Hello, and thank you so much for joining us again. It is the Nightly Pleasures podcast. I'm your host. My name's Jack. Oh, and you can probably already tell it's yet going to be just another unusual episode as I get back into it as I gain up steam as I kind of fill in some potholes going on. But I did want to be a bit more consistent

as we get there. And I did want to talk to you and tell you what's going on. Hey, just real quick,

everybody out there who wished me a better year and better luck

and I was like, oh, I really hope Jack has better luck and everything in 2024.

Stop.

Just wish it on somebody else that you don't like.

Or because we don't know collectively through science how luck works, wish harder, because

apparently the curse delta is quite strong.

So getting back into it, feeling better and better, getting into daily life and doing all kinds of things that are just great signs.

I'm listening to new music again, instead of just putting on playlists, music with lyrics again.

That one's kind of a weird one, admittedly, but it's a good sign

because I switch to lyricless music, right? I switch to ambiance or whatever you want to call it.

When I'm writing, or if I'm really concentrating on something,

or it's quite good for reading or eating, right?

I guess I listen to a fair bit of ambience, right?

I thought I'm saying it out loud.

Those are the activities I use it for.

I have not been listening to music with lyrics for a while now, a long while now.

But I've been pulling it out.

It's been nice.

Getting back into that feeling and knowing it's coming around.

It just, it's, I can feel the gears switching, right?

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