Ep. 592: "Existential Gravy"

Roderick on the Line

Merlin Mann

Self-help, Merlinmann, Thelongwinters, Johnroderick, Roderick, Winters, Long, The, Philosophy, Society & Culture, John, Merlin, Mann

4.8 • 1K Ratings

🗓️ 25 August 2025

⏱️ 69 minutes

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Summary

The Problem: He commutes on a magic carpet.

(Recorded on Monday, August 25, 2025.)

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0:00.0	Hello? Hi, John. Hi, Merlin. How's going? Oh, it's going pretty well. How are you going?
0:12.6	I'm going great. You're early. Oh, yeah, you're right. I was 30 seconds early. Oh, I mean, that's saying
0:20.7	something. It's good for you, man.
0:23.1	Hey, you know, just trying to get better every day.
0:25.6	No! Can't you just pay somebody a compliment without it being a thing?
0:31.2	What do you mean?
0:32.1	I just think you're awesome and I'm glad you're here.
0:34.6	Oh, thanks, man.
0:36.4	You mad at me?
0:37.9	No, not at all.
0:39.2	Hmm.
0:40.2	Probably should be.
0:41.9	Oh.
0:42.8	Hmm.
0:43.4	Did you do something bad this morning?
0:45.6	No.
0:46.6	Are you a bad boy?
0:47.3	No, I did a lot this morning.
0:48.5	I know from my, uh, my, uh, information watch that Sunday night is typically my worst night of sleep. And I've learned to embrace that. Like make it part of your pattern? Well, yes. Like Sunday night, bad night. Monday morning. Hard morning. Well, kind of. I don't, I try not to add unnecessary emotional valence to things that don't need it.
1:13.2	Okay. All right. Because that doesn't historically help me. But if I do wake up, you know, at 5.30 on Monday, I go, eh, it's Monday. It happens. Am I right? Mondays.
1:24.0	Yeah, Mondays. Yeah. This las um i uh didn't go to sleep until five in the
1:32.6	morning last night no and the whole time i was laying there in bed thinking what are you doing
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