One of the bands I got introduced to in 2024 that I really took a liking to is The Red Clay Strays. I was pleased to see they had the opportunity to do a tiny desk concert.

Finished Reading: The Year of Magical Thinking by Joan Didion 📚

Currently reading: The Year of Magical Thinking by Joan Didion 📚

Are you really living if all your time and energy is spent trying not to die?

Watched: Don’t Die: The Man Who Wants to Live Forever (2025)

Don’t Die: The Man Who Wants to Live Forever poster

🍿 Currently watching: 1917 (2019)

1917 poster

I saw this ad on the back cover of The Economist. It caused me to consider what (if anything) I would hand down to the generation after me. I’m curious; what are some of the things that you intend to hand down or perhaps have been handed down to you?

Patek Philippe advertisement

🍿 Watching Carry-On (2024)

Carry-On poster

A quick peek at Mount Rainier on my afternoon walk. 📷

A view of Mount Rainier across Lake Tapps

Currently reading: The Confident Mind by Nathaniel Zinsser 📚

I don’t remember when or how I got this book but while scrolling through my Kindle tonight, I found it and decided to give it a go. We’ll see.

After battling through three and 4.5 hours of sleep the past two nights, getting six hours last night feels like a small victory—and it’s made a world of difference in how my day is going.

I’ve ordered some melatonin (which I’ve never taken before) that I’m hoping will help improve my sleep.