“It’s never too late to become who you want to be. I hope you live a life that you’re proud of, and if you find that you’re not, I hope you have the strength to start over.”
-F. Scott Fitzgerald
Happy New Year, folks.
This new year crept up on me a bit. I wasn’t ready for it. I feel like I could have used another week. Nonetheless, we’re here. And, I did manage to clear some things from my plate before the ball dropped.
I wanted to tackle one big series of tasks before the new year. That was to finish producing and release the last four episodes of The Path to Authenticity. After producing at least one episode each week since the spring of 2019, I decided to put the show on the back burner in 2023. After finishing this episodes, and publishing them over the past handful of days, I’m putting it on the shelf. At least for awhile.
Episode 225 features my friend, the author Jessica Baum.
In episode 226, you can hear the story of author and choreographer Amy Jordan (who happens to be the neighbor of Gina Moffa, from episode 222).
Ashley Neal, who is a fomer co-worker of mine, joined me for a great conversation on manhood, among other things, in episode 227.
Finally, episode 228, feels like a fitting way to put a bow on this podcast. In it, my friend Eric Bricker and I talk about our decades-long friendship, and just how much creating our podcasts has meant to us both.
As great as this podcast has been for me, it felt like time to let it go and to make room for other things. I look forward to sharing more about this in the next few months. So, please stick around.
This Week in History
December 31, 1879 - Thomas Edison gives the first public demonstration of his incandescent lamp.
January 1, 45 BCE - The Julian calendar takes effect for the first time, by edict of Roman consul Julius Caesar.
January 2, 1839 - First photo of the Moon, taken by French photographer Louis Daguerre.
January 3, 1521 - Martin Luther is excommunicated by Pope Leo X from the Roman Catholic Church for failing to recant parts of his 95 theses which started the Protestant Reformation.
January 4, 871 - The Battle at Reading: Ethelred of Wessex defeated by Danish invasion army.
January 5, 1531 - Pope Clement VII forbids English King Henry VIII to remarry.
January 6, 1907 - Maria Montessori opens her first Montessori school, in Rome.
What I’m Reading
The Crossing, by Cormac McCarthy
The Johnstown Flood, by Davis McCullough
Theft by Finding: Diaries 1977-2002, by David Sedaris
How to Know a Person, by David Brooks
What I’m Listening To
Bitches Brew, Miles Davis
Add It Up (1981-1993), Violent Femmes
Journaling Prompt for the Week #1 of 2024
Write about five things you can do this year to become the person who you want to be.
Here’s to a healthy and prosperous 2024 for all of us. Thanks for reading.