Corona Virus Dispatch from NYC, Day 221

I’ve started reading a book which is rapidly dominating every moment of waking thought. It’s called Essentialism: The Disciplined Pursuit of Less. In a nutshell:

  • Stop saying yes to 99.99% of things you agree to

  • Be judicious about what you say yes to, but go all in

  • Design guardrails that insulate you from pointless/low-value work

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My plan to work out (86 that)

This morning, after dropping off Charlotte, I took 96th street to cut through Central Park, then headed down the west side highway so I could find a 2 hour parking spot somewhere not too far from Chelsea Piers for a morning workout. After twenty minutes of circling around and around from Bethune to 14th street, not finding any parking, I came back home.