Hello,

I hope this email finds you in a good place! My internship is over, I’m done with college. Wow, I finally have no more excuses. If I fail to create, I have no one to blame other than myself. Even though all of my excuses were bullshit to begin with, now I really have nothing. No obligations other than jury duty in two weeks and all I need to figure out is how to make enough money to eat food and move out of my parent’s house.

I’m excited. Really excited. I feel a large amount of momentum behind my work and I’m hitting the ground running. I uploaded a new YouTube video about YouTube, it’s linked at the bottom of the newsletter too but I’m really only sending you this email to convince you to watch and subscribe to my channel. Kidding?

Thank you all for your continued support. I hope you are doing well too.

Baby steps this month, put your right foot forward. Actually, I forgot. The biggest obligation I have is my marathon in October. Yikes!

Talk when September ends,

-andrew

some thing(s) to watch

some thing(s) to read

The Glorious, Almost-Disconnected Boredom of My Walk in Japan

I’ve been thinking a lot about doing a long walk, not as long as this, but he has great thoughts about relationship to technology and the importance of walking.

“A continuous walk is powerful because every day you can choose to be a new person. You flit between towns. You don't really exist. And so this is who I decided to be: a fully present, disgustingly kind hello machine.”

Leo Tolstoy on Kindness and the Measure of Love

Quick read, great reminder to be kind and don’t be afraid to be the kind one first. Kindness begets kindness.

“We are never as kind as we want to be, but nothing outrages us more than people being unkind to us.”

Who Knows What’s Good or Bad?

One of my favorite parables from the Taoist tradition.

Colin O’Brady Wants to Tell You a Story

Colin O’Brady has an amazing life story. I remember hearing about him from a JRE podcast, he’s a living breathing example of tapping into your untapped potential.

“Now we say to our athletes, Hey look, we don’t want to pressure you for the fastest known time,” Sharkey says. “But we want to know, what are you struggling with?”

sounds for your ears

• Levitate by Flume, Reo Cragun: Reo Cragun’s voice + Flume’s production… Game, set, match.

• Cheap Queen by King Princess: I don’t know exactly why I like this song but I love it.

• VICTOR ROBERTS by Brockhampton: This song will be playing on repeat in my head as I run my marathon: “Thank God that I’m built for the distance.”

• Baguettes in the Face by NAV & Carti: My current song to dance to.

• Charlie by Mallrat: Love Mallrat, I’m currently in contact with her to shoot photos at her show in Michigan!

  P.S. I made a Spotify playlist of all the songs that I’ve recommended.
  

wise words

Oh, the Places You’ll Go by Dr. Seuss

This is only an excerpt but I’d recommend reading the entire book, it’s amazing how it makes a lot more sense when you’re older.

Congratulations!
Today is your day.
You're off to Great Places!
You're off and away!

You have brains in your head.
You have feet in your shoes.
You can steer yourself
any direction you choose.
You're on your own. And you know what you know.
And YOU are the guy who'll decide where to go.

other places to find “andrew on the internet”

(aka shit i made)

new episodes of plz shut up

The podcast is still alive and kicking. We had a great month of interviews and follow us on YouTube, iTunes, Spotify or basically anywhere you can find podcasts.

audio: iTunes, Spotify

until next month…

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