Phone Notes on the 4th
Coming close to the end of this page of phone notes. Gonna be exciting to travel back in time to past notes. ‘Exciting’ might not be the best gerund to use in that situation, but the point is, we’re keeping the series going as long as possible.
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Goal Setting
Every day I write some variation of a goal. I thought about how I should set a goal that is higher than my actual goal. I think I was always afraid of the perspective shift because I didn’t want to put too much pressure on myself.
But self-made pressure is easier to carry than the same amount of pressure but from the outside. I’m aware how much this sounds like common sense but it’s not something I’ve actually ever intentionally attempted. I’ve done variations of this when working out but never in just moving through the day.
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Saying Words Out Loud
I can’t remember the context of the conversation, but I was talking to a colleague where we discussed someone pronouncing “equality” because the person had never said the word out loud, they’d only ever read it.
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White Folks on July 4th vs on Juneteenth
White folks so happy on July 4th. Some of them get mad on Juneteenth. Like uncomfortably mad. And we’re over here like, “If you mad, go to work. Damn.”
