Van Neistat is a spirited man. A spirited man, as Neistat's mini-doc series describes, takes matters into his own hands. For example, when a dishwasher does not perform to the spirited man's expectations, he formulates and strategizes a repair. The repair involves unconventional parts fashioned in a hyperbolic fashion that would leave anyone else questioning their own answers to the fix.

Tom Monaghan, one of America's richest men and Doctor of Pizzerology. In 1960, Tom Monaghan and his brother purchased DomiNick's pizza for $500. Soon renaming it Dominos, Tom quickly took the pizza industry by the dough. Overworked and severally in debt, Monaghan decided to scrap the traditional pizza dine-in model as it was just bleeding money. His first decision was to close the dining room and go to delivery only. It relieved him of the over-processing that is dine-in costumers, allowed for his team to focus on making pizza even faster. This concept was largely unheard of across the food industry but soon became a hit with Dominos.

Folk art, according to Soetsu Yanagi, has two main features; it is made for daily use, and its appearance is common and ordinary. Think of those indispensable objects you use every day in your home. Your favorite handmade coffee mug, a comfy wool sweater, a scuffed-up coffee table that you've always kept, these objects are pieces of art, according to Soetsu Yanagi.

A standard dishwasher is designed to fit underneath the countertop, 35 inches tall and 24 inches wide. There is just simply not enough space to accommodate a dishwasher like that in my house. With a small kitchen, every single drawer and cabinet under the countertop is occupied. So when dishes become dirty at the same rate they become clean, it forced me to think, “There has to be another way!”

A soap finish is a simple wood finish; easy to apply, does not affect the wood’s color, and arguably the cleanest finish available.

It is important to just take a moment to be present. We live in unsettling times that we simply cannot begin to control its outcome, this can be stressful. So if it’s just for 5 minutes or 10 minutes…take a moment, and listen to your breath.