Freedom of Choice is what you got. Freedom from Choice is what you want. Devo I love Vietnamese food. But when I go to a Vietnamese restaurant without an inkling of what I want to eat, I can get paralyzed by the options. There’s too much to choose from. The menu has pages of variations…
I’m more than halfway through my 30 days of Shipping now. The “shipping” has taken the form of blogging… In case you’re wondering why I’ve been posting so much lately. 😉 Seth Godin always recommends shipping often. To get your work out there. To be productive. To be generous. To be open with your community.…
This was a productive week for me. I’m surprised. I accomplished many things that have been on my to do list for weeks. How did I manage this great feat? Simple. I stopped thinking so much. Don’t get me wrong. Thinking is important. More people should do it. But I think too much. I suspect…
Since November, I’ve been using a secret weapon to edit my blog posts. It’s made my writing tighter and easier to read. It’s available 24/7. And it’s free! It’s called The Hemingway Editor. There’s a paid version that you can download. But the online version is free. The awesome thing about is that it’s so…
I missed celebrating an anniversary last October. No, it wasn’t my wedding anniversary. I remembered that. Last October marked the tenth year that I have been blogging. Wow. I’ve blogged in fits and starts over the years. And the subjects of my posts have ranged all over the place. There was my “year of living…
I’ve used affirmations for years. I think that’s one of the reasons the Miracle Morning and the SAVERS were so easy for me to adopt. Sometimes I use wishful affirmations where you make a statement that you hope will some day be true. Like “I have an abundance of wealth” or “I pay all my…
I’m reading The Antidote: Happiness for People Who Can’t Stand Positive Thinking by Oliver Burkeman. It’s a pragmatic view on how to achieve peace of mind. I’m only on chapter 3, so I can’t review the book yet, but I’m enjoying it so far. I’ve been mulling over one of the lines from the book:…
I turned 58 a few weeks ago. I was a bit late to the Pandemic Birthday Celebration Club. But at this point, it looks like we’ve all become members. Another year zoomed by. So what did I learn in my previous year? Last year I obsessed about the Covid pandemic, like everyone else. But there…
“It’s the good advice, that you just didn’t take And who would’ve thought it figures?” Alanis Morrissette A year ago, my brother suggested that I make a Kindle version of my book Laund-o-mat at the End of the World. (The typo in the title is deliberate.) It’s a collection of three of my one-act…
I’m convinced that my creative muscles are similar to my physical muscles. If they don’t get used regularly, they atrophy. Even if you’ve been using them regularly and they’re in “good shape” but you stop for an extended amount of time, they will atrophy again. I’m a runner. But I don’t always run. If I…
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