😎 TREE 394: New and dangerous
One.
Here’s another way that slowing down helps you grow faster.
Upon encountering a novel event, all human beings perceive that event as a threat until deemed otherwise
New and unusual things are happening all the time right now. Life feeling weird and dangerous is totally normal.
Most new things aren’t threats, they are opportunities. And even when they are threats, they contain opportunities.
Develop the habit of sitting with your threatenedness instead of instantly reacting.1
The time you spend observing the new thing without reacting will help you spot the opportunity faster.
Two.
Emelia Glitzen greets the day by performing a sunrise ritual shared only with the trees, the birds, her camera crew and 2.3 million followers on TikTok.
I’ve been going on about this drawing project for ages. Here it is: FFOREST FFRENZY. (Warning: Don’t follow the link if you like seeing new drawings every day. The collection contains the next nine TREE illustrations.) If you want to know more about the project and why the heck I’m selling NFTs, here’s a Twitter thread I wrote.
Three.
Your TREEjay this week is my daughter Freya. She has more sophisticated musical taste than me, probably because she plays bass and guitar. All I know how to do is hit drums. —JG
Humbug is maybe my favourite Arctic Monkeys album. I love the dark sound and descriptive lyrics. This was my favourite on the album until I ruined it by setting it as my alarm. I hope you will enjoy it as much as I did on my first listen.
Keep growing slowly. It’s faster.
Jeff
Unless the novel event is something like an articulated lorry heading straight for your car at 70 MPH.
Low and slow is my mantra today. Sitting still in my grief of losing a dear friend. Life is able to keep you uneasy if you don’t sit still. Then you can move through life’s pain in intentional understanding. I’m going slow and growing. 🌹💛🙏🐢