Now

Summer in LA. The heat reorganizes the day around itself, so everything happens early or late and not much in between.

1. Health

   18.5% body fat

   Almost 25 in January, 21 in April. Sub-15 by the end of the year is still the number.

   down from 21% in May

2. Hobby

   The Harley, early mornings

   Out to Superba or Blue Bottle, then coffee and the journal. I think that hour is the best one I get.

3. Grinding

   No golf course this month

   Took the whole month out and put those hours into work and the gym instead.

4. Grinding

   Studio Golf, El Segundo

   The mat and the launch monitor. Cutline open on the side now.

   ongoing since May

5. Building

   NOVA

   Not the project anymore, it is the tool. My Jarvis. The whole life runs through it now.

   was "total hack mode" in May

6. Reading

   Possibilities

   Herbie Hancock.

   Finished

7. Reading

   Garden City

   John Mark Comer. Still going, slowly, which is the right speed for it.

8. Reading

   God's Homecoming

   N. T. Wright. Same, slowly.

9. Hobby

   Open Studio

   Studying jazz properly. Reading Hancock was part of the same plan, not a coincidence.

10. Music

    FATHERS

    Blue Note. Kenny Beats, Kiefer, CARRTOONS and Nate Smith. Jazz textures over hip-hop beats and funk grooves.

11. Podcasts

    Our Church Speaks

    Season 5. Saints, one at a time.

12. Watching

    Spider-Man: Brand New Day

    Great movie.

13. Watching

    Ready or Not

    Both films. Bizarre, really well made, the acting especially. The surprise of the year.

14. Watching

    Welcome to Wrexham

    The best reality show on TV by far. It moves you, makes me laugh and cry and enjoy soccer as I did when I was a kid. It is real life Ted Lasso!

15. Gear

    Supernote

    Writing by hand again, on purpose.

16. Gear

    Moft wallet

    Carrying almost nothing now.

Birthday month. It is night. Quiet. The window is open so I can feel the cool down of the end of a day.

1. Health

   DEXA scan, May 10

   Last measurement 21%. Sub-15% by end of year is the goal.

2. Grinding

   Palm Springs, four rounds in two days

   My first real golf trip. I keep telling people and watching their faces.

3. Grinding

   A tournament, mid-May

   Small stakes, big nerves.

4. Grinding

   Studio Golf, El Segundo

   The mat. The launch monitor. Tee Time Trainer open on the side, drills loaded.

5. Building

   NOVA

   My local LLM. Total hack mode. 8 to 10 hours a day on Skills. Exciting like I am a teenager coding again.

6. Reading

   The Tiger Slam

   Kevin Cook. Reading it before Palm Springs.

   Finished

7. Reading

   Hidden Potential

   Adam Grant. For the work. For me.

   Finished

8. Podcasts

   The Rest is History

   Tom Holland and Dominic Sandbrook making the past sound urgent.

9. Podcasts

   The Rest is Classified

   Spies, intelligence, real stakes.

10. Podcasts

    Bola Presa

    Keeps me in the loop during the NBA Playoffs.

11. Gear

    The Club Caddy

    Jain.

12. Gear

    Nike Infinity Tour 2

    US Open Pack.