<p>In this week’s essay, John discusses instinct versus obligation, his daughter’s wit, how he has changed since episode one, and more.</p><p> </p><p><strong>Notebook Entries:</strong></p><p>Notebook 58, page 10. September 16, 2021</p><p><em>“You don’t measure your life the way you measure your writing.” - Nan</em></p><br><p>Notebook 75, page 46-47. September 2021</p><p><em>When your dog dies and son goes to college and you are confronted with your life’s work it all boils down to one alarm: the clock is ticking. If a scream is better than a thesis, I was hearing some kind of scream, but what was the thesis?</em></p><br><p><strong>References:</strong></p><p><a href="https://www.max.com/movies/everything-is-copy-nora-ephron-scripted-unscripted/6ab8f646-3129-4091-b726-fc4d1847a9c1">Everything Is Copy </a>– HBODocs </p><p><a href="https://www.danpink.com/the-power-of-regret/"><em> The Power of Regret </em></a>– Daniel Pink</p><br><p><a href="https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/247000.The_Mezzanine">The Mezzanine</a> – Nicholson Baker </p><p>“<a href="https://www.plough.com/en/topics/culture/art/the-creative-process#!">The Creative Process</a>” – James Baldwin</p><p><a href="https://us.macmillan.com/books/9780374531386/slouchingtowardsbethlehem"><em>Slouching Towards Bethlehem</em></a> – Joan Didion</p><p>“<a href="https://www.theatlantic.com/ideas/archive/2023/11/self-knowledge-philosophy-happiness/675868/">Three Paths Toward the Meaning of Life</a>” - Arthur Brooks for <em>The Atlantic</em></p><br><p>Podcast production by Cheyna Roth.</p><p>Email us at [email protected]</p><p> </p><hr><p style='color:grey; font-size:0.75em;'> Hosted on Acast. See <a style='color:grey;' target='_blank' rel='noopener noreferrer' href='https://acast.com/privacy'>acast.com/privacy</a> for more information.</p>