Here’s a little highlight reel of the past week-ish (Monday July 25th to Saturday July 30th, 2022).
I think I’d like to have these posted on Sundays, that feels like a nice thing to have. Whether or not I actually write them on Sundays is a different question lol. Today is actually Tuesday the 2nd of August 🤫. Anyways, on to the highlights…
July 2022
Su | M | T | W | Th | F | S |
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26 | 27 | 28 | 29 | 30 | 7/1 | 2 |
3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 |
10 | 11 | 12 | 13 | 14 | 15 | 16 |
17 | 18 | 19 | 20 | 21 | 22 | 23 |
24 | 25 | 26 | 27 | 28 | 29 | 30 |
31 | 8/1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 |
Locations
- Park City, UT
- Twin Falls, ID
- Stanley, ID
Last Day In Utah
And I spent it the best way I know how
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I made my first Life Update post here! I like this idea.
Twin Falls, Idaho
This is the first time I’ve been to Idaho!
Coffee Shops
Java – the one where I got the “grindset” motivation about publishing my second brain notes
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College of Southern Idaho Library – (they don’t have coffee but they do have wifi ;), and a weird-looking building) the one where we crushed a couple Life Update posts
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Twin Beans – the one where I set up an email newsletter on my website
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Life Outside Of Coffee Shops
Does it even exist? I’m not sure 🤷♂️
New Water Filter Fiasco
“Takes only 30 minutes to install!” HAH. How does 4 hours sound?
I haven’t tended to do well with irreversible decisions and I can count on my hand the number of times I’ve used a drill. Oh and the connecting piece they gave didn’t fit my water lines so I spent about 2 hours lost in Home Depot. BUT, we got it done! Easy peasy.
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The big reveal! Wait for it…
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So what did we do to cope? Burgers.
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My first Impossible Burger (left). I could barely tell the difference, not bad!
But the water filter gods came back to bless me. It just took a couple minutes for the water to make it through the filters.
And I present, the final product.
But don’t think that I was out of the clear just yet.
The pipes started leaking 😅. I wrapped the connection with sealing tape. I wrapped and wrapped for days but water somehow kept seeping out. After almost a whole role of sealing tape, it was like 98% fixed.
This little fiasco with the leaky water got me frustrated, or maybe “unstable” is a better word. There’s just something about this kind of friction where it’s with day-to-day life. I felt like the ground beneath me cracked open and I got swept into the ocean of chaos.
Oh you want to wash your hands? Oh you want to wash dishes? Oh you want some drinking water? How does a leaky pipe and a pool of water under your sink sound?
But, I was reminded of a quote I heard from a podcast snippet that went something like
A difficult life that YOU choose is far better than anything that was chosen for you.
Some guest on Danica Patrick’s podcast
I chose this life. I chose to install this water filter. There’s something grounding in that thought that I kept coming back to. I cooled off with some laundry and the gym.
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Fast forward a couple days. It’s like 99% fixed, enough to make me forget about it.
Sunset
MAN there’s nothing like a good sunset over a river canyon.
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Twin Falls was intended to be a pit stop, but turned into 3 days 🤷♂️ Just goin’ with the flow. Up next?
Stanley, Idaho
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What a beautiful place!
Sawtooth Valley Gathering Music Festival
So, like I usually do, I just showed up to Stanley with zero expectations and planning. On my was I saw a sign:
Population: 263
Ah yeah, so like a small town.
I turned the corner in Stanley to find it absolutely packed with people and RVs.
My face:
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Turns out this weekend is a huge music festival that happens every year. People travel from all over for this weekend. And I just stumbled on in. LOL.
So, we listened to some music, watched the gorgeous sunset, and just chilled.
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Other Stuff In Stanley
Made some tacos
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Soaked in the hot springs
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What’s Next
Montana!