7 for Sunday

And then they got home, and there were piles of tasks, emails and messages waiting for them. The urgency of those piles threw them off their best intentions. The urgency of piles throws off all of our best laid plans. ~ Leo Babauta from, https://zenhabits.net/piles/ If I could have one wish this holiday season (maybe…

The old and the very young have always held sway for me because of bald and unerring candor, and the lack of affectation. They had either stopped posing or had not yet learned to pose. ~ Mylinh Shattan from, https://treehouseletter.com/2022/09/06/98853/ Intentional or not, I’m awarding style points for the innuendo which Shattan’s use of the…

The old and the very young have always held sway for me because of bald and unerring candor, and the lack of affectation. They had either stopped posing or had not yet learned to pose. ~ Mylinh Shattan from, https://treehouseletter.com/2022/09/06/98853/ Intentional or not, I’m awarding style points for the innuendo which Shattan’s use of the…

The results of fully listening are profound and couldn’t be more relevant today in times of immense distractions and a world constantly in a rush: Others feel accepted. They feel heard. They take their own words more seriously. By thinking out loud, they are discovering their own words and, by that, their own true selves.…

The best way to get a vivid impression and feeling of a landscape, is to sit down before it and read, or become otherwise absorbed in thought; for then, when your eyes happen to be attracted to the landscape, you seem to catch Nature unawares, and see her before she has time to change her…

Spearman was right that people differ in their ability to solve well-defined problems. But he was wrong that well-defined problems are the only kind of problems. “Why can’t I find someone to spend my life with?” “Should I be a dentist or a dancer?” and “How do I get my child to stop crying?” are…

My life is always better when I treat myself as if I were someone I care about. ~ Hugh Hollowell from, https://www.soverybeautiful.org/how-we-treat-ourselves/ I’m really good at digging in and schlepping through the hard work. I’m really good at figuring out how to make three strange pieces fit together so these four people can make some…

At the slightest hint of boredom, you can now surreptitiously glance at any number of apps or mobile-adapted websites that have been optimized to provide you an immediate and satisfying dose of input from other minds. It’s now possible to completely banish solitude from your life. ~ Cal Newport from, https://www.calnewport.com/blog/2022/08/08/new-study-confirms-the-value-of-solitude/ Newport is on-point. (Although,…

When we have a bit of time to relax, we tend to spend time on activities that provide us with a quick dopamine hit. This is especially the case when we spend our downtime in the digital world. The key to relaxation is to invest in strategies that make your mind less stimulated. Usually this…

Because forward is the best option. Let’s go with one that makes the most sense–and if you don’t have a better plan, you should be responsible enough to back the one that’s most likely to work, even, especially, if you don’t like it. ~ Seth Godin from, https://seths.blog/2023/02/the-obligation-of-none-of-the-above/ For me, this “rhythms” with things like…