Spring comes to the block.
And it got me thinking.
When I was in college I walked past a group of trees in full pink bloom and thought to myself—I should really take a picture of that. But I didn’t.
Two days later I walked past that same group of trees and they had already transitioned into their full summer green. I thought I had more time left to take a picture, but I didn’t.
I’m going to resist the urge here to go into a full-scale discourse on the momentariness of Spring and life; the metaphor is a little too on the nose for my liking. All I’ll say is that the fact that you don’t know how many more times you’ll get to see a tree in full pink bloom—is it 5 more times? 20? 40?—doesn’t mean it’s infinite.
So delete a few of the screenshots you’re never really going to look at again, free up some space on your phone, and take a picture of the pink tree. Start a block association. Post it to your website. Ramble about it on the home page. That tree will be green before you know it.
The Secret to Happiness
We’ve been over this already.
Our regular reader(s) will know that despite being in existence for only a month, we have already covered the secret to happiness: https://www.highline28.com/journal/laminated-flyers-amp-the-secret-to-happiness. Cliff’s: you need to lower your expectations.
Well I’m happy to report that writers at The Atlantic are not only following this website by but stealing our ideas without attribution. From the March 2021 issue:
Strive for excellence, by all means. My God, please strive for excellence. Excellence alone will haul us out of the hogwash. But lower the bar, and keep it low, when it comes to your personal attachment to the world. Gratification? Satisfaction? Having your needs met? Fool’s gold. If you can get a buzz of animal cheer from the rubbishy sandwich you’re eating, the daft movie you’re watching, the highly difficult person you’re talking to, you’re in business. And when trouble comes, you’ll be fitter for it.
Source: https://www.theatlantic.com/magazine/archive/2021/03/an-ode-to-low-expectations/617801/ (“An Ode to Low Expectations” by James Parker).
Indeed, James. Might I suggest posting some laminated flyers around to get your word out as well. You’ll have to individually wrap each one.