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Dune Messiah is getting a movie adaptation! Dune: Part 3! Anyone else is excited as I am for this?

I've read the first book, Dune Messiah, and Children of Dune but stopped after that just to kind of give myself a break. Frank Herbert's writing style is not necessarily my cup of tea but I honestly love the philosophical messages he mixes in his storyline saying character development.

And I'm so glad that Denis Villeneuve is still the director of this one, and whoever chose the cast for Aalia hit it spot on and a happy that Anya Taylor-Joy is taking that position. I know she's going to rock it!

For those of you that are mainly nonfiction book readers out there, I highly suggest at least trying to read the first book of Dune because you will be surprised at its depth and real world issues we face in real life.

These books are a gem worth learning from.

From the East Coast to the West Coast—finally got to meet up in person with my friend

We’ve known each other since around 2018 or 2019 through the book community online, and over the years we’ve had some great conversations through video calls and comments.

Funny how that works… you talk to someone for years, and then one day you’re just standing there like, “oh, you’re a real person.”

Really glad we made it happen while he was visiting Portland. Good conversations, good energy, and a solid reminder that some online connections are actually worth bringing into real life.

Looking forward to the next one.

Careers rarely collapse in flames.
They fade and disappear into oblivion.

That’s what Artificial Death of a Career by gets so disturbingly right.

Shey Sinope doesn’t fail because he lacks talent. He fails because he stops examining why he’s doing the work. The drift looks like success. It feels like momentum. Until the system he built decides he’s no longer needed.

Reading this while navigating my own transition hit harder than expected. After 14 years building a life and career abroad, I came back to the U.S., switched paths, and it’s been quite the trip. The structure disappeared. The certainty vanished. What remained was noise in my head.

The book’s power isn’t just the ideas. It’s how they sneak up on you.

CAFFEINE isn’t about blowing up your life. It’s about staying awake long enough to notice you’re drifting.
TICK isn’t about toughness as bravado. It’s about moving anyway when clarity hasn’t arrived yet.

What pulled me forward wasn’t confidence. It was action. Reading a few pages. Writing things down. Reconnecting with the idea that progress creates meaning, not the other way around.

This book isn’t anti-tech or anti-ambition.
It’s anti-autopilot.

Careers don’t die because people stop working.
They die because people stop examining why they’re working.

Are you still awake in your own life?