Idiomatic expression of the day: "famous last words" 👇 From the book The American Heritage Dictionary of Idioms (2nd ed.) by Christine Ammer.

An underrated movie: Quick Change (1990) Bill Murray co-directed, produced, and starred in this comedy crime caper. A bank robbery, a wild journey to the airport, and a goofy bestie called Loomis (Randy Quaid) make it a quirky adventure worth watching. 👇😅

Jorge Luis Borges on the depth and beauty of the English language (1977) “To live down something, to live up to something. You can’t say those things in Spanish; they can’t be said.”

The only part of "write like you talk" that makes sense is to be less formal and more conversational. Your writing will be full of ums, missing punctuation, and incomplete thoughts if you actually do that. Remember: Writing and speaking are two different mediums.

I learned a new word today, courtesy of Eleanor ✍️ The Copywriter, so I'm obliged to share it: BLAG "to persuade someone in a clever or slightly dishonest way to allow you to do something or to give you something" dictionary.cambridge.org/us/dictionary/…

A list of names for a lazy person from different languages: 7. A sluggish banana (Danish) 6. A flaccid fish (Norwegian) 5. A snake king (Cantonese) 4. A free-bread-getter (Serbian) 3. A day-thief (Flemish) 2. A nothingdoer (Hungarian) 1. Director of Free Air (Lithuanian)

This is why writing is both challenging and rewarding. It's a craft with many connected parts that you must master. And it also requires other skills, like humility and discipline, that go beyond just typing words on the page. Writing teaches you more than you realize.

Brain dump + structure = outline That's it.

They say quality > quantity But you don't get to the former without the latter. It's quantity that leads you to quality. They are not opposites, but work in tandem with each other.

Good morning from this beautiful blue baby 🌞🚙

On Fridays we laugh. And what's funnier than a tattoo fail? 😅

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I really struggle with social media. Even if I only consume useful content, I still get overwhelmed... And I know many of you feel the same. Creating is not easy, either. Nostalgia is dangerous, but I miss life before "content" + I want to disappear completely sometimes.