I’m exhausted by all the striving I see online. —Patti Digh, in fear.less (which you really should read) * * * * * I have been having a spot of difficulty lately with my writing. By “writing,” I mean “posting anything to outward-facing places like email or the Internet,” and by “a spot,” I mean “fucktons.” [...]
workaholism
I have been thinking a lot about love and friction, only not in the way your mind maybe-perhaps just jumped to, if you are like me and we are both, like, 12. I have been thinking about love in terms of what I love, and whom I love, and how those two things intersect. For [...]
Dan Owen loves it when I write about my workaholism. So this is going to be a banner week for Dan, something I’m happy to give him, for all he gives back via his thoughtful comments, and who knows? Maybe, just maybe, if I can chip away at some scaly mass getting in the way [...]
While I’ve spent most of what I’m coming to call my “Sabbatical from Sabbatical” holed up alone, I have made occasional runs back into L.A. for various types of interpersonal reinforcements. A Biznik meetup. Some Nei Kung lessons, to get a particularly complex bonus-extra move down pat, successfully, fingers crossed. And, of course, for shrinkage. [...]
And on the Seventh Day, the Lord said, “Clear that damn clutter off your calendar.” And so I did. And in its place, the Lord spitballed an idea for an uncharacteristically short, ultra-meta post. And it was good. xxx c Image by atomicjeep via Flickr, used under a Creative Commons license.
A lot of good stuff has been happening lately. Stuff that’s coming out of my involvement with a weekly accountability group, and a few interesting classes, and a lot of work. Oh, yes, a LOT of work. For those of us with two settings (“full bore” and “off”), even with the best of intentions and [...]
Skip vacations at your own peril. On my way up to mine, I cried no less than five times. I think. Frankly, I was so disgusted with myself, I kind of lost count. I also spent a good portion of the trip doing 75 – 80mph, having to pee but refusing to stop because I [...]
