The Pressure to Study versus Embracing what We Have
There’s a lot of fear out there of not knowing enough. Of needing to read more, study more, get things in order in your head before you start pressing on …
Monthly Review: January 2014
One month down in the new year. How have things been going? I’d already been intending to write a month-in-review post when Nicole Antoinette’s latest mailing list e-mail with her …
Remember the Wheelbarrow
Learning something new is tough. Not only are you in the midst of acquiring a new set of mental – and at times, also physical – skills, you’re also in …
Things Done This Week: January 11th-17th, 2014
Boy, does it feel good being back on a big screen… After a few weeks of inactivity, I figured I was taking the Desktop PC Adventure nowhere (I wound up …
Things Done This Week: January 4th-10th, 2014
I love my journal of small wins. It’s a great way of tracking the things I’ve been doing and, as handy as my Collins diary is, I love having the …
The Return of the Dancer and the Need for Space
There was a smile in Vickie’s voice. “I know why you want to do capoeira. I’ve known since Sydney.” “Okay, why do I want to do capoeira?” The smile was …
Things Done This Week: January 3rd, 2014
Not a bad place to sit and think about the week gone by, eh? So here’s something new: Post up choice excerpts from my Journal of Small Wins as some …
The Desktop PC Adventure, Part 1
You know, when I came up with this idea of wanting to feel as though life is an adventure, I didn’t think it’d apply to something as non-getting-outside as my …
What A Motor Scooter Crash Taught Me About How I Want To Feel
It’s interesting that I read a couple of blog posts in the short space of each other that relate to The Desire Map, a book by Danielle laPorte. (Admittedly, one …
How to Be Not Enough When You’re Starting
One of the worst phases of any project, I’m discovering, is the start. Not the very, very start, when you’re defining what you’re doing and what you want it to …