Morning Coffee with James and Jess

It's the end of 2024. James and Jess take a look back at how the year went. They also look ahead and talk about their words of the year for 2025.

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It's been a while but we're back! In this episode we reflect on our early internet days, what shaped our creativity back then, and how it's different now. We talk about the Dead Internet Theory. Is the internet really dead? Has it been this way since 2016?

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After travelling to Miami, James and Jess reflect on experiences attending conferences and how we approach travel in general.

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It's been a heads-down couple months. Jess and James talk about personal passion projects and how James is beginning his journey in discovering what his Creative DNA is. We talk about where to find clues as to what is in your own Creative DNA.

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This week we discuss handling Advice. Sometimes getting Advice is frustrating, but does it have to be? Advice should be helpful. James shares his perspective on how he handles Advice and how it shapes the way he gives advice. Jess shares her own experiences with Advice, then forms James' logic into an Advice-processing framework.

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This week’s episode is on productivity & rest. We talk about

• Our relationships with productivity
• When “resting” actually feels like rest
• Identifying what “rest” means for us
• Tips for knowing when to rest.

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Recorded on New Years Eve, James and Jess reflect on their 2023. It was a year of challenges, but also the year we got married. We also talk about how we set intentions for the coming year.

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We are getting into the holiday spirit, or at least James is. We talk about how important it is to design and take care of our environments. We also share some of the things we think about when setting up our own environments, from home to work.

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We talk about our current relationship with cooking, and how it took us 10 years to get here.

In this episode:

• The first time Jess cooked for James (and the drama that ensued)
• What motivates us to cook
• How we learned to wing recipes
• Why it took us 10 years to enjoy cooking

Today we had a Japanese breakfast: Mackerel, a rolled omelet, broccoli with kewpie dressing, tofu, and a fermented soybean soup.

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We decided to record this week's episode on Halloween. We talk about our Halloween costumes and our Halloween experiences.

In this episode:

• How James became a Plant Zaddy
• City vs. Suburbs Trick or Treating
• Our favorite candies
• What we like about Halloween as we get older

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