TEJI TUESDAYS 
Issue #042 · 13th August, 2024

Hi All!

Here is your weekly dose of TEJI, a weekly round up of what I’m pondering and exploring. Feel free to forward along to a friend if you think they might enjoy.

The Four Agreements

Around the time I finished high school a stumbled upon a great book called The Four Agreements. It’s a great book that’s super short and helps with living a great life. The four principles could be seen as common sense and are often much harder to actually embody instead of just read. But I thought I’d attach a short summary of The Four Agreements I randomly found this week to share with everyone.

Current Favourite YouTube Channel

If you’re in anyway like me you would remember Casey Neistat’s era of daily vlogging on YouTube. He’s been one of my biggest inspirations as an artist/creator and I admire all the qualities he embodies.

However as I dove deeper into Casey and his influences I’d discovered his older brother Van Neistat. Who is equally if not more talented then Casey. Lately I’ve been binging through his content on his YouTube channel and have fallen in love with The Spirited Man aesthetic (you will come to learn what I’m talking about if you check out his channel")

Van was the second ever person I’ve ever subscribed to on Patreon after Channel 5, my favourite contemporary news platform. I normally only pay creators I really love a small subscription and he is one of them.

His content is centred around short video essays that cover topics like filmmaking, travel, fixing things, using your hands and creativity. Feel free to check out one of my favourite videos below from Van if your interested.

A Letter from Steve Jobs

Shortly before Steve Jobs passed away he’d sent himself the below email. It’s a great reminder on how much we depend on one another in life.

I wrote something similar a while back on my thoughts on how much we need each other. Check it out here if you’re interested.

A cool artwork

Here’s a cool artwork I found last week. I enjoy the blend of contemporary screenshots with oil paint like imagery.

New advice to myself

About a month ago I wrote out this short list of reminders which are somewhat similar to The Four Agreements at the top of this email. But I thought I’d like to my mindset thats helping me to keep going with everyone here.

1) Don’t let yourself down
2) Take it day by day
3) Do the work
4) Give yourself direction
5) It’s going to be hard but do it anyway
6) Your going to want to quit but keep doing
7) Trust yourself
8) Let go of external expectations
9) Protect your energy
10) Impress yourself
11) Don’t take it personal

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Hope everyone enjoys their week!
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Love
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TEJI (@tejitopia)

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