This week we're entering a world in which there are no iPhones, no internet, no apps, no online shopping, no social media no steaming and no smart tech of any kind. Yes: We're traveling to a land where you get advice from magazines, information from encylopedias and to speak to someone you must pick up the phone and dial numbers.

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Things we miss:

• magazines (specifically at Borders bookstore)
• malls in the 1900s
• AOL chat
• maps
• phone books
• phone calls on land lines
• listening to an album start to finish on the day it came out
• scheduling your entire life around your favorite tv show
• no one being about to reach you
• Toys R Us (is an amazon childhood)
• computer lab

GUILTY PLEASURE TREASURE

Elsie: Traitors

Emma: Little Debbie Cosmic Brownies

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This week we're talking about how to develop your creative palette and style without being derivative. This is a subject that applies across different creative practices from art to writing and even how you dress or decorate your home.

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Steal like an Artist by Austin Kleon

Steps to develop your creative palette:

Step one: Develop your taste (Be a fan! Appreciate art!)

Step two: MAKE DERIVITIVE WORK (keep doing so until your own style emerges)

Step three: Keep developing, keep growing, keep making (to infinity & beyond)

BOOK REPORT

State of Wonder by Ann Patchett

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In this week's episode we're diving into how to make vision boards and 5 year plans. If you're in the mood to think about your goals and dreams, you're in the right place. We're also answering some listener questions and engaging in a Hot Take Debate about whether romantic comedies are actually the worst.

How to make a vision board:

Create different categories for your goals (family, work, fitness, etc)

Write in present tense

Get pictures from the internet or magazines

"We overestimate what we can do in a day, but we underestimate what we can do in a year."

Check out Remit Sethi's books:

I Will Teach you to be Rich

Money for Couples

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