Welcome, tomorrow, and quick reads.  Our big story will take you to a delightful website that will tickle your curiosity and your funny bone, and we want you to stay for a while.  After that, you can learn how to power up for deep work and settle in a floating lake zen room.

Tim Urban wrote a book called What's Our Problem; we have added it to our book list and downloaded the sample to our Kindle.  The book isn't the big story today; it's the website/blog Urban writes.  The site is called Wait but Why and combines ideas, writing, and in Urban's own words, "the drawings of a 4th grader."  The book was recommended by another tremendous thinker and writer, and when we followed the link, based on the book's name, it landed us on the Urban website.

We signed up to be a part of the blog and receive our updates and were taken to a page that asked us a series of questions that randomly generated a post based on our answers.  Sort of like crude A.I. back before AI was everywhere.  We told the blog we were in a giggling mood, and it took us to a post from several years ago on the Perils of Social Interaction.  There is so much to love about the entry; the fact that it was written in 2014 makes it even better.  This post covers everything from how long it takes to smile at another person to handshake or hug to splitting a check at dinner.  The random generator worked, and we giggled as we read it. 

The tremendous writer referenced above also gave us a boot-up sequence you can use to jump-start your body and mind into deep work focus.  Sahil Bloom spent some time experimenting with a boot-up sequence after he created a power-down method for the end of the day.  Both are worth adding to your testing lab.

Moss and Fog highlight a slim pavilion that looks like it is floating on a lake.  Used for Yoga and meditation, the images alone bring a sense of calm.  Another website we highlight DesignBoom has additional photos and information as well.

Weightless.

Click on the Apple Music image to listen to the song on Apple Music or on the Spotify Image to listen to Spotify.

Thank you for spending a few minutes with us. Here’s one for the road!

With A Shout newsletter is written by Johnny Christian with the support of a thousand idea bits and the help of many people.

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