking for a new teacher.

Not for meditation.

Not to learn a new language.

But to rekindle a childhood dream.

Learning how to make beats. Hip-hop beats using Fruity Loops, to be precise.

Yup. Think The Neptunes, Timbaland and more recently Metro Boomin.

I've been talking about this idea for decades.

But when I saw this graph, I said to myself "Holy Sh*t, I gotta get moving."

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Here are this week's top reads:

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The ultimate life coach

5 minutes | Mr. Money Moustache
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Mr. Money Moustache is the OG of early retirement. He was 30, to be specific. But it turns out that the freedom from "doing hard things" is a double-edged sword. And when you realize that motivation follows action, you learn that your limits are self-imposed.

→ Read the post​

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What adults forget about friendship

6 minutes | The Atlantic

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Between careers, partners and caregiving for kids and aging parents, friendships take a back seat in adulthood. I know A LOT of men in their 40s who barely see/talk to their friends. What can we learn from kids to recapture some of the playfulness inherent in friendship?

→ Read the article​

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How does technology rewire the intricate circuitry of the teenage mind?

9 minutes | Epsilon Theory

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Silicon Valley invests millions to hire the smartest computer scientists. The result? Addictive dopamine machines we carry around in our pockets. It’s a challenge even for those of us who didn’t grow up with social media. For developing teenage brains (like my daughters, yikes), the outcomes are alarming.

→ Read the article​

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LAST WEEK'S MOST READ

• ​22 small things that people say made them drastically happier (HuffPost, 732 clicks)
• ​The $1 billion test (Radreads, 718 clicks)

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And finally, Tom Hanks’ son explains the Kendrick-Drake beef.

With gratitude,

Khe

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