Last Friday, I stayed after work an extra 45 minutes. I was chatting with my friend, Mike, and the conversation was on a roll. It was one of those conversations that are usually fuelled by alcohol, although this one was not. We talked about life, friends, family, mortality and things we wanted to do “one…
What is the time frame to get over the loss of someone you love? Is there a point where you say it doesn’t hurt anymore? My brother passed away 27 years ago; he was only 22 years old. I often think of the life he missed out living; so many things he never got to…
Tomorrow I start a new job. It’s funny how the working life affects the creative life. For years, I had a routine that seemed to work very well. I would write and/or read on my commute to work, taking tiny steps towards a project. If I had a deadline, I would also do some work…
Here I am trying to get this update in before the month ends… As usual. December was a good month for the Genius Project. It was actually my best year of 2015, which is surprising because it was a very busy month with work and family activities. It just goes to show that committing to…
Wow. I am late getting my October update out. Usually, the later my update the worse the current month is going; which means that November should have been pretty bad. But it wasn’t. I had started this update early in November and then got distracted. So here is October’s update. November will follow soon. I…
When I was training for my third marathon, a friend asked me “why”. Why was I running another marathon? I had already run one. In fact, I had already run two marathons; so why did I feel like I needed to run another? My friend had just come back from Pamplona and The Running of…
One way to tell how my Genius Project activities are going is to see how late in the month I do the update for the previous month. Usually, the later in the month that I get my update out, the worse that particular month is going. July was my worst month so far. Until August,…
When I read The War of Art by Steven Pressfield, I felt like I was in a Bible Revival meeting. After each page, I wanted to yell, “Amen, brother!” I identified closely to Pressfield’s description of the creative process. I was anticipating a similar feeling when I read his follow up book Turning Pro. “Turning…
I started off last month’s update saying that I was disappointed in my efforts for the Genius Project in January. I realized afterward that I was being a bit hard on myself. My goal was to spend a minimum of 30 hours a month on the Genius Project and any time I reach that target,…
“The best time to plant a tree was twenty years ago. The second best time is now.” Chinese Proverb Last week, I heard on the radio why New Year’s Resolutions don’t work. Apparently, we get caught up in the hysteria of resolution-making and either make too many resolutions or they aren’t specific enough or we…
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