I got up at 5:45 this morning to write this, and I have about an hour to get it done. After that, it will be time to get ready for work and head to the office. I could have chosen to do this a different way. I could draft the post now, then come back […]
If we dare to create, whether it’s our job or our hobby, we will eventually create something we can’t bring ourselves to share. Maybe it’s not good enough. Maybe we were distracted, or maybe we didn’t have the energy or the time to make it the best we could. Maybe it really does suck, and […]
If you’ve ever created anything, you know what it’s like to feel like it’s not good enough. As you’re outlining and typing, or taping and painting, or cutting and hammering, or chopping and measuring and mixing, or lining up the shot and checking the lighting, there’s a voice in the back of your head going […]
I’ve been away for a while. Away from this site because my other priorities seemed more important, more pressing. Away from writing in general, because it’s hard and time-consuming and I didn’t feel like my writing was really accomplishing anything, in spite of what my friends told me. So I bent my energy toward my […]
Both sides are pointing fingers, calling each other names, each blaming the other for the violence that consumed much of Baltimore last week. Politicians are trying to figure out what to say about race and law enforcement in our country, scrambling for words that minimize their own commitments and do as little damage as possible […]
We spend a good portion of our lives lying to ourselves. I’ll spend a few decades working for other people, we say, so I won’t have to work anymore. And the day we stop working, we start dying. Goals Status: Marathon: On Track. Daily runs are up to 3.5 and 4 miles. Two Square Yards […]
So many of us spend our lives careening from one crisis to another, never taking the difficult step of assuming control of our own lives. How much better might our lives be if we could shift our focus from who’s to blame to what can I do? Goals Status: Marathon: On Track. I’ll do four […]
I discovered a long time ago that two people can dedicate their lives to solving a problem and come to radically different solutions–both of them right. The interesting part comes after: do they hold on to the solutions they worked so hard to create, refusing to budge from what they know is right, or do […]
Never be satisfied, our culture tells us. There’s no such thing as too much. If it’s good to have something, it’s better to have more. So how do we know how much is enough? Goals progress: Marathon: On track. I’ll be heading out to run three miles when I finish this. Two Square Yards of […]
The world seems like such a vast place, its problems so overwhelming, that it’s easier for most of us just to look down at out feet and shuffle along, complaining that nobody is changing anything. Goals Status: Marathon: On Track. I’ve missed a few workouts this week, but I’ll be heading out to run three […]