It's been a while since I sent the last issue of this newsletter.

I've been working on a new project for the last five months, and I've been working full throttle on it over the last two weeks to bring it across the finish line.

It's nearly done, and I'll announce it in the coming weeks.

For now, I’d like to float an idea I came across recently that got me thinking, and it might do the same for you.

While reading Nat Eliason's post on de-atomising life, this paragraph hit me hard:

“Beyond the atomization separating fitness from normal life, there is also further atomization within fitness. Let’s take biking as an example. First, biking was something you did outside, often with friends. There was scenery, socialization, exploration, sunlight, and exercise. Then the exercise element was captured in stationary bikes, placed in a gym or a spin class, and most of the richness was removed. You still got the exercise, and some socialization from being in the gym or class, but there was no scenery, no exploration, no time in the outdoors. Then we got Peloton. No socialization. No scenery. No exploration. No sunlight. Exercise, sure, and Emma is cute, but that’s it. The richness of biking is gone.”

In our quest to streamline our lives for convenience, we've been silently distancing ourselves from its richness.

Exercise, food, communication, reading, etc., have been reduced to activities that we need to get over with in the shortest time possible and move on to the next.

We've stopped stopping to smell the roses in our constant strive for optimisation and productivity.

So, this year, I'll be looking for ways to bring back some of the richness I've lost in the name of convenience and productivity through tiny changes.

Maybe this will be an area for you to explore, too?

By the way, this is the 200th issue of the Hulry newsletter. 🎊

Thank you for being along for the ride. Here's to 200 more of these. 🥂

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