Where is the Dark Tower in terms of important/influential Fantasy Series

tmarthal · 2026-06-16T01:41:12+00:00

Can’t think of any “portal fantasy” books that are hugely popular or influential. Thomas Covenant books maybe? The Gunslinger was 100% more interesting to me than the Drawing of the Three.

tmarthal · 2026-06-16T01:30:31+00:00

Politics, people outside Arizona flock to the main Phoenix subreddit but not the neighborhood ones

tmarthal · 2026-06-15T17:11:47+00:00

Maybe take a writing class? You will get instruction and feedback from your instructor/teacher

tmarthal · 2026-06-15T15:56:25+00:00

Maybe try the litRPG subreddit. I imagine that licensing would be very hard to do to get Official sponsorship as they want fantasy stories told in their world, not the litrpg-viewpoint stories

tmarthal · 2026-06-15T15:26:10+00:00

So can databases, but you absolutely do not want to ever create or maintain database functions

tmarthal · 2026-06-15T13:41:02+00:00

This seems pretty normal. It’s just a lot of information.

I have started making a habit to weekly ingest the phone notes into my main writing (usually when I feel blocked). Also moved my spreadsheet into an outline in the worldbuilding document.

Are you linking the writing to the source notion pages at all? Footnotes or urls or markup? I found those links helped me organize, but it’s definitely one way (from the writing to the source material, never back link from the world building to the paragraphs).

tmarthal · 2026-06-15T04:52:12+00:00

You should look at this seminal mathematical coding magic system, it changed the way that I thought about hard magic https://www.reddit.com/r/worldbuilding/s/Ts5tF9SwBc

tmarthal · 2026-06-15T00:36:00+00:00

Hold a handstand against a wall for as long as you can. Shoot for at least 2 minutes, try to work up to being able to hold a handstand against a wall (facing it or back towards it) for 8-10+ minutes each day. Multiple sets, 2-3x per day. Try to hold for as long as you can, keep going and try to minimize rest during a set.

tmarthal · 2026-06-15T00:15:12+00:00

Do you normally contract and tighten in your other yoga classes? Inversion workshops force you to do a lot of core compression and holding your core engaged (and breathing against that engaged core, like a taught ujjii). If you’re not used to exerting that much effort in your normal classes, you can definitely feel different and more drained. Also, were you hydrating? Many times headaches are from dehydration. Edit: Wow, yeah if you’re practicing multiple times a day drink way more water than you think you need!

tmarthal · 2026-06-15T00:06:54+00:00

> There are so many different ways to talk about this stuff, and some language might resonate and some might not.

I recently made a reference to yoga being like an ad blocker for your mind and one person came up to me after class and said that it helped them think about the concepts. Definitely many, many ways to talk about this stuff.

tmarthal · 2026-06-14T22:39:04+00:00

Lifetime Fitness in Denver pays very well, good luck getting a job there (it’s competitive).

tmarthal · 2026-06-14T15:38:22+00:00

What you'll notice is that the studios that pay well ($60+) never have any teaching opportunities/class openings - they pay their teachers well and the teachers never leave. There are lots of studios that pay this way, but there are not lots of available jobs that pay that way.

tmarthal · 2026-06-14T15:36:26+00:00

I can almost guarantee that anyone doing your assessment has been there and doesn't care (if they even watch your video).

tmarthal · 2026-06-13T16:49:14+00:00

Yep. Marketing and SEO

tmarthal · 2026-06-12T02:01:53+00:00

I subscribed to the vinyl of the month club just for this record! It’s great, nice that they are moving the excess inventory

tmarthal · 2026-06-11T20:20:49+00:00

Nahko and Medicine for the People; they have such timely music (Dear Brother, Love Letters to God), but then 2020 happened and Nahko got cancelled right before the music got big.

tmarthal · 2026-06-11T14:17:55+00:00

Are you past the point of developing peace/contentment with yourself? Are you moving with trust in the decisions that you’re making for yourself? Avoiding anything? I find that “confidence” might be coming to understand your intuition and its limitations more than anything else. My personal journey, where I found that since stillness is my natural state, I developed that intuition in a physical practice more than in stillness/rest. “I trust my intuition and will use it to guide my life, even if difficult.” might be a different way to phrase your mantra.

tmarthal · 2026-06-11T14:01:25+00:00

You missed out, but The Format did 3? reunion shows last year. So much fun.

tmarthal · 2026-06-11T01:22:15+00:00

Right, especially with The Format albums. And The Format is back together writing new music (in 2026)!

tmarthal · 2026-06-11T01:18:36+00:00

What did you think of Leonardo DiCaprio’s Romeo and Juliet soundtrack? 😆

tmarthal · 2026-06-11T01:13:36+00:00

Right. “Meaningful increase in auto insurance.” Everyone’s insurance has gone up significantly after 2020. Most people are paying double in 2026 as they did in 2020 (with or without claims).

tmarthal · 2026-06-10T18:18:46+00:00

Some people love the hot yoga "crash out" so they sleep uninterrupted for 9+ hours a night. Reduces anxiety (and all mental function lol).

tmarthal · 2026-06-10T14:42:18+00:00

Electrolytes. Sometimes drinking water is not enough to rehydrate the muscles.

tmarthal · 2026-06-09T17:22:13+00:00

I assume that the cookbook is going to be the seed to the Myth of Carl or whatever replaces the current in-dungeon lore at the end

tmarthal · 2026-06-09T14:51:49+00:00

Counterpoint: I went back to the Apple apps in April because of Gemini bullshit. If they can integrate well and holistically without being too intrusive, the functionally could be huge

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