There are two kinds of sleep. We can’t meaningfully control which one we get when we fall, but we can tell which one it was when we wake up. The first kind feels like a recharge. It feels like being tired when we get into bed, and slightly less tired when we wake up. Sometimes, we’re not quite sure how we slept until hours later, when we’re head down at our cubicle.

… to see what he could see. The bear went over the mountain, but not for food, or money, or fame, or glory. The bear went over the mountain due to his overwhelming curiosity. To see what he could see, from a new vantage point. The bear went over the mountain, the bear went over the mountain… it’s simple, really. To see what he could see, that’s all. No expectations, no promises, no guarantees, no filters, and no judgment.

A small but important change I made recently to my journaling process is that I practice delayed journaling – journaling about my day on the following day, instead of at night before I go to bed. Ever since I started doing this, I’ve been able to capture every day fully in my journal, and I also find my entries are less frustrated. There are less “ughs” – it appears that whatever I’m frustrated about usually doesn’t frustrate me as much the next day.

I was at a place in DC called the O St. Mansion. If you live or visit DC, I highly recommend going to this venue. I was there recording a podcast but had the chance to explore the grounds after. In essence, it’s a huge mansion that has a number of different rooms, and each room has a completely different feel. It’s a functioning hotel, but the hotel isn’t really themed in any meaningful way – it’s a hodge-podge of culture and art.

When I was a kid, I was always caught off guard when a friend’s parent required all of us to take our shoes off when we came inside. “It’s to keep the carpet clean,” my mom explained to a perplexed 5 year old me, in the car on the short ride home. And of course, over the years, I’ve met many more people who adhere to the rule of no shoes in the house, and I always thought it was about keeping the carpet clean… until recently.