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Your good friends Chris, Gabz, Travis and Joe all share different “tools” that make their lives better in the categories…

2 tools that positively affect your mental health
2 books you read JUST FOR FUN
2 gifts you’d recommend for every camp director

Let’s get to the links!

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Tool of the Week – Make Yourself a Better Camp Director

2 tools that positively affect your mental health

Chris
- You are Here https://bookshop.org/a/84130/9781590308387
- Woah
Gabz
- Polyvagal Card Deck: 58 Practices for Calm and Change Cards https://amzn.to/3uTT0K6
- Snoop Dog Affirmation Song
Joe
- YouTube/YTMusic Premium (Family)
- Altra Men's Superior 5 Trail Running Shoes
Travis
- Ear Buds - Mine = Google Pixel Buds Series A https://store.google.com/product/pixel_buds_a_series?hl=en-GB
- Sorting Lego

2 GREAT books you read for fun

Chris
- Beyond the Gender Binary https://bookshop.org/a/84130/9780593094655
- Amusing Ourselves to Death https://bookshop.org/a/84130/9780143036531
Gabz
- Rest is Resistance https://bookshop.org/a/84130/9780316365215
- The Deepest Well https://bookshop.org/a/84130/9781328502667
Joe
- In Praise of Paths: Walking through Time and Nature https://bookshop.org/a/84130/9781771649957
- A Fire Upon the Deep - Vernor Vinge https://bookshop.org/a/84130/9780812515282
Travis
- The Peripheral - William Gibson https://bookshop.org/a/84130/9780425276235
- Blitz, A Novel - Daniel O'Malley https://bookshop.org/a/84130/9780316561556

2 gifts you’d recommend for every camp director

Chris
- Sodastream
- An (expensive) shower head
Gabz
- Weighted Blanket https://amzn.to/3YrYg4U
- Ready to Eat Chana Masala
Joe
- LaserPecker 2 Super Laser Engraver & Laser Cutter
- Phone Cord Detangler https://amzn.to/3WlpqbS
Travis
- Libro.fm Subscription https://tidd.ly/3Fn4Gto
- Lego - Vincent van Gogh - Starry Night https://www.lego.com/en-ca/product/vincent-van-gogh-the-starry-night-21333

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