Pick up each of your children and ask yourself, “Does this spark joy?”
Mumblings - The Mainstream Conundrum
These platforms do not need to disappear; we simply need to put them in their place.
A hundred percent this!
My two-year-old calls is Totodo! :)
Since the beginning of the year (so 3 days now?) I have installed and deleted OmniFocus of my phone, at least five times already. What in the world is wrong with me!?
Happy Birthday Alexander Gabriel. 👼
This morning I had my two-year-old almost convinced to call my boss and tell him “Papa isn’t going to work today, he’s taking a Marley day”. That was until I pulled out my phone. Oh well, I did try. Maybe next time.
I don’t remember how I came across with this album but I am glad I did, it’s great! Life Is Eazi, Vol. 2 - Lagos to London
Well, we just finished watching THE MEG. And We enjoyed it, I’m a sucker for shark movies so I can’t help myself (except for the shark-nado ones, those shouldn’t exist at all). Anyway, funny thing about it though, we started watching this movie “last year”. Guess that’s what happens when you got kids. 😅
Beta Wolf 2.0 - Sour IPA by Barbarian Brewing 2016
First beer of 2019.
BEER INFO
Brewed by:
Barbarian Brewing
Idaho
Style: American IPA
Alcohol by volume (ABV): 6.50%
Rate: ⭐️⭐️
It’s actually a sour IPA. This one it’s from the 2016 badge, very different from its current production.
One of my goals for 2019 it’s to limit my social media presence, in some way. I am yet to decide whether to close both my Facebook or instagram accounts. Or to keep them and just don’t be so engaging in them. This morning i woke up, a new day and a new year, also very exhausted. And had this idea of revise my instagram account and figure out what is it about it, besides the obvious (another Facebook platform), that I can maybe fix to make it enjoyable again. I started by bringing down my following count to half. So many accounts of people I don’t know or their work doesn’t not inspire me anymore. People that I followed just because they followed me. Celebrities accounts, even other photography enthusiasts. Tryin to bring back my instagram to a much simpler timeline and the reason I enjoyed using it in the first place. And even after all, it’s still a little aggravating scrolling and see more adds that pictures I’d love to see. I don’t know how at one point I was able to ignored them, perhaps because they were static images but now are full on videos, at least on my timeline. So it feels very intrusive and takes away from the joy of seeing others people’s legit content. I really don’t if I want to delete it. But at the same time it’s something I’m having a hard time with.
IN OTHER NEWS:
It’s a new year, 2019, let’s make the best of it.
I figured my first coffee of 2019 had to be special. This is all I could come up with.
Micro.blog (Again)
This week I had decided to give Micro.blog another visit. I have tried this service before with different approaches every time. Unfortunately always found a reason to stop using it and keep my personal blog hosted with Wordpress. I like Wordpress, it is relatively cheap, works as intended and don’t have to fiddle too much with it. What got me into Mb was it’s simplicity. Wordpress gives me too many options to fiddle with, I know that may sound strange to complain about. With too many options about customizing my site, it’s a problem for me, I can never stick to one theme or design, I am always changing it. With Micro.blog it’s more simple, there are only a few options available and that is it. Yes, you can get a little more technical and change things here and there but that’s not something that I’m neither interested or too knowledgeable about doing.
Anyway, this time around I am fully into microblogging, I am truly having fun with it. Not having to worry about too much about the format I post, it doesn’t have to be long format, it can be a simple post and I don’t feel guilty about it. Yes, it is a very different community compared to twitter and sometimes I feel like I’m having difficulty fitting in. But its definitely a good opportunity to connect with a different set of good people, we’ll see.
IN OTHER NEWS:
I had decided to remove about 50 percent of the stickers I had on my MacBook Pro this morning, it was rough.
Spider-Man
Finally! I have started playing Spider-Man for the PlayStation 4 this week and I think I now get why the hype. At first I was a little concerned that it was going be too “I-feel-like-I’m-just-doing-chores” type of game but it’s actually not bad at all. There are a lot of missions that may seem repetitive and “chory” at times but they aren’t too annoying. The upgrade system is simple and unlocking new costumes it’s probably my favourite part (I’m a sucker for extra costumes).
I am having a blast playing this game, I highly recommend it (go get it!). Specially if you’re a Spidey fan, you gotta play it!
IN OTHER NEWS:
I cheesed my pants today. 🧀👖