Notes from James

WEEKLY LETTER
ISSUE #18 · Aug 16

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This week is the final week before I complete 365 days of learning something new every single day.

If you follow me on TikTok, Facebook, or YouTube, you may also know that I have been posting a quote every day as well.

This has been the longest and best year of my life. It is hard to comprehend so much has changed for me in the last 365 days.

But, more on that next week.

QUOTE OF THE WEEK

Youth is happy because it has the ability to see beauty. Anyone who keeps the ability to see beauty never grows old.

- Franz Kafka

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Last Week’s Learning

All learning videos can be found on my Instagram

Day 352 How do hearing aids work?

Day 353 Yamaha pianos & motorcycles

Day 354 How Ancient Egyptian’s transcended with gold

Day 355 How to be an attractive dancer (for men)

Day 356 Why the scale is inaccurate

Day 357 The psychology of astrology

Day 358 What’s the evolutionary reason for fingernails?

From James
This past week I worked, made videos, read books, went to the gym, and ate food with family.

A simple life.

Week in and week out, these are the activities that I prioritize.

At times, this routine can make me feel limited as someone who makes videos for social media because in reality these activities can look very boring.

Social media likes fast, exciting, and extraordinary.

Most of most peoples’ lives are boring, routine, and slow progress over long periods of time.

That’s why it is important to remember to not compare yourself to what you see on social media. You are watching the outliers. The extremists.

- James