Updated April 5th, 2024, from my home in New York.
I'm spending lots of time with my youngest son who is turning thirteen in September. Thirteen is the age where in the Jewish tradition, you can be counted as an adult. Performing the singsong reading directly from the Torah scroll is the mark of an adult. My father taught me and I am teaching him. It is a richly rewarding activity.
I'm also taking time each evening to read the words of the torah and work on understanding each word. We started slowly and I'm proud of his progress. The stories of the torah are nuanced and reveal deep meaning and insights. We enrich the videos at AlephBeta by reading the words ourselves. It's so much slower than the 10 minute video, but it feels like we are laying down bricks to build a magnificent structure.
Now that I settled on a name, this wonderful way to challenge ourselves to take responsibility for our own selves. This is the transformation I'm inspired by. I notice my home page has a body transformation. This is the spirit transformation. And I'm exploring how to communicate how important it is today for hungry, ambitious people.
I've always been fascinated with money. I've had endless patience and drive to work through how a system creates value in the form of money. Right now, I'm learning more about multifamily real estate development. The asset class has been hot for a long time however, interest rates have made risk capital scarce.
I am most interested in figuring out my own self. I suspect each of us finds ourselves fascinating. However, if we follow the crowd, we spend very little attention on ourselves. Instead, we allow the world to entertain and distract us.
I've been slowly gathering my attention to focus inward. I've been using strategies to journal regularly. I'm asking myself who I am and examining my calendar and my habits to see if I am telling the truth. I'm taking small steps and delighting in the journey. I hope you do it too.