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In my little cup
December I will sleep, in my little cup. Ron Padgett I know it is May/nearly June but this morning felt like December. Not just because of the low temperature and level of light (typical in Scotland) but also because of my mood. Sometimes I feel very much like I am “in my little cup.” These…
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You are the world-champion at being nearly identical to who you were yesterday
Why not retire? If you retire now, you can go out on top, and get to the much more interesting work of doing something new.
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Choose yourself
I remember when this song came out. I heard it first on KEXP on my regular drive into work, the morning show DJ John Richards playing it twice in a row (as he is known to do with new tracks that he loves) and most mornings after that. It perfectly encapsulated a lot of the…
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I don’t know where we are going but I know exactly how to get there
Discouraged or unsure of what to do next? I shared three questions I use that might work. Sometimes, though, you have to use a different approach.
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Nature has the greatest imagination of all
In my hiking posts I’ve written about, or tried to anyway, that feeling I get when I’m in nature. It instantly makes me feel better and more in tune with myself. I can walk around for hours even on a rainy cloudy mountain with no views to speak of and never get the slightest bit…
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On the value (and difficulty) of listening
Listening well is super hard. At first, it appears that listening requires much less work, and is less important, than other aspects of communication like formulating a bullet-proof counterpoint, a witty come-back, or some smart advice. You don’t really need to do much to listen right? It doesn’t seem like enough, and yet, much of…
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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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What do you want to be when you grow up?
It’s a trick question. Sure, back in the good ‘ol days when people worked for the same company in the same career for their entire life, it maybe made sense to ask someone what they are going to “be”. But that doesn’t mean it was ok then, and a little bit of me dies inside…
