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Get In the Water, How to Be Cool & A Few Snacks
Plus, who I'm following right now
Brock McGoff
August 27, 2025 • Estimated Reading Time: 7 minutes
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🌊 Get in the Water
Those of us in the Northern Hemisphere are sliding into the dog days of summer.
But there’s still plenty of time for beach trips, lake house hangs, river floats and poolside BBQs.
Here’s a reminder for whoever needs it:
Whenever life presents you with an opportunity to jump in a body of water, do it.
Delaware, Hawaii, South Carolina, Kenya
A pool, lake, the ocean, a waterfall…even just a river or lake that you’re used to
You must get in.
Temperature doesn’t matter. In fact, cold is good.
Crisp Irish Sea water (felt freezing to me, but the locals didn’t seem to mind) | Wearing Orlebar Brown Bulldog Sport trunks)
Sometimes you need to shock the lizard brain. Remind your body that you are, in fact, an animal whose ancestors roamed the earth and hunted megafauna for sustenance.
Even if only for a few seconds, jump in.
Sand River, Kenya
I guarantee you’ll feel fantastic afterward, or your money back.
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💭 Food for Thought
If more information was the answer, then we’d all be billionaires with perfect abs.
😎 How to Be Cool
Are some people just born “cool”? Is being cool something anyone can learn?
Well, a bunch of social scientist nerds tried to nail down an objective definition of the word, and they came up with the following attributes:
extroverted
hedonistic
powerful
adventurous
open
autonomous
If those don’t sound like you, don’t worry. There are different flavors of cool.
You don’t have to be an extrovert or a pleasure-seeking rebel.
A quiet, calm, self-assured guy who’s comfortable with his personal philosophy about how to live is definitely cool.
In other words, authenticity is cool. Trying to be something you’re not isn’t.
Mr. Porter has a good write up on the topic. Do you agree with their take?
🤳🏼 Who I’m Following
 | Peter Nguyen is a high end personal stylist from NYC. In terms of lifestyle and aesthetic, I share very little in common with Peter. Despite that, I find his content inspiring in an aspirational way. It quietly nudges you to go ahead and buy that slightly unreasonable luxury accessory you’ve been eyeing, or to get dressed up and go sit at a fancy bar alone, see what happens. Go check him out! |
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🍟 Snacks
Here are some bite-sized nuggets for your enjoyment:
The watch size calculator (website)
Gary Sinise posts BTS pics for Apollo 13 anniversary (Reddit)
When companies leak all of your data (YouTube)
Got any internet gems for me this week? Don’t hold out, send me a link!
Did You Know? Many guys used to wear belted swim trunks. This was before stretchy performance fabrics were a thing, of course. No elastic waistbands, just soggy belts.
Maybe they’ll come back some day…
Until next time,
Brock
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