In which what is supposed to be Weekly Review #5 is instead a video that has nothing to do with reviewing the week that was, except in as much as the tip in the video was one that I finally tried for the first time this week, and did, in fact, affect my week greatly…
Monthly Archives: April 2010
On Headstands and Broken Hearts
Because ever since I read Susan Jeffers‘ book Feel the Fear and Do It Anyway, I’ve used that term as a mantra, the following: — In Giselle’s jivamukti yoga class this morning: time for headstands. I look around the room, and notice that, of those doing headstands, nobody is using the wall. Okay. I’ve gone…
When What's Compelling You Is Not What You Want To Be Compelling You
So what happens when you’ve got multiple goals? How do you prioritize your time and energy? And when the goals require a continual stream of new ideas (blogging, making art, writing songs, for example), what do you do with the fact that ideas are flowing in one area, but maybe not so much in others,…
My pocket journal
16 years ago, back when I was newly married and utterly lost, I decided, somewhat randomly, that what I wanted to do was be a writer. Being otherwise directionless, I spent a great deal of time longing for genius writing talent and reading books about writing, occasionally interspersed with brief bouts in front of my…
The Week That Was: Weekly Review #4 (which is almost entirely about my email addiction)
Inspired by Havi (because she’s brilliant), and because looking back is a great way to figure out the best way to move forward, I’ve started a ritual of reviewing the week that was: what went well, where it got hard, what to take away, and next steps. How was your week? Chime in if you…
When is good enough good enough?
One of the valuable things I’ve learned in the past decade or so is the concept of good enough. As a native of the Land of Perfectionism, this lesson did not come easily. “Good enough” always seemed to me a poor excuse, a euphemism for mediocre, so-so or downright lousy. Making a living as a…
In the Learning-A-New-Thing Discovery Phase
My overwhelming emotional state lately is, well, overwhelm. Only yesterday it occurred to me why. I mean, aside from the obvious fact that I have way too much to do and not enough time to do it, and that information is flying at me at a rate that’s way beyond what human beings have evolved…
Four Reasons Why I Create
Why do we creative types do what we do? No, I’m not going to attempt to answer this ultimately unanswerable questions, but I have some thoughts. Mostly they’re still muddled, but a recent online interaction shone a bit of light on the mud. I create to connect with people C. Robin Janning stumbled across my…
Weeding My Friendship Garden
This weekend the mess in my overgrown little backyard was finally more than I could tolerate. As someone who’s woefully lacking in the anal-retentive gene, I’ve learned that when I get a hankering to clean up, it’s best to strike while the iron is hot. So although it wasn’t on my schedule for the weekend,…
The (Two) Week(s) That Was (Were): Weekly Review #3
Inspired by Havi (because she’s brilliant), and because looking back is a great way to figure out the best way to move forward, I’ve started a ritual of reviewing the week that was: what went well, where it got hard, what to take away, and next steps. How was your week? Chime in if you…
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