Weekly Jetsam 5.7.23

snoop dogg affirmations, challenging gender roles, seeing green

May 07, 2023

Happy Sunday!

First and foremost, how are you doing? One of my favorite parts about writing this newsletter is getting to interact with amazing humans. I’d love to hear how the first week of May went for you. Drop me a comment or email!

Overall, the week was good to me! It included another great retreat call, a handful of long dog walks, a trip into Boston, and a lot of creative flow and positive energy.

It’s amazing how quickly New England moves from bleak to blossoming. When my friend and I were in the city yesterday the colors were so crisp. We stumbled upon Boston Open Market and seeing all the amazing vendors on such a beautiful day felt magical.

Here’s a little photo drop for you before my shares for the week:

(1) My lovely neighbor snapped a picture of me & my pile of dogs during our morning walk the other day--it's a whole event, but they're such good girls (for the most part). (2) I wasn't the only one who stopped to appreciate the pink on this tree in the Public Garden. (3) My friend & I out and about. I haven't worn white in a while and it made me realize how dark my hair actually is LOL.

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Snoop Dogg Affirmations

My friend shared this song with me yesterday and was flabbergasted that I didn’t know it existed. It’s hysterical AND amazing. It’s a total jam and you’ll have it on repeat. I mean the comment section speaks for itself…

Challenging Gender Roles

Adam Grant (

Granted

) posted this on Instagram the other day:

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I’ve included the video he shared after this quote below. It was absolutely amazing. Get ready for goosebumps.

The Power of Green

Last week I left the library with a hefty stack of books. I don’t think I’ll read them all, but sometimes surrounding myself with books about topics I’m invested in has value in and of itself. One of the books I managed to crack open, The Secret Therapy of Trees dropped this cool factoid in my lap:

…there is a consensus (and study results) that green is the color for which humans can distinguish the greatest number of shades. The difference is significant: for green it's about 100 hues, while for other colors, including composite colors, it’s only a few dozen. This phenomenon has evolutionary origins.
Green is the most common color in nature, as it is the typical pigment color of chlorophyll, which is present in all primitive and evolved plant species that use the process of photosynthesis. The ancestors of homo sapiens, certainly not one of the strongest mammals on the planet physically, quickly learned to discern the various shades of greens in vegetation, deciphering the elements of the surrounding environment in order to increase their chances of survival. This behavioral adaptation translated into a morphological and physiological adaptation of our "warning system”: an imprint of nature that has remained with us up to the present.

This link has some more information if you’re interested. I guess there’s good reason green is my favorite color.