Hey how's it going?
Hi! I have no idea what I would give a TED talk about...
Have you done all of your midterms yet?
Most of them! I just have one left next week. What about you?
I have one due Wednesday and I'm DYING.
In what subject? Midterm season is the worst!
No joke, it's for stats. It's a take home midterm which isn't bad but I always stress about them for some reason. I just need to manage my time better Are you much of a planner?
That's nice you get to take it home! I definitely could also manage my time better as well, it's so hard to find a good balance with school, work, and a social life.
Hahaha yeah the hard part is I
I'm sort of a planner. I better at long term stuff than planning out the day to day stuff.
ve been distracted the first part of this semester so I 'm catching up Sorry I keep accidentally hitting enter
No problem! What has been distracting?
I actually just got engaged! So I was spending a lot of time with her and now she's back home (in Germany). So I'll head out there at the end of April and then we'll head back and get married in May
Congratulations! I just got married in August so I know the struggle! It is so hard to focus on school when you are trying to plan a wedding as well.
Oh how fun! Yeah and then you have to find housing and all of that. What a great time though. So are you much in to politics?
Housing can be hard, we got lucky with ours and were able to move into the same apartment complex as some friends when they heard of someone leaving. I don't know too much about politics, it's not that I'm not interested, I just feel like I don't have time to do the research to get involved
Oh wow that's perfect! I knew a couple that were living above that little printing press museum off center street after a senior couple left on a mission it was beautiful. I used to feel the same way and then I started listening to podcasts. Honestly after listening to 12 rules for life by Jordan Peterson I got motivated to figure out how the wo rld works
I just recently started listening to podcasts, should I check that one out? I have about a 30 minute drive to work 3 times a week, and I've been getting bored of the radio lately.
So in other words I passively keep up on things. It really takes a certain personalty to be really in to politics, it can either frustrate you to no end or really fire you up Honestly I've been listening to the Ben Shapiro show every day and I'll look at CNN articles on Apple news. The Jordan B Peterson podcast is also really enjoyable. I am obviou sly conservative but I try and mix in the other side as well, there just aren't any interesting democratic podcasts to me I tried NPR and it just ended up being a discussion about the host's haircut or something like that it wasn't really news
I've listened to NPR before, and I didn't like it that much either.
And most of the other conservative podcasts are vulgar.
I hate it when you find something with interesting content, but it is inappropriate! It seems so unnecessary 99% of the time!
Sam Harris is a prominent atheist who has some interesting political views that align with more conservative views while maintaining an agnostic perspective towards morals And I totally agree with you
I will have to check out some of those shows! It would be great to get more informed in what's happening in the world!
Yeah they're all very good and all of those people I mentioned are highly intellectual. Are you and your spouse much in to audiobooks?
We listened to Harry Potter on a road trip we took recently. That was fun! What about you?
I actually got a really sweet hookup from a bishopric member like a year and a half ago and his book choices are interesting so I've listened to maps of meaning and 12 rules f or life recently. Also a Dan Brown book I really enjoy reading but I don't make time for it
That's cool! I really like audio books, but they can be so expensive!
Holy cow like no other! The subscription alone is like $15 a month on top of books!
I have listened to a few on Audible, but most of them have been a little boring. Usually they just don't have a great reader!
I completely agree with you
Maybe I just haven't found the right ones though. Do you have a favorite book?
Do you use Overdrive?
No. What's that?
It's an app you can link to a library account (like a local library) where you can rent books and audiobooks on your phone. It's like a remote repository
Oh! I think I did use to have that app, I just don't think I ever figured out how to use it. I'm kind of bad with technology
Hahaha yeah I had to look it up online or something. Technology really is mind blowing though
Yeah it really is! It was great talking to you, but I think I am about to go to bed. Good luck on your midterm!