Follow your dreams is terrible advice. Don’t do it. Following my dreams led me to years of frustration and dead-ends. My life improved when I gave up on my dreams. Big Dreams are for Disney If I followed my dreams, I would be a career writer, travelling the world and talking about my books. But … More Follow your Dreams is Terrible Advice
Addiction is inventing chaos when we are insecure, uncertain or afraid. It is a defense mechanism that helps us avoid. We invent chaos when we over eat, over buy, over pack, over stock our homes, get over busy, over debt ourselves, over do things, or over think. Recovering health is not easy, but it is … More Addiction: A simple path
What do our texts say about us? What do our texts reveal about us: about our fears, our desires and our needs? Our texts are like free associations, quick and uninhibited statements. If Freud were alive, he would probably ask to see your phone. He would wonder about the size of your phone and what … More What do our texts say about us?
Unnecessary things are like USB ports. They are reminders, mementos, inspirational pointers that allow you and I to time travel… mental triggers of vacations past, adventures forward and unlived dreams. Unnecessary things are the seeds of a wild imagination and they make life worthwhile. Todd Henry talks about Unnecessary Creating in a recent Accidental Creative Podcast. After … More The Necessity of Living Unnecessarily
Schools are failing our children. They don’t teach typing anymore. They also don’t teach spelling or real math… I learned to type on a typewriter. Yes, I know that means I am old. The typewriter, for you young’uns, is a machine about as big as a microwave. You hit the keys and the words slowly appear … More The four keys that can change your story
“Mind is loaded, chambers filled and ready to create. The problem is that my mind is locked in a safe and I forget the combination.” Why is creativity like this? You feel eager to create, to write, to build, to initiate. But damn, the first step can feel like a leap off of a cliff. Why does … More One Small Step: Becoming Creative One Step at a Time
Sometimes I run backwards. And even sideways. If we only run forwards, the muscles in the front part of our body become well defined, but the backside of our legs, our tooshy and our upper back become under worked. Running backwards gives you an interesting perspective. You see life in reverse. It can help … More Are you running backwards?
One weekend, four people, one tent: Family camping. Do I need to say more? My family and I are reclaiming camping as a family activity. It’s a love-hate thing: Sticky-matted hair, camping breath, smoky-smelling armpits and feet that smell like outdoor bathrooms. I think you understand why we have taken a vacation from camping for … More Camping and the Stories that Make Us
Running Water Water runs, why can’t I? Running water can’t be caught. Only cupped, Held for a moment. Bottled, it expires. But free it runs. You and I, we are made of water. So we are told. Like water, we must run. Stored for later, we expire. Water spilled out spreads out. Water poured out, … More Running Water
Are you a Yoda leader? A Yoda leader is Quiet on the outside and Ninja-like on the inside, calm but always thinking and planning. We may look quiet, but inside we are practicing Matrix Ninja moves: plotting takeovers, analyzing, writing novels, participating in campaigns and making a ruckus. You may look at our calm exterior … More 19 Ways That Quiet Leaders are Like Yoda
Getting High on Recovery 