🍱 Delicacy of the Day
Zeds Dead - Light
Canadian Cretin duo Zeds Dead has been a staple in the music diet for the last 11 years.
Their output-to-quality ratio is unmatched.
This song is no exception.
It was the founding song in last year's playlist.
Aside from that, it came out at one of my lowest points and helped inspire a path forward.
This song has everything a starter for a generational album has:
A beautiful start that gets you hooked.
A hypnotic buildup that builds on the start.
And a finish that you don't see coming
My best guess to this is that they emulated the beginning of light in an audible form.
Even if they didn't, this song is phenomenal.
Highly recommended.
Njoy.
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💭 Quick Drivel
This will probably be too aggrandizing for most, so feel free to skip this portion for the next 44 days. Unless you want a masterclass on how NOT to plan and go on a trip
The biggest gamble and wildest experience started a year ago today.
The mission was simple: take a trip to Japan in an attempt to feel something again to light a fire under my ass
And instead of being a normal person and doing things right by:
Planning a year in advance
Having enough savings to have relaxing time
Do literally anything to what was done
I just bought a one way ticket to Tokyo 6 months in advance (better than 2024s one month in advance)
It was simple in my head: Stay in my job, do some side gigs, get enough money to relax! (I was semi-broke at this time, lol)
Then I got fired from my job.
So then the next 4 months were filled with the most stressful but rewarding grind ever!
And then out of nowhere it was August 4.
4 am. 4 hours of sleep (thanks to packing for a month-long trip last minute) and the inability to process what was happening.
And so it began, as it always does:
Last minute, without an actual plan, but still hopeful that “things will work out somehow”.
And in many ways that I’ll be exploring in the next 44 days…
IT DID-ish.
Now it would be irresponsible to recommend something like this.
It goes without saying but DONT DO THIS.
There are healthier and better ways to inspire change when you feel stuck.
The one that's been hammered over and over this past year comes in two parts
I'll share the first part today in the signal
📡 Signal
Due to terrible file keeping, I'll start brain-dumping the stuff I've gathered and internalized
The first part of behavior change comes from BJ Fogg in his PHENOMENAL book Tiny Habits
(Yeah, bear with the name. It doesn't sound the best.)
A concept that stuck is:
"People change when they feel good."
Yeah it’s basic and boring. And it also checks with the behavioral principle of
“Rewarding actions are more likely to be repeated.”
So maybe the best way to change today is: instead of beating yourself up for “falling into the same old destructive habits”
Start being grateful for when you don’t actively do them.
Might sound silly until you give it a try.
Always Forward
Hz
P.S. Might share a picture or two as we go, this was today a year ago. It still feels unreal to revisit these pictures. Never felt real.
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