i missed two weeks and no one died! this post is very “me” centric so if you like posts that read like a 14 year olds diary, go ahead.
what i saw / what i thought
this past week was Türkiye week!
my first offsite anywhere and it was the time of my life.
It was my first time outside Australia and was a massive feat to get here emotionally (fear of flying and severe contamination OCD). Even if they weren’t paying me, I’d still say the team is fucking incredible. I’ve booked in my next overseas trip for September.
related: I grappled with the idea of a new series “rating public bathrooms” but saw that the niche has been filled already on TT and YT.
what i can’t stop thinking about
nostalgia. After reading a report on Nostalgia put out by Protein , i’ve been wondering what the function of nostalgia serves from an evolutionary standpoint? When asking friends, it’s 50/50 on whether they experience nostalgia as a “positive” or “negative” feeling. I’m doing some digging because it’s coming up a lot for me lately!
since our recent videos i’ve been getting dm’d asking if I do freelance comedy writing, do consulting/ advising and just blatant job offers. I feel super lucky about this and have started thinking about how I want the next 3-5 years to go career wise. (i’m not changing where I work). i’m considering starting back up with tiktok, in an effort to overcome my BIGFear™ around being found out by the school parents for being that weirdo who makes corporate satire.
the algorithm gave me this and now you must suffer
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something I enjoyed/ something I learned
off the back of a stupid poll on linkedin where i asked people to decide my fate, i’ve started going to an improv class and I love it. (see photo for a shocking revelation that I am in fact a leprechaun)
it’s teaching me so much about listening, finding the motivation of characters and just giving general confidence around speaking in front of an audience live*
*will come in handy for my standup set soon
some texts i sent this week
top 3 most played songs of this week
Love you, hope you win
Renée
Really loved the link and thoughts about nostalgia. Very fascinating. Have been thinking about it a bit myself. For me, nostalgia lately has been manifesting as a longing for my carefree 20s when all my friends and I lived in the same city. Odd thing is, those times were not actually carefree and were actually quite hard for me. Rose-colored glasses and such.