We finally installed our ring camera before we went on vacation last week. I feel like I'm incredibly late to the ring camera party, but here I am. I get to stare at solicitors from the comfort of my couch and swipe left (or is it right?) like I'm on some dating app. UPS? Yes, please! Random visitor? Sorry, I'm not home! |
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Do you remember when it was exciting when the doorbell rang? This bit by Sebastian Maniscalco on this very topic will never get old. If you haven't seen it, it's worth the watch. He's hilarious. |
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Weekly fun fact you didn't ask for |
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Weekly Community spotlight |
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This week I asked, “What's something you used to believe, but after learning more (or with age) have changed your perspective?” The vast majority of them were about politics and religion, and while I didn't highlight those below, I loved reading them. Below are a few highlights of the other responses. |
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I'm a sucker for a good commencement speech. Delivered at Northwestern University, Illinois Governor Pritzker spoke for a little over 21 minutes. (Full speech linked here). But on the note of this week's community spotlight, I wanted to share a snippet of his speech below: "The best way to spot an idiot, look for the person who is cruel….when we see someone who doesn't look like us, or sound like us, or act like us, or love like us, or live like us, the first thought that crosses almost everyone's brain is rooted in either fear or judgement or both. That's evolution. We survived as a species by being suspicious of things that we aren't familiar with. In order to be kind, we have to shut down that animal instinct and force our brain to travel a different pathway. Empathy and compassion are evolved states of being. They require the mental capacity to step past our most primal urges….When someone's path through this world is marked with acts of cruelty, they have failed the first test of an advanced society. They never forced their animal brain to evolve past its first instinct. They never forged new mental pathways to overcome their own instinctual fears. And so their thinking and problem solving will lack the imagination and creativity that the kindest people have in spades……I have found one thing to be universally true, the kindest person in the room, is often the smartest." I cannot stop thinking about that. So beautifully said. |
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It's another giveawayyyyyy |
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L'or de Seraphine reached out to see if they could send me one of these beautiful candles (below), and I asked if instead they could send it to one of you. If you want to enter, simply reply to this email and I'll announce the winner in next week's email! To learn more about this female owned, sustainable, and ethically sourced business, click here. |
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Tweets that made me giggle |
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What you missed on Instagram |
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*thank you to everyone that always likes and comments on my posts, it helps me immensely, and I'm incredibly grateful. |
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Other things I loved this week |
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