There’s one little thing I do in my daily routine that has nothing to do with “getting things done” or being productive. And I recommend it even in “normal” life, when we’re not social-distancing or otherwise going through a global pandemic.

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• Pick up a round of drinks & help keep the show going

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Right now we need to do our part to love our neighbors as ourselves, and that also looks like taking care of ourselves. Art is a great, soul-filling way to take care of ourselves because the best stuff points us to the true, the good, and the beautiful.

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You need art in your life more than you probably realize, and you need to notice the local art done BY your community, FOR your community, more than you probably realize. This is definitely true for me.

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This isn't about a super-fancy, high-end pen like you’re Mr. Burns and a Bic pen a store-brand pencil are beneath you. It's about finding that pen or pencil in your life that you care about — whatever it is — and enjoying the upgraded version.

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• Frixion refillable, erasable pen


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Because life is short; because death doesn’t make life pointless, it makes it purposeful. So what does it look like to take this idea and turn it into a habit? 

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This story is about romantic love, but it’s also about familial love: between brother and sister, son and mother, father and son. It’s about the love between friends; about love in all its depths of ordinary life.

• About Time


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These people are the only ones that matter — and keeping this in mind will probably help you keep the right things, the right things.

Plus, Tsh's friend Crystal hops on to share what idea is currently on her Good List.

• Crystal Ellefsen


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We’re talking about something so common it might seem like it hardly warrants an entire podcast episode. But because they’re so commonplace, there are interesting ways to use them in your work, home, and even spiritual life.

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Visiting yours regularly is a passport that opens your eyes and hearts to the world beyond your front door, one of your best hopes against tyranny, xenophobia, hopelessness, despair, anarchy, and ignorance.

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Don’t be so immersed in your Important Work that you neglect the side of you that wants a really good story.

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A Small Fiction, by James Miller

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