A Monday conjuring
Oh, hi friends!
What are you conjuring up this week?
Perhaps this will serve as inspiration:
conjure: | ˈkänjər | [with object] make (something) appear unexpectedly or seemingly from nowhere as if by magic
Maybe it will be a meal, a piece of art, a long and unexpected walk, a perfect sentence, a long laughing fit.
So much can come, seemingly from nowhere, as if by magic.
Pick those pencils up.
Photo by Joanna Kosinska on Unsplash
On why your habits aren’t working…
Oftentimes, it's not what you would expect. "The problem is that I'm not sleeping enough. I'm only sleeping five or six hours a night." But then you're like, "Why am I only sleeping five or six hours a night? Because I'm not powering down soon enough. I need to get ready for bed at 10 instead of at midnight. Well, why do I get ready for bed at 10? Because I have trouble stopping work, or I keep answering emails late." And then you realize “Oh, the real problem with this is not my sleep habits, the real problem is my email habits.” And so the decisive moment is figuring out how to stop email at 10:00 PM.
So many of our daily actions are linked together! I’ve always enjoyed James Clear’s newsletter and this piece really digs in to how to break our bad habits.
“I think there are no rules when it comes to making music.”
If you haven’t watched this Vogue series before, it’s such fun: I loved these 73 questions with Lady Gaga.
PS — An ask! Do you know anyone who was living in Brooklyn in the 1930s?
A friend of a friend was just cast in an Arthur Miller play at The Old Vic in London and he's looking to do character research before rehearsal. If you know someone who fits the bill who might like to chat with my friend of a friend this winter, please let me know! (h/t Carl Zurhorst)
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Thanks, as always, for reading.
Love, Kara