We can control whether we merely endure our days or experience and enjoy them. We can control whether we arrive on our deathbeds feeling like we've wasted our time or end up satisfied with how we've spent our brief moment in the sun. -Catherine Price During my darkest moments in the pandemic, my therapist told me that I had to find joy to keep going. These days, I feel deeply hollow inside.
New York hit Nick Lachey (98) degrees last Tuesday. I hear that today, tomorrow, and the one after that won’t be too different and while I don’t know where in the world you are, I suspect that at some point, you have felt the sensation of it being too hot for clothes. You know the sensation, right? It’s like when you’re in clothes and just think to yourself, “Damn, I think it’s too hot for these clothes.
Since I’ve written about how to remember your dreams and how to get started with dreamwork, a few readers have asked me how they can have lucid dreams. Lucid dreams are dreams where you know that you’re dreaming, and have some degree of control over what you do and experience in the dream. Lucid dreaming can be a pretty wild experience: you can fly, travel to other countries (or planets!
Logan Paul in a recent podcast interview shared how much he and KSI have made from their hydration drink ‘Prime’. The duo have made over $250 million in retail sales and $110 million gross internally. Paul also mentioned in the interview “in January of this year, we did $45 million.” Which is very crazy for a brand that has only been around for 13 months! KSI and Logan Paul weren’t always friends, it shocked the world when they came out and said they were starting a business together.
Given that this newsletter usually focuses on popular music in all its various forms, it’s no surprise that Taylor Swift comes up somewhat frequently. As of October 2023, the one-time country starlet is synonymous with “pop music”. Her current tour has been such a success that it grew local economies enough for the Federal Reserve to note it in a report. Her budding romance with Kansas City Chiefs’ tight end Travis Kelce led to a 400% spike in his jersey sales.