Hi friend!

Here's something for you to...

1) watch.

5’5″ Female Black Belt Absolutely Demolishes 6’1″ Male Challenger In Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu Match

60-second proof of the power of Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu.

2) read.

Anorak’s Almanac, chapter 77, verses 11–20

A beautiful chapter intro from the sci-fi story I'm currently reading, Ready Player Two. This short passage blew me away.

(If you're looking for an easy-to-read, crazy entertaining sci-fi novel/audiobook...I highly recommend Ready Player One.)

3) use.

Never Marry a Man With These 14 Traits

As a straight dude, I don't plan on marrying a man any time soon.

But this was fun to read from the other end, too—reflecting on whether or not I possessed any of these traits.

I think in the past I've struggled with numbers 6 and 12.

4) listen to.

The Science of Productive Conflict

A lovely episode of WorkLife with Adam Grant.

Adam, along with spouses Glennon Doyle and Abby Wambach, work against the common notion that we can "agree to disagree."

We learn about the power of attacking the root of a disagreement—i.e. someone's intentions and motives, not merely our interpretations of them.

(Also available on Spotify.)

Extras.

Some of my blogs.

What I want to be when I grow up

On pursuing and quitting certain dreams.

Learning to swim

Some lessons as I prepare for a triathlon in a few months.

How to love rejection

For real.

Quotes.

“Suffering is the easiest thing human beings do. It’s the easiest place to go.”

-Nathaniel Brandon 

“It is not that we have a short time to live, but that we waste a lot of it. Life is long enough and a sufficiently generous amount of time has been given to us for the highest achievements if it were all well-invested.”

-Seneca

“I didn’t have time to grab a menu to see how to spell marinara.”

-Josephine DeMino

Thank you so much for the support, friends! If you enjoyed this newsletter, I encourage you to forward it or invite your friends to subscribe. I hope you all are happy and healthy 😎

Much love.

Dill 💙