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Long lists are guilt trips
How is your to-do list looking these days? Is it helping you or is it weighing you down? If a list has too many items on it, it probably isn’t that useful. Of course, how many items are too many is up to you to decide.
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Try as we might we’ll never meet the speed of light
You hear about traveling at the speed of light all the time in science fiction. Let’s jump into hyperspace! Between hyperdrives and time machines, our obsession with this idea of traveling fast and getting someplace instantaneously is a dual-edge sword. On one hand, our ability to dream big and push our limits is an amazing […]
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Hiking in Scotland: Ben Ledi
I got out for a solo hike yesterday to a new spot, doing a loop over Ben Ledi (a corbett, not a munro) in the Trossachs and part of Queen Elizabeth Forest Park. It was a gorgeous sunny day on the hills and, even though I was just putting one foot in front of the […]
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Every moment, every day, you can decorate it in your own way
This lyric has been coming back and lifting me up recently. It’s from Elzhi and Georgia Anne Muldrow’s Every Moment from the outstanding album Zhigeist (one of my top albums of March).
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It’s been over 100 days since we started our renovation and there is finally a glimmer of light
It’s actually been 103 days since we started to be precise. I’ve gone around the roller coaster of emotions so many times now I’m bored of it. Or numb. Or maybe I’ve actually learned through the process how to manage what I can control and what I can’t? Regardless, we are in the final stretch […]
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What I learned last week (#170): don’t get bored
A weekly selection of what I was reading, drawing, writing, and doing.
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What I learned last week (#169): amplify and reduce
A weekly selection of what I was reading, drawing, writing, and doing.
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Houses here tend to look the same, which fits the location
I’ve been noticing the houses around our little part of Scotland for a while now. We moved nearly three years ago and have since bought a house and embarked on a renovation project, each of these things offering ample reason to closely examine the types and styles of houses that are available. My initial impression […]