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Turning digital activities into offline ones

Mehret Biruk
May 24
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Hi there,

Less is plenty.

Five things worth sharing this week:

  1. Once upon a time, I went to high school. One day, while aimlessly walking the hallway, an older gentleman, a substitute teacher, asked me if I wanted to learn how to play Sudoku. Say what now? But I obliged. I had nothing better to do, and it was the polite thing to do.

    I haven’t stopped playing Sudoku ever since. Before apps became ubiquitous, I scourged for Sudoku on newsletters, then I played it almost exclusively on the Sudoku app on my phone. Recently, I found a physical set at our local thrift store for $2.97. I prayed it had all the pieces inside as I paid for it, and brought it home. My prayer was answered.

  2. Instead of a video, allow me to nudge you towards using alternative media platforms to Big Data this week. I have used Kanopy and Hoopla for a few years now, with free access via my public library, replacing popular streaming platforms. Lately I have been making more effort to move to Vimeo to replace YouTube.

    Leave a comment if you have more/better suggestions to share!

  3. A quote I want to share with you this week:

    “The aim of life is to live, and to live means to be aware, joyously, drunkenly, serenely, divinely aware.”

    — Henry Miller

    Are you aware? Of (your) reality? Joyously? Drunkenly? Serenely? Divinely?

  4. (Because) Life is short, as everyone knows.

  5. A question for you:

    See #3.

finished!

That’s all for this week!

Thank you for reading, and please share with anyone you think may benefit.

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Until next time,

Mehret

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Sara Stewart
May 24Liked by Mehret Biruk

Hey M, why are you using Vimeo over Youtube? I never really used Vimeo before

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