Hey 👋🏽,

I think I’m going to start to call you mom.
Why?
That’s just how kids work.
Is it? you can keep calling me mama if you want.

He brushed me off.

Tell me a story!

I read him a story about him.

I never said that.
Yes you did.
Boys can’t be ballerinas. that’s not how boys work.

I enlisted Google for the fact check.

Sure you can! Ballet dancer. Or danseuse.

He smiled at the pictures of strong and graceful men in tights.

Ok but I changed my mind, I want to be a surfer doctor astronaut.
It's great to change your mind. That's how humans work.

🧠 what I’m thinking about

Longtermism, continued:

the 3 year rule Ivaylo Durmonski, 10m
time management NFX, 9m
learning to play chess (instead of checkers) Farnam Street, 10m

❤️ what I’m feeling

i thought i would have accomplished a lot more today and also by the time i was 35 New Yorker, 3m
Responses to the last newsletter:

“For my family, the pandemic has meant moving full speed ahead, and not putting anything off for another day. The pandemic has shown me what’s really important in life, and it sure isn’t working myself to death and depriving myself of my loved ones.“ - Nour Langendorfer

🚶🏽‍♀️what I’m doing

hibernating with The Path: What Chinese Philosophers Can Teach Us About the Good Life written by the professor of the 3rd most popular class at Harvard and How to Do Nothing thanks to recommendations from Katie Parrot and Jia Tolentino