Now that I’m in my third week of this daily blogging journey, it feels like the momentum is starting to build. Jim Collins talks about the flywheel effect in his book Good to Great. The flywheel effect is that a bunch of small actions build on each other to produce greater actions. Think of a…
A few days ago, I was talking about Resistance. That force that tries to distract us from our goals. It finds many ways to thwart us from our path. But there is counter force to that, as well. Steven Pressfield says that the opposite of Resistance is Assistance. When you declare a goal and start…
Falling down is a key element when learning to walk. But no infant ever says to themselves, I’m only going to fall down forty more times and that’s it. I’ll give up on walking. I’m only going to fall down this week, but then that’s it. If I can’t walk by next week, I’ll crawl…
Week 8 in The Artist’s Way focuses on recovering a sense of strength. One of the things we need to do is acknowledge and mourn our artistic losses. Cameron says that avoiding it causes artistic scar tissue. And that prevents artistic growth. Most of us shrug off our artistic misfires. We don’t openly mourn the…
I mentioned my daughter’s 30 by 30 list last week. And I was going to come up with my own list. My 30 by 65. Although, it would actually be my 30 by 66, since I’ll be 61 in a month. Let’s call it “My Five Year Plan.” Coming up with 30 things wasn’t as…
I read a fair number of books. Mostly non-fiction. Often, it feels like I’m consuming them like a bag of chips. I enjoy them in the moment, but I don’t remember much after I’ve read the book. I’m trying to get into the habit of finding at least one thing that I get from the…
It’s been a while since I’ve spoken about Resistance. At least how it has been affecting me. “Resistance” is the term that Steven Pressfield uses. He says it’s an entity that prevents us from doing the thing we want to do. It has many disguises and tools. It’s the laundry that needs to be done.…
In week 4 of The Artist’s Way, Julia Cameron recommends that you craft your own Artist’s Prayer. I let the idea sit with me for a few months before crafting one. It’s a work in progress. My Artist Prayer Help me have the courage to play. Help me move beyond my fear. And continue on…
I’ve embarked on a few 30-Day Challenges before. Mostly to write blog posts. Or other forms of writing. But the 30-Day Challenge is a good format to try out any new habit or routine. To see if you can maintain the activity. And to see if it sticks beyond the 30 days. A few years…
It was almost four years ago that I decided to try to get my weight down to 180lbs, which I dubbed my Marathon Weight. And for over two years, I was doing very well in that endeavour. Using Intermittent Fasting as my dieting tool of choice. I was encouraged by my previous success of getting…
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