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Updated July 2nd, 2023 from my home in Phnom Penh. The rainy season has started.

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Location #

Cambodia

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Family #

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Activities & projects with my daughter #

My daughter is unschooled. I like to help her follow her interests, so this is an area where I research, read, and spend time with her.

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Moving #

We’ll be moving to a house close by in a couple of weeks.

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Packing stuff in Thailand #

I’ll be in Thailand, packing a house full of stuff we left there more than 5 years ago. Some things have been unopened for the best part of a decade, since they were shipped from Mexico. The apocalypse turned two years to five in the blink of an eye.

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Mom’s visit #

My mom will be coming to visit from Mexico later this year and will be staying with us for an extended period. We haven’t seen each other for more than 5 years and she’s never met my daughter. I have a few things to prepare for her visit.

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Business #

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Company organization, BD & collateral, back of house #

These next months I’ll be focusing on our KPR’s, online business development, SOP’s, hiring, training, and supervising new staff.

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Personal #

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Fitness #

I exercise at the gym 5 or 6 times per week. Some days I do yoga, some days weights and rowing. I haven’t been doing much yoga lately except for warm-up yoga, because my knees were hurting and I felt I needed some rest.

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Blog #

I’m making it a habit to write posts for this blog.

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Books #

Currently Reading or Working With

- One Peaceful World Cookbook by Alex Jack & Sachs Karo

  - Wonderful macrobiotic vegan recipes. I have tried a dozen of them so far and none have disappointed.

- Smart Choices by John Hammond, et al.

  - Interesting premise.

- The 4 Disciplines of Execution by McPherson et al.

  - Reading this as a sequel to Christina Wodtke’s Radical Focus, which I enjoyed.

- The Unschooled Unmannual by John Holt

  - Interesting observations on the way children learn.

Recently Finished

- The Art of Living by S. N. Goenka

  - I Read this as a preparation for a 10 (12 actually) day silent meditation retreat. Interesting book. Interesting retreat. Somewhat cultist, but gave me interesting takeaways. The book by itself may not be interesting without the retreat.

- On Being a Teacher by Jonathan Kozol

  - Pleasingly subversive reading. Although the target readership are teachers, it was a worthwhile book to read as a parent with an unschooled child as well.

- Tools for Conviviality by Ivan Illich

  - A thought-provoking book. Read it for the second time as I thought I needed a refresher.

- How Children Learn by John Holt

  - Interesting read.

- Patria 1 by Paco Ignacio Taibo II

  - Mexican mid 19th century history by a left wing intellectual. An interesting read and part one of a three part series.

- Chants of a Lifetime: Searching for a Heart of Gold by Krishna Das

  - I love to listen to his chants. The book did not disappoint. Krishna Das is a man of true devotion.

- Paths to God: Living the Bhagavad Gita by Ram Dass

  - I have a nuanced relationship with the thoughts of Ram Dass. Interesting guy. We don’t see eye-to-eye on everything, but I enjoy reading him. His thoughts on vegetarianism on this book are disappointing, to put it mildly.

- The Surrender Experiment and The Untethered Soul by Michael Singer

  - Really enjoyed reading both of these books.

(This is a Now page. Thanks to Derek Sivers for the idea)

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