To be honest, I can think of nothing worse than not needing sleep. I like the eight-ish hours of unconsciousness I embrace every night. Being on all the time is hard, especially if one lives with a brain that’s ambivalent about making good choices. If your life is about performance or prevarication, the promise of more time feels like a curse. I’m not someone who … Continue reading Sleep Is A Good Thing
The why of my 30-Soft I’ve been struggling this year. Everything felt hard, and I felt extremely unproductive. I was rarely happy with what I’d managed to accomplish at the end of the day. I felt like I was engaging in too much lateral movement – reorganizing things is fun, and helps calm me down when my anxiety is spiking, but truthfully, it’s not changing … Continue reading My 30-Soft, One Week On
I’ve always wanted to take good pictures. I’m hampered in my desire by a few things. I don’t have a camera. I don’t read books or watch how-to videos on taking good pictures, and I haven’t taken any photography courses. It’s as though I expect the skill to show up in a savant-like manner. I want to be good at it, so that’s how it … Continue reading And Then There Was Camera Roll
What’s one small improvement you can make in your life? I spent a lot of time outside as a child and teenager. Timing has a lot to do with that: I’m Generation X, and we didn’t have much in the way of indoor temptations. Pong only holds the attention for so long. Twelve channels if you had cable. We did not. I’d play outside with … Continue reading Nature makes things better.
From Famine to Feast. 