Thanks to my sister for bringing these whiskeys from the Elora Distilling Company. I’m starting with the Royal Amber
Vacation continues to go well
🔗 Don’t Become a Productivity Tourist - by JA Westenberg
Because the only metric by which you can actually judge a productivity system is this: did it allow you to produce something or not?
A good reminder for those of us that spend too much time adjusting our systems
🏊♂️ The lake was like glass for this afternoon’s swim
My daughter captured me in full cottage vacation mode: a beer in one hand and book in the other
🎶 After hearing my son and nephew rehearsing Is What It Is by Chance Peña, I’ve been a bit obsessed with it. They were practicing for an upcoming campfire concert at their summer camp, where there was recently a tragedy. Watching the campers comfort each other through the tragedy seemed resonant with the song’s lyrics
Finished reading: The Justice of Kings by Richard Swan is a compelling story about justice and the law. A great start to the series 📚
Finished reading: To Say Nothing of the Dog by Connie Willis is a fun and zany time-travel mystery. Although I enjoyed the story, it does get a bit frenetic 📚
🏃♂️ Misty morning run
Another good day at the cottage
Pizza on the BBQ
Lined that up surprisingly well, if accidentally
🏊♂️ Swimming in a Haliburton lake is so much nicer than a Toronto pool
Finished reading: Surprising no one, Alias Grace A Novel by Margaret Atwood is very well written📚
Getting dinner ready with my sous chef
🎵 Song of the week for my daughter — Midnight Rider by The Allman Brothers Band from Idlewild South (Deluxe Edition). An easy-going song about freedom and resilience
After experimenting with many different apps and approaches, I’m back to integrating everything into Reeder. I like the clean, consistent aesthetic, easy gestures for actions, and ease of integrating diverse sources.
🏃♂️ I’m glad to have finished this run before the big thunderstorm rolled through
Turned into a nice day
Finished reading: Titanium Noir by Nick Harkaway is a fun noir detective mystery📚