Jake Welch @jakewelch

Leave me a note ⤑ ourworldoftext.com/jakewelch https://jakewel.ch/hidden-assets/88x31.gif ◇──◆──◇──◆──◇──◆──◇──◆──◇──◆──◇──◆──◇──◆──◇──◆──◇──◆──◇──◆──◇──◆──◇──◆──◇──◆──◇ Outbox ⤑ https://www.animatedimages.org/data/media/1335/animated-mail-image-0203.gif @dom you're right. I would love to get to where I don't look at a single screen from when I wake up at 7:30am to when I start working at 9:30am ◇──◆──◇──◆──◇──◆──◇──◆──◇──◆──◇──◆──◇──◆──◇──◆──◇──◆──◇──◆──◇──◆──◇──◆──◇──◆──◇ 10 January 2025 An old colleague of Steph's is retiring and moving across the world. Her late husband was an art dealer and she has a few unsold paintings that she's offered to give to us if we drive out to pick them up on Long Island. So tomorrow we're making a day trip of it and going on an adventure. 8 January 2025 Today I’m inspired by people who are inspired by the mundane and feel inclined to document it. I created an are.na board to gather these types of archives together in one place. https://are.na/jake-welch/the-art-of-noticing-gkjmwt6ymam ◇──◆──◇──◆──◇──◆──◇──◆──◇──◆──◇──◆──◇──◆──◇──◆──◇──◆──◇──◆──◇──◆──◇──◆──◇──◆──◇ ⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⢀⣀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀ ⠀⠀⣤⣤⣶⣶⣾⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣷⣶⣦⣤⡤⢤⣴⣶⣶⣤⠄⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀ ⠀⠠⢴⣾⣿⣿⡿⠟⠛⠛⠛⠛⠛⢛⣉⣩⣥⣤⣤⣤⣤⣤⣀⣀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀ ⠀⠀⠀⠀⠁⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠈⠉⠉⠛⠛⠛⠋⠉⠉⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀ ⠀⠀⠀⠀⢤⣤⣶⣶⣶⣶⣶⣶⣤⣤⣤⣴⣶⣶⣶⣦⣄⣠⣤⣤⣤⣀⣀⡀⠀⠀ ⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠉⠉⣉⣉⣀⣻⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⡿⠿⠛⠛⠛⠛⠉⠉⠁⠀ ⠀⠀⠀⠀⣀⣤⣀ hidden thoughts⣀⡀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀ ⠀⠀⠒⠿⣿⣿⣿⡿⠗⠀⠀⠀⠀⠶⢾⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⠶⠆⠀⠀ ⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠉⣀⣀⣤⣤⣴⣶⣶⣶⣶⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣯⣍⣁⡀⠀⠀⠀⠀ ⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠈⠉⠉⠉⠉⠙⠛⠛⠛⠛⢛⣻⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣷⣦⣤⣄⡀⠀ ⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⣠⣴⣶⣿⣶⣤⣀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠉⠛⠻⠿⠿⠿⠿⠟⠛⠉⠀⠀ ⠀⠀⢀⣀⣠⣤⣤⣬⣽⣿⣿⣟⣉⡀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀ ⠀⠀⠀⠀⢩⣭⣿⣿⣿⡉⠉⠉⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⢀⣠⣤⣤⣤⣄⡀⠀⠀ ⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠈⠁⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠠⠤⢴⣶⣾⣿⣿⣿⣿⣶⠤⠄⠀
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True goodness is like water.

  • Bringing benefit and giving life to the 10,000 things.
  • It doesn’t compete but like the Tao
  • Immediately flows to the lowest place.
  • Everyone else always wants to be first
  • But the wise only want to be last,
  • To live on solid ground,
  • To think deeply,
  • To be gentle and kind,
  • To speak with honesty,
  • To govern with peace and order,
  • To work with skill,
  • To act at only the best time

things i thought i'd miss, but i don't

  • television
  • microwave
  • twitter
  • washer/dryer
  • car
  • religion
  • dish washer
  • closets

things i didn't think i'd miss, but i do

  • school
  • family
  • desk
  • job
  • mountains

ways i stay grounded

  • keep a morning routine
  • read difficult yet rewarding novels
  • avoid algorithms
  • sacrifice comfort
  • write out observations
  • consider how things are connected
  • notice how big and open the sky is
  • relinquish all hate
  • seek to understand everyone with compassion
  • embrace silence
  • honor things made with skill and craft
  • allow troubles to flow over me like water

4 favorite things

  • human connection
  • figuring out how things work
  • self-actualization through learning
  • cultivating peace

words I learned while reading and have started noticing

  • Pugnacious
  • Pedulant
  • Gerrulous
  • Highfalutin
  • Taciturn
  • Fastidious
  • Magnanimous/magnanimy

books that changed my perspective on something

  • My Struggle: Book 1 by Karl Ove Knausgaard –– on family and death
  • The Sound and the Fury by William Faulkner –– on techniques for recording ephemeral thought patterns
  • The Stranger by Albert Camus –– on being impartial
  • Swann's Way by Marcel Proust –– on memory and noticing beauty
  • Slaughterhouse Five by Kurt Vonnegut, Jr. –– on the effects WW2 still has on us
  • If On A Winter's Night A Traveler by Italo Calvino –– on storytelling
  • My Struggle: Book 3 by Karl Ove Knausgaard –– on childhood and fragility of memory
  • The Winter of Our Discontent by John Steinbeck –– on sacrifice and maintaining a moral code