I think learning geometry screws most of us up. We’re taught that a straight line is the shortest distance between objects. But in real life, there aren’t straight lines between things. There are always obstacles. Or bumps in the road. There are detours that must be taken. There’s rarely a straight line between you and…
I’m almost finished the first week of The End of Play. Working on a first draft of my next play. I keep reminding myself this is the “poopy” draft. You can use ruder words if you want. The point is that there are no expectations for the first draft. You want to get it done.…
The problem with setting goals is that we often expect a linear path to achieving them. It’s rarely straightforward. Most of us will experience bumps on the road to our goals. We’ll fall of the wagon. We’ll eat too much. We’ll stay up late. We’ll miss writing a blog post. The important thing is not…
I donated blood today. I sometimes wonder what makes people donate blood. It’s one of those things that I hope I never need. Someone else’s blood. But I would want there to be enough blood if I needed it. Or someone I cared about needed it. I’m not driven to donate. But I think it’s…
How do you build an audience’s anticipation for a show? I think about that a lot. When I have a Fringe show, I start posting on social media before the show is about to open. But it’s already busy with everyone else trying to get you to see their Fringe show. You’ve got to start…
My weight for March continued in the right direction. But not as much as I had hoped. My average weight for the month was 206.1lbs. Down 0.4lbs from last month. With a high weight of 208.8lbs and a low weight of 203.2lbs. I relied more on the effects of my long distance running to help…
Love is a muscle. It’s an action. And many of us are out of shape. For a lot of people, love is a destination. That’s why it’s so hard to find. When you think of it as an action, you don’t wait for love to “happen” to you. You don’t worry about “finding” it. You…
Most of the time, we know what to do to reach our goals. It’s often simple. Do the Work. But it’s rarely easy. Doing the work is hard. It’s challenging. It’s scary. And yet, most of the time if we do the work, we’ll get what we want. Why don’t we do the work? Why…
Now that the Around the Bay is done, I can check off another item on my Five-Year Plan. Yay! Of course, it was easier to get the first two items done once they were scheduled and committed to. Two items done. Twenty-eight more things to work towards. And still almost five years to get them…
I read an article the other day about how to be a better speaker. The advice was to practice ten times more than you would normally. Wait. What? Ten times? If I think of a play, the math won’t add up. We usually rehearse three times a week for three hours. So, that’s 9 hours…
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