0725 – living as a blasphemy
“Hello. My Name is Inigo Montoya. You killed my father. Prepare to die.” The murder of a parent or parents is a of
0710 – meet good people and have conversations that inspire you to act
I just had lunch with someone (RH) – she was an acquaintance I knew through work, and we’ve exchanged emails before in the
0704 – honor your sadness
Sad I had a few things in mind about what I was going to write my first “I’m a free agent now” word vomit about. I was t
0693 – avoid burnout by scheduling your breaks, uncompromisingly
I saw something interesting on Facebook earlier about burnout – something about how people who are internally motivated and
0579 – have something to live for
More than a couple of friends have asked me if I’m depressed, or if I’m experiencing some sort of existential cris
0545 – find humor in your dark times
There’s an enticing idea in the game of Zen and spirituality and philosophy and whatnot, which goes something like this:
0536 – Lemmy (This is not a practice life)
(29 Dec 2015) I woke up today and learned that Lemmy from Motorhead is dead. I wasn’t particularly a big fan of the band
0506 – More Power: What can I do to raise my voltage?
I’ve got a few minutes so I thought I’d run through the blog manifesto I’ve been putting together. I’v
0500 – I’m proud of you
It’s 1:31am and I really, really need to pee. And this is the thing that I will remember about the 500th word vomit that
0420 – intelligently power through plateaus and don’t give up
“What is the present state of the saboteur?” The saboteur is always present, always scheming, and always full of s
0395 – procrastination as Parent vs Child breakdown
I felt like that last post was a lot of beating around the bush and exploring the area around what I wanted to talk about with
0379 – I can
I’m feeling rather impatient. I find myself thinking that I should be done with this word vomit project already. But I&#
0266 – beware the dark playground
(some repetition) Let’s zoom back out– the point of this vomit was to think and talk about games that allow me to have
0241 – Revisiting “on purpose”, from 2009
In 2009 I had a conversation with a friend about life that felt really powerful, and I went home and started writing. This was
0216 – find a reason to be (smartly) mad
I think that Life should be lived passionately, with fire in your eyes and heart. It shouldn’t be boring, mundane, forge
0184 – What moves me? I want to find and empower the others
I was about to write “I used to think that developing discipline would cramp my improvisational style”, but then I
0174 – I have limited amounts of conscious attention + assume I’m smarter than I am
I just woke up after what felt like a really good night’s sleep and I decided to start with a word vomit. I want to get
0160 – motivation is whatever gets you moving
This post was written in February 2014, but I’m only publishing it now. Motivation is an odd thing. What does it mean? L