Today wraps up the 13 week generative art series. When we started the series I wasn’t quite sure where it would take us or what would come out of it. I was initially concerned that I might run out of images, but I ended up with many more ideas than I needed. It’s natural to […]
Lately I’ve been thinking about clarity of purpose and the role of writing in developing that purpose. Sometime in the past couple of years I started daily journaling. Initially, the ideas were pretty messy. Over time they started to get clearer. Late last year I expanded my daily journaling to include writing out goals. It […]
Well, we’ve been at this for about a year now. A year is notable because it’s long enough to look back and see what’s happened. It’s also short enough that you don’t tend to arrive. For some people it’s long enough to develop clarity, focus, and direction. For me it feels like there’s some clarity, […]
I consume content on a wide range of topics. Regardless of the topic, there are some common themes. Podcast discussions often involve how “Topic X” will greatly improve your life (where Topic X is the podcast topic). Let’s call that message of improvement, “The Promise.” The Promise usually comes in the form of a testimonial […]
Did you step back in December or January and think about what you want to accomplish this year? Stepping back and writing down your hopes, dreams, and goals is important, but it’s easy for that direction to get lost by March. Unfortunately, life has a way of hijacking our direction unless we regularly hold ourselves […]
I’ve never been a big fan of traditional goal setting. A lot of that resistances comes about because goals can feel like a destination. Big goals are really made up of many small and intermediate goals along the way. Accomplishing those small and intermediate steps is frequently ignored because you’re busy starting at some big […]
At the risk of sounding a little bit crazy, I want to talk to you about my favorite fork. We have a pretty normal drawer of silverware, but there’s one fork that’s different. It has a little more design on it whereas the majority of our silverware is fairly plain and not especially interesting. I […]
The other day I told a buddy that I was reading “Eat, Pray, Love” by Elizabeth Gilbert. Note: This shouldn’t come as a surprise. I spent a good portion of my younger years skipping class to drink red wine and read Nicholas Sparks novels. Yes, I guess I just admitted that publicly. “That sounds like […]