TGC Newsletter: April 2024
- Tamar Gaffin-Cahn
- Apr 28, 2024
- 2 min read
In this monthly blog, I'll share a few things circulating in my mind over the previous weeks. These emails will be short and sweet, providing thought-provoking insights and lessons about creativity, youth, career, leadership development, and more. Thanks for following along in this weird journey of life.
What I'm Reading
The Perks of Being a Capable Novice by Ryan Tipp made me curious about our satisfaction in being good enough, especially when we always work to improve. It reminded me to stay in the joy of trying new things and humbling myself to remember there is always room for growth. It's funny how all those things can be true in one.
What I'm Listening To
Can We Keep Time by How To Keep Time: It can be tough to face our own mortality. Keeping diaries, posting to social media, and taking photos are all tools that can help to minimize the discomfort that comes with realizing we have limited time on Earth. But how exactly does documenting our lives impact how we live and remember them?
What about other ways we document or experience time? Do you track time by feel or the clock on your phone? Do you track it by how many times you say “I love you”? Or by heartbreaks? Maybe you track it by screaming in your pillow, or how many days in a row can you keep a habit? Do you track time by the moon or how frequently you have neck pain? Do you track when you’ve been grateful for the breeze in your hair or grand adventures? When was the last time you belly laughed? When was the last time you felt in a state of flow? Do you track time by how many podcasts you listen to or how frequently you make eye contact with a stranger on the train?
My birthday is coming up, and I’m thinking about time and how we keep it. When you tell a story, where to you start? In this season of your life, does time move quickly or slowly?
What I'm Doing
It’s finally nice enough to take long walks at night. My occasional hour-long anxiety walks, as I call them, get me out of my head and the anxiety out of my body, and help end my day with a quieter mind.
What's Moved Me
“You can search throughout the entire universe for someone who is more deserving of your love and affection than you are yourself, and that person is not to be found anywhere. You, yourself, as much as anybody in the entire universe, deserve your love and affection.” ― Sharon Salzberg
What I'm Wiggling To
Far Away by Infinity Song. Try not to shake those hips when listening to this song on a late-night anxiety walk.
Stay Playful,
Tamar
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