Let's jump into the week, feet on fire and working on important things for the reasons that will leave us with fewer regrets.  A couple of modern-day Sages talk about a life with less guilt, from philosopher to philosophy, and the new warriors of knowledge protecting our libraries and the books they hold from social-attention-deficit adults.  A tool to help you optimize your streaming subscriptions based on the shows you watch, and we finish with staring at the stars and fantastic photography.

Frequently highlighted Soul Seeker Sahil Bloom writes a piece about life’s regrets.  As usual, Bloom also adds a strategy to reduce the guilt you might have in your life.  Write down your list of regrets or potential regrets, determine which one of your personal values the regret would go against, and make a plan to get back in line with your values.  Tony Robbins has a similar strategy based on the rocking chair method.  It's also centered on your values and what you will look back on when sitting in your rocking chair.

Some of us grow more fearful as we age, and others less.  You should be fearless if you have lived through enough big things, raised a family, succeeded at a career or two, and got tattoos of wisdom.  Confidence and quality of life can improve when you no longer seek or need the approval of others.  You will be a lucky human if you can take that up the next mountain.

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The Atlantic wrote a piece on Librarians, who have unwittingly been put on the front lines of people who weren't hugged enough as children.  Before, it was cool to scream at other people at school board meetings; as long as someone could film it for shocking effect on social media, there have been attention seekers.  In the old days, they weren't as everywhere as they seem now, but they were the people who showed up to volunteer or sit on the Home Owners Association committees and had to be heard, no matter what the discussion was.  Let's not belittle the attention they did not get when they were younger, but they've banned together with their hundreds of faceless social media friends to scream, "we will be heard."  Pull the books, they cry, while their kids watch TikTok for hours and hours a day.  Ya, it's books that will influence your kids.

In a war, the infantry first wants to tear down all communication.  Books are information; in any library, you can find voices and perspectives from all angles.  I am not worried about the attention-deficit adults screaming about banning books.  It might help if they spend more time reading books instead of watching TV.  Librarians are the sacred keepers of knowledge; keep the faith and the fight.

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1440 a publication we pull from every week, branched out from highlights and links into original stories.  A brief review of the history of staring up in space.  Some objects were used to help with navigation and others for pure observation – some you will recognize, others you will not.  Unless you are an astronomer, then maybe.

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