Have You Had Enough?

October 29, 2010

I’m thinking deeply about the concept of enoughness. Last week I had a flash of insight that this…THIS!!!…is the common thread running through pretty much everything I’m interested in talking about, writing about, and helping people with. Simplicity and minimalism. Organization and productivity. Wabi-sabi and my personal sense of aesthetics. Loosening up and being okay [...]

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Notes for My Next Life

October 26, 2010

Ever since I first learned about the theory of reincarnation, I’ve liked the idea a whole lot. I love life, and one time through isn’t nearly enough to experience everything I want to. So when personal development blogger Abubakar Jamil invited me to be a part of his Life Lessons Series, I decided to write [...]

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Do You Have Questions for Leo Babauta?

October 23, 2010

We (okay, I) interrupt whatever you were doing when you clicked on this to let you know I’ll be interviewing Leo Babauta of Zen Habits fame next week. Leo, by his example, is pretty much singlehandedly responsible for getting me started as a blogger by showing me what a blog can be. (I’d previously thought [...]

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Black Screen

October 22, 2010

One interesting technique that helps some writers bypass the inner critic is to type with the monitor turned off. (I’m not sure what the equivalent would be for writing the old-fashioned way—a blindfold and a very steady hand?) If you can’t see what you’re writing, and you get in the groove, you can do an [...]

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Goals and the Chocolate Chip Cookie of Fear

October 19, 2010

Goals are slippery things. You say you want something, you really believe you do…and then it seems like every time you have the chance to take a step toward it, you don’t. What’s up with that? It’s quite possibly because of this weirdly counterintuitive thing: We’re actually scared of reaching for our goals. Maybe it’s [...]

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Pain and Suffering 101

October 12, 2010

Despite the fact that it’s downright fashionable to say so these days, I’ve gotta say, I really like the Buddha. My kind of dude—an idealist, but in a no-nonsense sort of way. The man didn’t sugar-coat things. After years (or lifetimes, depending what you believe) of spiritual seeking, and one rather epic sitting meditation under [...]

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Oh, the Humanity! I’m In a Face-Off

October 10, 2010

Hey there! Just a quick note to let you know that I’m being featured this week on Round 3 of Abubakar Jamil’s “Personal Development Face-Off Series” on his blog Rebooting Your Mind. Evan (my face-off partner) and I answered seven questions on the topic of Humans/Humanity. This is a cool and generous thing that Abubakar [...]

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To-Do List Series #3 – Pick Your System

October 8, 2010

(image courtesy of ex novo) I’ve been meaning to follow up with the next post in this series for months now. There have been two so far, by the way, so if you missed them you can check them out here: To-Do List Series #1 – Why You Need an Outboard Brain To-Do List Series [...]

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Molecules Charged with Conspiracy, Intent to Overwhelm

October 5, 2010

FRONTAL LOBES, BRAIN – Intracellular police apprehended several fleeing epinephrine molecules after a high-speed chase through the sympathetic nervous system yesterday, sources say. Pursuit began in the adrenal glands, where the molecules were surprised during an attempt to induce breath and heart rate acceleration, and continued up the spinal cord to the brain, where they [...]

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Fund Your Own Revolution

October 1, 2010

I recently checked out author Patti Digh’s book Life is a Verb from the library. A dozen pages into it, I know I’m going to return it and buy myself a copy. I need to own this book. Not just because it’s beautiful. It is, though—thick, creamy paper stock, colorful, gorgeously designed full-color pages (think [...]

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