Experiment With Life (& a thanks to Mianne)
Everybody’s a mad scientist, and life is their lab. We’re all trying to experiment to find a way to live, to solve problems, to fend off madness and chaos. —David Cronenberg
There are a lot of things I would like to try. Starting my own business, joining a company that allows me to work from home, [...]
A Letter to my Future Self
In 1994 I wrote a letter. I stuck it in an envelope, put it away and completely forgot about it.
It wasn’t until we moved into our new home in 2006 that I found it again. It was addressed to me with explicit instructions not to open until my birthday 2005. It was now 2006 so [...]
You Think I’m Lucky Punk?
Ever day dreamed, planned, plotted, and then worked your butt off to make it happen and eventually succeed only to hear others say: “Oh you’re so lucky!”?
This is one of my least favorite things.
Thing is a lot of success isn’t a result of luck at all. Sure you can have great opportunities fall into your [...]
How I Keep Things Moving Merrily Along
I’ve been a little busy lately. I have so many projects that I want to tackle and I feel my head is a swimming a little.
I’ve experimented with setting directions as opposed to specific goals. I found it didn’t work so well for me. While I know what direction I’m heading and where I’d like to [...]
What’s Your Greatest Fear?
I’ll tell you right now I’m not really into poetry. I suppose a more fair statement would be I have yet to find a style of poetry that resonates with me and that I can get my head around. I came across this poem though and I thought it was beautiful.
Poetry is very personal what [...]
Do You Like To Cook, Read or Flip The Pages?
This seems like an odd question. You can substitute cooking for many things we claim to do.
The example I present here is with respect to cooking. I hear you tell your friends how much you love to cook. They come over to your house and see a plethora of cook books sitting on a shelf [...]
ABC’s of Being Grateful – Count Your Blessings
From acceptance to catching some Zzz’s, Alphatudes: The Alphabet of Gratitude provides an excellent example of how to methodically search for positivity in everyday.
Struggling with insomnia and out of ideas, author Michele Wahlder began “counting her blessings instead of sheep”. Starting at A – for apples she continued through all 25 remaining letters and in [...]
Reconciling With Friends and Family – Do I Have To?
In December I wrote an article about reconciling with family. It was pretty therapeutic for me. At the time I wrote that article I felt a strong pull to make amends with someone. I know (really and truly know – not just a perspective thing) that I hadn’t done anything wrong or contributed to the [...]
Love Everyday
Just a quicky to let you know about another fabulous free book just in time for Valentine’s Day. It’s a collaborative effort of some of the best relationship writers on the web … and me .
It covers everything from keeping your relationship in the forefront of your mind to damage control to providing new [...]
We’re All A Bunch Of Weirdos
How many times have you seen something that didn’t make sense or witness someone do or say something that you totally disagree with?
How many friends or family members do you have that do things completely differently to how you do them or have vastly different interests than you do?
When thinking about these questions how often do [...]
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