Had a conversation this weekend with someone comparing 2 different cultural view points: - it’s our duty to be compassionate and take care of people less fortunate than us. people who lack empathy for the suffering in the world are bad people - it’s a dog eat dog world out there, so just take care of you and your family. people who try to save the world are stupid My personal framework for how to think about the “right” amount of focus on myself vs. others is to visualize concentric circles starting with me as an individual in the center, my close family as the next one, and then expanding to friends, colleagues, my local community, and continuing out until the last circle contains all of humanity. The most energy has to be spent in the first circle, by self improvement and self love. With a stronger foundation for self, I am a better spouse, mother, friend, community member, employee etc. The more compassion I develop for myself, the easier it is to have compassion for everyone else, the more energy I have for helping others. If you can’t tell, a lot of my thinking, especially about my own mental health and how to live a good life, has been influenced by the writings of the dalai lama and buddhist philosophy.

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Meal prep Sunday, marinating and grilling 4 lbs of chicken Marinade: Lemon, olive oil, garlic, salt, pepper, oregano, thyme, paprika, cayenne, cumin. 2 kids away at college so I thought I’d be cooking less (in quantity) but I underestimated the appetite of a single teenage boy

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I am in my portfolio career phase of life, which involves - building @gmfarcaster farcasters #1 news show and media network - strategy for Tenger Ways, a tech consulting company I cofounded - various side projects like writing a children’s book and making apps like word-a-day - writing and blogging - investing - hobbies like hiking tennis and yoga - being around for my teen age kids - free time to travel From the outside I am sure it looks like a perfect life. But so much freedom comes at a cost. After working full time for 20+ years the freedom can feel unsettling and like I am lost at sea without purpose. I don’t have answers or wisdom, just wanted to share an observation about life

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Shipped recently: - gm cards, personalized cards with badges to celebrate our community - a public API anyone can call to access the gmfarcaster knowledge base, costs half a cent using x402 and MPP - a public API anyone can call to book a shoutout on our show, costs $5 using x402 and MPP - CEF pages with updated info on gmfarcaster website - word a day gameplay for X - word a day daily email subscriptions In progress and coming soon: - a website redesign for a nonprofit I am on the board of - final edits and pre-production for the children’s book ive been working on with my sister personal front: - getting kid #2 ready for college - summer travel planning (hitting hamptons, jersey shore, blackberry mountain, Prague, Budapest, Vienna, and then cap it off with a short trip to Los Angeles to move kid into school - picked up tennis lessons again, continuing with weekly yoga - been neglecting my writing and substack, will probably take this cast and write out a full journal entry to publish there ✌️

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I took Friday off and spent the last 2 days down the shore visiting family and friends. Now I'm sitting at home, watching Wimbledon mens finals with my laptop on my lap, and using claude to redesign the Jeweled Horse website.

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a site that spells your name in nature pictures https://tela-blue-eight.vercel.app

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Older sister’s (19) advice to younger sister (17) who is graduating high school and heading off to college in the fall: “You need to work on your Instagram this summer for sororities.” Says they have “tech teams” (lmao) during rush that scan social media to see the types of girls they want to give bids to. I’m not anti-sorority but ewwwwwww, really? 😂 🤮 Anyway, I’m really glad my girls developed a sense of self that goes much deeper than appearances. Has always been valuable, but even more so today.

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NYC suburb life - Chamomile plant - Harvested flowers with mint for tea - Goats clearing brush at Stone Barns farm - Big goat energy

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I’m driving 2.5 hours later today (each way) to listen to my dad play music with one of his neighbors. I’ve talked a lot here about losing my mom 3 years ago. She got cancer seemingly out of the blue and was dead in less than 6 months. What I don’t talk about that much is how that left my dad and how hard it’s been for him to be alone. Anyway, he started playing music with one of his neighbors. The neighbor plays piano and he plays clarinet. They are putting on a concert in one of their homes tonight for their neighbors. He lives in a 55+ retirement community, most people are 70+. There will probably be about 15-20 attendees, and they do a second one Thursday. He loves his music, and I know having someone to play with has been a grounding force in his life these past few years. Feeling a bit happy-sad for him today (is there a better word for that ?)

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2 steps forward 1 step backwards until you die

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I hate this and probably not for the reasons you’d think. Leaders who adopt us vs. them mentality will never win my support. Appealing to tribalism is the laziest way to gain followers. I feel this way generally about anyone in a leadership role, whether it’s politics or CEOs.

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I am 100% satisfied knowing I am not a great man of history 🧘

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Visiting my oldest daughter at college this weekend for her sorority’s moms’ weekend. - taking her and a friend of hers to dinner tonight - event at a bar after - brunch with her friends and their moms tomorrow - fashion show philanthropy event in the afternoon, formal attire - another event at a bar - Back at the airport by 6am Sunday Wish me luck, I think I’m getting too old for this much socializing

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There is an infinite supply of love.

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