{"id":176803,"date":"2023-06-09T10:16:05","date_gmt":"2023-06-09T15:16:05","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.artofmanliness.com\/?p=176803"},"modified":"2023-06-09T10:16:05","modified_gmt":"2023-06-09T15:16:05","slug":"odds-ends-june-9-2023","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/beta.artofmanliness.com\/odds-ends\/odds-ends-june-9-2023\/","title":{"rendered":"Odds &#038; Ends: June 9, 2023"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-174635\" src=\"https:\/\/content.artofmanliness.com\/uploads\/2023\/01\/Odds-and-Ends-header-v3.1.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"650\" height=\"400\" srcset=\"https:\/\/content.artofmanliness.com\/uploads\/2023\/01\/Odds-and-Ends-header-v3.1.jpg 650w, https:\/\/content.artofmanliness.com\/uploads\/2023\/01\/Odds-and-Ends-header-v3.1-372x230.jpg 372w, https:\/\/content.artofmanliness.com\/uploads\/2023\/01\/Odds-and-Ends-header-v3.1-320x197.jpg 320w, https:\/\/content.artofmanliness.com\/uploads\/2023\/01\/Odds-and-Ends-header-v3.1-640x394.jpg 640w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 650px) 100vw, 650px\" \/><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/open.spotify.com\/track\/4tMaUM8pbZqaYFPQzPSyNC?si=0881d3210b624785\"><strong>&#8220;I Love Being a Dad&#8221; by Can&#8217;t Stop Won&#8217;t Stop.<\/strong><\/a> Rapper Can&#8217;t Stop Wont Stop (aka David Eff) wrote a song for his kids about how much he loves being a dad. It&#8217;s super catchy and incredibly wholesome. It&#8217;s been getting a lot of playtime in the McKay household this week. <a href=\"https:\/\/cswsmusic.com\/products\/book?variant=41825431093431&amp;currency=USD&amp;utm_campaign=sag_organic&amp;srsltid=AR57-fBO4XVJC2BDgN6LvNRyAVFzIOfpK9WHvcmNoc6kZUOMM5CKUr_NhKk&amp;utm_term=UCaVVXMTWhpBQueGkw4gH72A&amp;utm_medium=product_shelf&amp;utm_source=youtube&amp;utm_content=YT-AAE-QfundzQ8nP_iLcZ4uyD7tyJdU1lbP682YY81yanWXBeD-1ZosdEh4MHlMX2zV5zrJ8Ke9dyF6MCVBuQLIcKrHKd1V6OzWwRlah-B1z3HTbWBdeAIBxhaeIBcWrKz2_YsRveSiXaJ2mePj0P7mkcjYYEVuX-CG7ncysJBrE8uqM4Fjjyf9A%3D%3D\">He even turned the song into a charming kid&#8217;s book<\/a>. Be sure to check out his <a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=ERLdXbpIpV8&amp;list=PL2L5aAsDIsa9frKccCv2dGj1BbdX0_YYz\">video series called &#8220;Rap Dad,&#8221;<\/a> wherein he raps famous kids&#8217; books like <em>Brown Bear, Brown Bear&nbsp;<\/em>and&nbsp;<em>Chicka Chicka Boom Boom.&nbsp;<\/em>For more dad songs, check out our list of the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.artofmanliness.com\/people\/fatherhood\/best-songs-about-dads\/\">10 Best Songs About Dads<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/prf.hn\/click\/camref:1100liyHY\/destination:https%3A%2F%2Fhuckberry.com%2Fstore%2Ft%2Fcategory%2Fgifts\">Huckberry Father&#8217;s Day Store<\/a>.<\/strong> Speaking of dads, Father&#8217;s Day is June 18. If you&#8217;re looking for gift ideas for dear old dad, check out Huckberry&#8217;s Father&#8217;s Day store. A few items that stuck out to me: <a href=\"https:\/\/prf.hn\/click\/camref:1100liyHY\/destination:https%3A%2F%2Fhuckberry.com%2Fstore%2Fklhip%2Fcategory%2Fp%2F16223-klhip-ultimate-clipper\">Klhip Ultimate Clipper<\/a> (I got my dad these one year; he loves them), <a href=\"https:\/\/prf.hn\/click\/camref:1100liyHY\/destination:https%3A%2F%2Fhuckberry.com%2Fstore%2Fgreys%2Fcategory%2Fp%2F71205-summit-slipper\">Insulated Summit Slipper<\/a>, and the <a href=\"https:\/\/prf.hn\/click\/camref:1100liyHY\/destination:https%3A%2F%2Fhuckberry.com%2Fstore%2Fbellroy%2Fcategory%2Fp%2F77092-hide-seek-lo\">Bellroy Hide and Seek Wallet<\/a> (see my full review of this wallet \u2014 which is part of my personal EDC \u2014 <a href=\"https:\/\/www.artofmanliness.com\/featured\/bellroy-hide-and-seek-wallet-review\/\">here<\/a>).<\/p>\n<p><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/open.spotify.com\/episode\/0E1krOoQzEtACieFDaVloI?si=f12d889a2bad44ae\">Decoding Overload by Cal Newport<\/a>.&nbsp;<\/strong>4x AoM podcast guest and productivity expert Cal Newport has his own podcast called&nbsp;<em><a href=\"https:\/\/open.spotify.com\/show\/0e9lFr3AdJByoBpM6tAbxD?si=1d2a3a2559934ef2\">Deep Questions<\/a>.&nbsp;<\/em>In a recent episode, he explored what causes the feeling of overload at work and with life. His answer is that every task has two parts: 1) the actual execution of the task, and 2) the overhead that makes the execution of the task possible. For Newport, overhead consists of the back-and-forth emails, the meetings, and the scheduling that goes into making something happen. Overhead is where overload comes from. Cal&#8217;s next book will be digging into this more (I&#8217;m looking forward to it!), but this episode gives a good primer on the topic.<\/p>\n<p><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/bigthink.com\/the-learning-curve\/festina-lente\/\">&#8220;Festina Lente: A Roman Emperor\u2019s Guide to Getting Stuff Done&#8221; by Kevin Dickinson<\/a><\/strong>. Move over GTD; there&#8217;s a new productivity philosophy in town. Well, not actually new. It&#8217;s over 2000 years old. <em>Festina lente<\/em> is Latin for &#8220;make haste slowly,&#8221; and it was used by Caesar Augustus to accomplish a whole heck of a lot in his lifetime. 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