Yes, I am making headway, though not always as fast as I’d like. The big problem with being multi-passionate and always having a lot of balls in the air is that there’s simply not enough time to do everything I want to do, when I want to do it. Case in point: I recently finished…
Monthly Archives: September 2010
Weekly Review #26: the N-word & the P-word (plus Art Share and Uke Check-in!)
So how’m I doing in my quest to re-invent my life, follow my evolving Blisses and create the life I really, really want? I just got back from a screening of the fantastic documentary Mighty Uke, at the historic Castro Theatre in San Francisco – my treat to myself after working the rest of the…
Weekly Review #25: When passion grabs you by the throat (and when it doesn’t)
So how’m I doing in my quest to re-invent my life, follow my evolving Blisses and create the life I really, really want? I had a couple of different conversations this week which clarified a few things for me about passion. The thing is, it’s easy to get seduced by the draw of what you’re…
Weekly Review #24: How life coaching is helping me get my important work done
So how’m I doing in my quest to re-invent my life, follow my evolving Blisses and create the life I really, really want? A lot better, thanks to a life coaching session today, in fact! I’m trading web design and WordPress tutorials for life coaching, and am I getting my money’s worth (so to speak)!…
Compulsive Video Blog: Me & my ukulele, playing He’s Just Not That Into You
This is what happens when you’re compulsive: You make it very clear, to yourself and to your readers, that you’re going to be posting less frequently, because you have some really big-ass commitments for the next several months – getting a new partner blog launched, for example – and you’re headed out of town for…
7 reasons why my hero is a car thief: Chris Guillebeau & The Art of Nonconformity
I admit it: my hero is a car thief. Well, okay, a former car thief, but still. Who is my hero? Chris Guillebeau, whose Unconventional Book Tour for his new book, The Art of Nonconformity, starts today. Okay, the car thief part is a bit inflated, though Chris did indeed steal a car at age…
Weekly Review #23: Balance, backups & changes afoot
So how’m I doing in my quest to re-invent my life, follow my evolving Blisses and create the life I really, really want? Here’s the funny thing: I was finding it hard to tap out my thoughts on the keyboard tonight, so I decided to just record them on video. But being me, I couldn’t…
Time Out to Rant About My Damn Cat and Her Nasty Habits
Author’s note: I am not on the Anti-Icky Poo* payroll. I do not get kick-backs. I do not own stock in the company, though perhaps I should. Just sayin’… One of the great pleasures of having a cat is cuddling with it in bed. Thankfully for my cats, there are other pleasures besides this one,…
Video: Spinning Your Wheels & Being Gentle With Yourself
Despite the image above, this post is not about love, or romance, or anything remotely like it. The pic is a gilded section from a ketubah I just completed and shipped off today. After days of high-intensity work to get it and some other client projects done on deadline, for much of today I found…
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