Friday's Five 🖐🏼 #119
Happy Friday‘s Five, and a happy new year!
Shalom from Haifa, I‘m spending a few weeks in Israel and my current stop is Haifa in the north of the country. So far, I‘m enjoying this trip a lot and to explore a part of the world I hadn‘t seen.
What I'm reading
Maybe You Should Talk To Someone by Lori Gottlieb. My first book of 2020 and it‘s a good one. Lori is a psychotherapist and shares her experience as a therapist and about going to therapy herself. It's part memoir and part psychology book.
What I'm listening to
If you follow me on Instagram, you‘ll have seen that I share a song I enjoy (almost) every day. I have created a playlist with all songs of the year 2019 if you'd like to check them out, here is the Spotify playlist with 267 songs or 18 hours and 33 minutes worth of music. Enjoy!
What I'm watching
The Two Popes - I didn't expect much from this movie and just clicked Play when it showed up and I am glad I did. The movie tells the story of the connection between Pope Benedict XVI and Cardinal Jorge Mario Bergoglio who later became later Pope Francis. Stellar performance by both actors. Find it on Netflix.
What I'm thinking about
As I am sure you have, I have been reflecting on the past year and the past decade. Here is an incomplete list of thoughts in a random order of things that have made up my life in the past 10 years: most important career progression and professional learning curve. Lost my mom. Lost my dad. Visited many new countries and cities. Maintained, deepened, and reactivated important friendships. Spent more time with fewer people. Stopped smoking! Invested more into time with family. Sped up in first half of the decade, then slowed down and became more present. Less distracted by less important things in life. Switched careers (into current one). Became an uncle. Twice. Godfather for a second time. Witnessed close friends get married. Did two 3-month sabbaticals. Found and lost love. Ran a first half marathon and then a few more. Started Role Models with Isa. Starred in two advertising campaigns. To be continued...
What else?!
Tell me, what are you most excited about in 2020?
Thanks for reading, have a great weekend, and a great new year!
David
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