Mission: make 100 origami birds this week.

Because the Japanese say if you make 1000, you get a wish…

I wanted to make 100, to get a small wish.

And you can do maybe 10, to practice, to have a cute flock of paper birds.

But I failed.

I'm going to Miami Beach today. Was one of my dreams since 8 years! :)

I don't know what skill I'm learning yet this week.

I just know that after driving across Texas for two weeks, the next chapter of this project involves an ocean.

but first, let me tell you about a fail and a hack:

The fail: week 17 was origami. the goal was 100 paper birds.

I made about 40….

I was folding in the car, at gas stations, in motels. the road trip was too intense, I was too tired. so I missed the goal.

because I did not plan properly. I was foolish and I’m more upset about it than you think.

now the hack. this is the part I want you to actually use:

I gave a bird to a stranger. just handed it to her. she held it with both hands smilled for like 10 minutes.

5 minutes of folding. zero cost. and she's going to remember that moment for a long time. maybe forever.

so here's what I want you to do. learn one origami figure, just one. a bird, a flower, whatever.

it takes ten minutes from a youtube tutorial, added it at the bottom.

then make one and give it to someone. a friend, a coworker, a random person at a coffee shop.

we live in a world where everything is digital and disposable. a physical thing that someone made for you by hand is so rare, no one does it.

it hits like a gift ten times its size.

try it.

then reply and tell me how it went.

and if you have an idea for what skill I should learn in miami beach, reply with that too.

best suggestion becomes week 18. I'm trusting you. don't make me learn salsa.

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