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daily journal of gratitude

Over a cup of tea every morning, I write 3 Amazing Things That Happened Yesterday and 3 Things I’m Grateful For in a specific journal. 

Sometimes amazing is hiking to the top of a mountain or finding the time to take a walk through our neighborhood with my wife and pup.

Sometimes I’m grateful that the sun rises everyday or for the beautiful people out there I get to call friends.


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It's hard to fully describe the positive mental shift this simple act of slowing down and writing 6 bullet points daily has done for me.

It puts in perspective every little thing along the way of life, increasing my overall feeling of fulfillment without buying anything or going anywhere. 

The second item in my quiver of fulfillment tools is walking daily if only just for 15 - 30minutes.  

walk daily for happiness

Even if you're in the city or in your neighborhood get outside and walk around a little bit. It's so easy not to do this, having a dog helps the motivation levels. We'll often drive 30 minutes just to walk for an hour in the forest for a bit ore of an escape.

These 2 simple acts that cost very little will hopefully bring you fresh creativity and some increased levels of fulfillment. Now here's a song to send you off on your way...

  • Bryant AuCoin

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best shit on the net

 

Fun Action Movie: Baby Driver has a seriously good soundtrack, the stunt driving doesn't use fake CGI but really impressive stunt driving and overall is a solid action flick. 

Group Game: Sushi Go is really easy to learn, fun for a group of friends having a few beverages and goes by quickly. Or you can make it last longer by just playing more sets. It also doesn't take up much room.

Morning Routine Suggestion: half a squeezed lemon in a tall glass of water right when you wake up feels amazing and seems to set a good tone for the day. It also apparently helps with digestion and metabolism. It seems to wake you up and hydrate you for the rest of the day as well. 

DYI Delicious Simple Salad Dressing: Dressings can be expensive and the best one is easily made at home. And since we're on a lemon kick here it goes!

You can refrigerate it after but you'll need to warm it up just a tad before use because some of the oils will harden. This is enough for 2 people, put all this in a jar and mix it up.....

1. Lemon Juice: 1 lemon's worth
2. Braggs Amino's:  a solid squeeze in there to taste
3. Olive Oil: a solid couple pours in there, it's dressing so it should be oily.
4. Apple Cider Vinegar: cap full 
5. Spices: anything you'd put on vegi's, chicken or beef, literally anything will work (probably). Just toss a bunch of it in there. 

Music Video - Leon Bridges is one talented musician. Use this song to start a radio station on whatever streaming service you use and then cook dinner with a glass of wine. 

  • Bryant AuCoin

Welcome our new artist! 0

thiago bianchini art

 

Compared to some of our original Sticker Art pieces which are quite colorful and detailed, Thiago's style offers up something simple, iconic and truly beautiful. I love how his work leaves a lot up to interpretation given whatever the admirer's mindset might be. 

 

He tries to provide a new way of looking at our world. Thiago is also a naturalist and an advocate of animal rights with a habit of adopting stray cats. He tries to convey the complicated relationship between man versus nature - "To respect nature is to respect yourself. If nature dies we die with it.” You can buy his Sticker Art pieces and be sure to check him out on Instagram.

  • Bryant AuCoin

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best of the internet february

 

Western Art: Mark Maggiori, originally from France, fell in love with the Western landscape during a childhood trip across the country. His oil paints are gorgeous. His clouds look more real than actual clouds. I especially love his piece - "A Missing Horse

Best Netflix Sci-Fi Series: Travelers - this is a lot of fun to watch. Humans of the future (who are in really bad shape) figure out how to send their consciousness back to the 21st century with the intent to save the human race from our future downfall. Give it a try.

The Best Roasted Chicken Recipe: Buying an entire whole chicken is the cheapest and tastiest way to make a chicken dish. We use a cast iron dutch oven but you can use just about anything to bake it in. So simple and be sure to save the bones and leftover parts to make broth with!

Unplugging: Brendan Leonard has a way with words and puts in perspective the modern conflict we often feel with our phone. He also draws some pretty hilarious stuff.

 

  • Bryant AuCoin

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coolest internet stuff

 

Bitchen' Sauce: who doesn't love a great cracker dipping sauce? Super simple ingredients and incredibly tasty. The Cilantro flavor is crazy good unless you have that enzyme thing that makes cilantro taste like soap of course.

Book: The Discovery of Slowness is a surprising story about a real explore in the 19th century and how he perceives the world in a slow methodical manner. As he becomes a master of his craft lots of wisdom is dropped on the reader. 

Awesome Crock Pot Recipe: this Mississipi Pot Roast recipe I've refined has only 3 main ingredients other than some seasoning. Always a huge hit with some potatoes or rice. 

This is a pretty freaky video and song.

 

  • Bryant AuCoin

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coolest internet shit this week

Podcast: One swab of a cheek and two very different people have a huge effect on thousands of souls in equally different ways. Radiolab crushing it again. 

Morning Tea: this is the best black tea (Golden Yunan) for the price I have found. Put a couple hefty pinches into this metal french press and pour 200-degree water in, steep for 2minutes. Basically just boil water, let it sit for a minute, then pour. 

Great Book: The Big Burn is the true story of the largest wildfire ever to hit the United States at the time of Teddy Rosevelt in the early 1900's and how it has come to define our public lands.

Tunes To Work To: Emancipator - Seven Sea's album, can't stop listening. (SpotifyiTunes)

Watch a beautiful bison meander down a frozen road...

 

  • Bryant AuCoin