Minutes of a Monday #21

Soul Food

“News is, by definition, something that doesn’t last. It exists for only a moment before it changes. As news has become easier to distribute and cheaper to produce, the quality has decreased, and the quantity has increased, making it nearly impossible to find the signal in the noise.

Rarely do we stop to ask ourselves questions about the media we consume: Is this good for me? Is this dense with detailed information? Is this important? Is this going to stand the test of time? Is the person writing someone who is well-informed on the issue? Asking those questions makes it clear the news isn’t good for you.

The information you consume today becomes the raw material of your thoughts tomorrow.”

Straight from the Farnham Street Blog

Rare Air

“The years teach much which the days never know.” Ralph Waldo Emerson

Appendix

“People always say it’s like a big voice that’s calling that comes and I always felt like, something would kind of like, kept coming up but not loud, you know, you’d get curious about something. I was never like this is where I’m supposed to go – it was more like this seems fun, maybe I should try this, I don’t know. You just start playing at it.”

Actor Vince Vaughan on that voice in your head.

LOL

I don’t know about you, but this self-care routine puts me to shame.

AOB

I’ll be firing out my first article on next Monday’s Minutes of a Monday for a change. But fear not, normal service will be resumed thereafter :)