Happy Wednesday, Wise Owl Nation!

All of a sudden we are halfway through April, and all of a sudden I am now 32-years-old.

Lately, I have been mildly obsessed with the concept of sustainability, specifically as it pertains to me. I want to live my life in a sustainable way, especially from a mental health perspective. Thinking about this so much has made me pretty sensitive to actions, people, interactions, etc that are not sustainable.

So today I want to write about that.

I've written about this in other forms many times throughout the existence of this newsletter:

• The small effort versus the huge effort
• The small change vs the large change
• The micro vs the macro
• The small moments vs the sweeping gestures

There is a much deeper truth in here somewhere, but that is for a different time.

Let's get into it.

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🦉 Wealthy Owl Thought(s) of The Week: Small Moments vs Sweeping Gestures

Okay, let's talk about the small moments.

Every day you wake up and go about your day. You might have a routine in place, you might not. Your day passes you by and is filled with interactions. They might be with people out in the world, people online, playing with your kids, or pet animals.

Life is a sequence of small moments with the occasional sweeping gesture or intense big moment.

Small moments make up 99% of your existence. They matter, a lot.

One of my guiding principles is "Love is a verb," and is built around this idea. It's an action you can choose to take on a daily basis rather than some ethereal emotion you get to feel and hold onto.

All life is like that, in a way, so what you do with the small moments really matters.

You might want to argue that the big sweeping gestures matter too, but unless that sweeping gesture elicits bad emotions, they won't be that memorable. Your brain just isn't wired to remember the intense good moments.

It will only remember the intense bad moments.

Why? Because for thousands and thousands of years survival was a lot harder. Survival depended on remembering the bad. We still carry that same wiring in our brains.

This is a good thing though, in my opinion, because as I said above, the small moments make up 99% of your life. You can win in life by winning the small moments.

The best part? Small moments require much less energy than sweeping gestures, so they are far more sustainable.

The small moments every day are what build habits, systems, lifestyles, and success.

This week's newsletter is shorter than usual because I want you to think about this. How can you improve the small moments? Start with the people that matter most to you, and don't forget that you are one of the people that should matter most to you.

Good luck.

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Have a great week!

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More Resources

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Crypto Resources

The Bankless Podcast: This is a link to the bankless podcast on Spotify. Start from the very beginning and learn why I am so positive about the power of Crypto and Ethereum in particular. You can find the podcast easily on the internet, but I am linking to episode 1 on Spotify for your convenience.

Buy your first ETH or BTC:

• On Coinbase - this is the easiest starting place for the newest beginners
• On Gemini - Another great option founded by the Winklevoss brothers. They are based out of New York.
• On Kraken - Kraken has a bit of a harder user interface, but they already have ETH staking enabled with the push of a single button.

Earn interest on your crypto

• BlockFi - Currently, you can earn 4% interest on BTC, 5% interest on ETH, and a whopping 8.5% on stable coins like USDC. Use the referral code b09f24fd to support the newsletter. BlockFi is currently not accepting new customers from the USA for its Crypto Savings Account. International customers are still welcome!

Other tools:

• Argent Wallet - This is the best mobile wallet for Ethereum, Defi, and all things on the Ethereum network, including staking. They even have plans to implement Layer 2 to remove network fees.
• Ethhub - this is a weekly newsletter that lists out all the interesting news, articles, and tweets that have happened in Crypto that week. It's free and awesome.
• Ethdashboard - A simple dashboard to look at various metrics in the ethereum space. I mainly use this as a quick tool to check ETH gas fees.
• Cointracker - this is one of the better tools for tracking all of your various crypto across all of the various wallets, exchanges, etc. You can also use them to do your crypto taxes each year.
• Metamask - this is a crypto wallet that you can access from your browser and allows you to easily interact with blockchain apps online.