Food For Thought25 August 2023 The best mind pump you can get ๐ฅ Greetings, friends - Ever since we put out our video on Em going to Brazilian Jiu Jitsu, we've had plenty of friends and viewers reach out to us to ask about the sport. We've even brought some friends along - and the reaction so far has all around been positive! Em has kept up with classes each week as well, and one thing that stood out to her in particular (which I've also experienced myself) is the amount of focus,...
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Food For Thought11 August 2023 You don't need gear... but sometimes it's nice to have ๐ Greetings, friends - We often get questions from people who are interested in creating content about camera gear. "What kind of camera do you use?" or "What setup do you guys use to shoot your videos?" Some of you may be wondering this too, so we thought it would be a good opportunity to share our answer to these questions in this week's newsletter. The short answer is that you need very little gear to...
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Food For Thought4 August 2023 Calibrating the scales โ๏ธ Greetings, friends - Lloyd here! Those of you who have seen any of our videos on nutrition/food may know that I really don't enjoy tracking the calories in the food that I eat. I find that, over time, the act of needing to weigh everything out and measure every ingredient when cooking takes a lot of the joy out of eating for me. With that said, however, I'm currently almost one week into a 30 day stretch of tracking every calorie and...
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Food For Thought20 July 2023 Same same but very different ๐ฎ๐จ Greetings, friends - We had an interesting chat with a friend in the US during our recent trip. Our friend, also a content creator, asked us if we had experienced any "creator burnout" yet - but then quickly backpedaled and exclaimed "oh, but you guys used to be lawyers, so this probably isn't a big deal." We actually thought this raised an interesting point. While there are certainly some general skills we picked up working as...
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Food For Thought13 July 2023 Greetings, friends - Lloyd here! We need to figure out a way to differentiate who writes which section of the newsletter so that it's clear when you first look at it. It feels like almost every issue has had some level of this: "I (Lloyd) think that..." or "I (Emily) am of the view that..." ... and it would be nice to have a way to clearly indicate who writes what at a quick glance. Will consider further! Being creative as a "non-creative" ๐จ We're back from...
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Food For Thought29 June 2023 Pressing pause โธ Greetings, friends - You may have noticed that we haven't uploaded a video for a couple of weeks following our latest video, The space in between. Shortly after that video came out, we flew off to the US to visit friends, attend a family wedding, and celebrate my (Lloyd's) birthday! We made a very deliberate choice to try and unplug a bit during this trip. It was hard to make this decision - as a creator, there's an overwhelming pressure to try to...
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Food For Thought21 June 2023 Jet lag, hacked ๐ฌ Greetings, friends - Some of you may know that weโre currently traveling through the US to see some friends and family before heading to Canada for a family wedding ceremony. This trip has probably been the best experience weโve ever had with getting over jet lag (flying from HK to California), thanks to some strategies we'd been meaning to try for some time. After arriving in the US, our sleep schedule looked something like this: First night:...
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Food For Thought14 June 2023 Food labels are wild ๐ง Greetings, friends - There is an interesting ethical dilemma presented by food labelling practices. Take this bag of chips/crisps as an example - the front of the bag says "Hand Cooked with Olive Oil", but the ingredients list shows that olive oil only makes up 5% of the ingredients, and the majority of the cooking oil used is actually sunflower oil. You might be thinking "how are companies allowed to advertise on their labels like this?"...
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Food For Thought7 June 2023 Got questions? ๐ข Is there anything you've ever wanted to ask a law firm partner? We'll be filming a couple of YouTube videos with a special guest this weekend, so if you have any questions please let us know by replying directly to this email! All questions will be anonymised. Strong opinions, loosely held ๐ง Greetings, friends - We change our minds a lot. Here's a quick example: from the 1950s onward, margarine was touted as being a healthier alternative to butter....
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