Jake Welch @jakewelch
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Currently reading ⟶ Fanny and Zooey by J.D. Salinger (144/202)
Currently listening to ⟶ Lagrimas Negras, Cuba Feliz (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Pt3YiSzXBnw)
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14 May 2026
Yesterday I got to meetup with lots of friends, old and new (and some made through special.fish! Thanks to @maddy for reaching out and showing me Terrace Cafe)
I got coffee at Villager Coffee in Crown Heights and realized that I've somehow never gone down Eastern Parkway past Grand Army Plaza. The time has come for me to visit the Brooklyn Museum soon. Also, Dr. Ronald McNair Park is gorgeous! I'll definitely be going over there to hangout and read.
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True goodness is like water.
- Bringing benefit and giving life to the 10,000 things.
- It doesn’t compete but like the Tao
- Immediately flows to the lowest place.
- Everyone else always wants to be first
- But the wise only want to be last,
- To live on solid ground,
- To think deeply,
- To be gentle and kind,
- To speak with honesty,
- To govern with peace and order,
- To work with skill,
- To act at only the best time
ways i stay grounded
- keep a morning routine
- read difficult yet rewarding novels
- avoid algorithms
- sacrifice comfort
- write out observations
- consider how things are connected
- notice how big and open the sky is
- relinquish all hate
- seek to understand everyone with compassion
- embrace silence
- honor things made with skill and craft
- allow troubles to flow over me like water
4 favorite things
- human connection
- figuring out how things work
- self-actualization through learning
- cultivating peace
Last updated on Thursday, May 14, 2026