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Rick Lewis's avatar

I like your little habit tracker report, and especially noted the insight of "Hoop dreams: 5/4 - goal is once a week." I need to do this, because I'd be interested to see which goals I actually outpace, as you did with basketball. That's a good piece of information to have. If there is something you naturally do it probably signals a resonance and love that ought to be paid attention to. You don't talk much about pick-up basketball. Given the obvious joy you get from it I'd be interested to hear about it.

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Arman Khodadoost's avatar

thank you Rick its been fun tracking what i say is most important to me to see thats actually true. thats a great point. we should probably lean in more to the things we are attracted to. thats a good sign. thanks for the idea, i have been wanting to find a way to write about my love of basketball in an interesting way.

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Rick Lewis's avatar

Love is pretty interesting.

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Arman Khodadoost's avatar

haha good point

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Daniel Catena's avatar

Mitch Headburg was brilliant. Another interesting read, thanks Arman!

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Arman Khodadoost's avatar

any fan on mitch is a friend of mine :) he was a true gift to comedy

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Linart Seprioto's avatar

I once read an essay which said'l: "Sometimes, you have to be ready for a book." It's helped me make peace with the books I didn't continue reading. As you said, not reading a book may be a sign of better taste. But if I know it's a good book and I didn't want to continue reading it, it gives me comfort to know that maybe I just wasn't ready for the book.

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Arman Khodadoost's avatar

That's a helpful reminder. I guess I could always try it again later on to see if it's more intriguing. I also love rereading books that I already enjoyed once because I often find new parts stick with me after each read.

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J just J's avatar

I enjoy these antics. I too drop books. I am currently thinking about dropping a book with only 100 pages of 700 left. I was enjoying it, but it’s just too long. I’ll look up how it ends, probably

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Arman Khodadoost's avatar

Thank you! Oh wow I typically won't even start a book if it's more than 400 pages. I just don't have the patience.

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CansaFis Foote's avatar

...does swimming in Barton Springs count as a cold plunge?...

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Arman Khodadoost's avatar

i dont do it often but absolutely. that place stays freezing!

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Jack Dixon's avatar

100 essays... congrats! That's a huge milestone.

I used to be the same with books. Slogging through no matter what. Now I match your style of dropping books quickly if I don't like them. And having multiple books on the go at once so I can bounce between them based on what I feel like reading in the moment.

Always love finding a new stand up comic, thanks for sharing. Will check him out.

Looks like you're crushing it on the habits. I have a similar monthly tracker in the form of a note on my phone, though I track measurably fewer things.

Great antics as always, thanks for writing Arman.

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Arman Khodadoost's avatar

thank you Jack im trying to keep pace with you!

giving myself permission to drop a book was a lot harder than i thought it would be. but its so worth it.

ive been tracking my habits with a note on my phone too but i do feel like my list is getting too long. i probably should narrow it down like you.

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