Power Nap #41
Funny and thought-provoking media from Kate and her team for a quick, refreshing pick-me-up.
In Case You Missed It
1. Kate shared some final thoughts for the year as she dreamed for 2024.
2. Kate made this whipped ricotta recipe to take to a holiday party and it was a hit. She paired it with Mike's Hot Honey and used this mini food processor to make it (bonus it comes with a built-in immersion blender).
3. Kate shared her low stakes closet cleanout method and how this helps save money.
4. The Annual Home Reset sale is live! Snag the first episode for free here.
"It’s a good habit to trumpet your failures and be quiet about your successes."
– Charlie Munger
Things We Found Interesting
This essay about scientists discovery of a “new” part of the human body. It is astounding that after centuries of examining human bodies, we still can find new things. And it wasn't super small or anything. In fact, it is a “fluid-filled superhighway spanning the entire body" and can be “seen with the naked eye during surgery.” So why didn't we see it? Apparently because doctors have long been trained to look for isolated objects, not “systems” like this one. It makes you wonder what else we are missing that is hidden in plain sight. It reminds me of CS Lewis's thought that some things in the world may be written “in letters too large for some of us to see.” h/t to the Browser
This thought on parenting from Paul Bloom and Russ Roberts, on Russ Robert's Econtalk podcast:
"The importance of choosing suffering as part of a good life is, I think, the projects that make life worth living involve suffering. We often know this ahead of time. And, having kids is such an example. . .Loving such fragile creatures--and they remain fragile even into their 20s -- it is like there is a hangman's noose sitting around your neck all the time. And then they will separate from you. If you do it right, if you are lucky, and if you do it right, these creatures that you love and devoted your life to, will leave you. And, actually, if you do it right they will think a lot less about you than you will think about them, because they're into their own lives. It's such a perverse project. And I think it's a very human one.
Russ Roberts: [It] reminds me of a quote I heard from Elizabeth Stone: 'Making the decision to have a child--it is momentous. It is to decide forever to have your heart go walking around outside your body.'"
Things We Devoured
The Strickler family watched a movie almost every night of Christmas Break! It was a major highlight to revisit old favorites through the fresh eyes of their kids. As requested by so many of you, here is the complete list! If you google the movie, you will find where to watch/rent it. Note: some have scary parts. Some have bad language (John Robert leaned over to Nate during Angels in the Outfied to ask what a “jackass” was, lol), so you sort of have to do your own research and make the best decision for your family.
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