Good Days

Yesterday was a really good day

• Work was steady but learned a lot and it felt productive

• Had a great bird list, even got to see another Yellow Bellied Sapsucker

• Got some awesome Jazz records, especially this one (pictured above)

• Visited our local wine shop to pick up a bottle for cooking, had a great conversation with the owner Matt (I usually do, great dude)

• My wife used the wine to make a pumpkin bolognese which was out of this world (especially with the extra wine and jazz music to go with it)

• Played legos with my kids until it was bedtime

I love good days, but I can also appreciate days like today that were “meh.” James Hoffman, known coffee expert, once did a great video about learning to taste coffee. A point he makes is that its ok to have “bad coffee” or “ok coffee.” If you do nothing but pursue the highest grade coffee that always tastes amazing, the definition of amazing changes.

Our measure of good is based on the contrast of bad; they must coexist in order for each to exist at all. That’s always been a beautiful truth to me, and so I take note of the good, and the bad as I experience them. It’s important to me that I remember both, maintain contrast, and appreciate both in tandem.