four is enough tacos to share.
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i took 300+ selfies this year
My friends did a 1 second video every day of 2022, each publishing a six-minute speed run through their life on New Year’s Day 2023. They were so fun to watch! Sign me up! And I did – sign up, that is: I recorded 1 second of video most days of 2023. What I didn’t…
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(re)start tiny
In 2009 I knew I needed a change of role and perspective at work, but not what exactly that need pointed to. I found a lot of inspiration in Tama Kieves, who among other things was incredibly, deliciously great at saying wise things in few words. I am… not. So I attended a workshop weekend…
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visual strategy for one
I’m not a particularly prolific writer. It’s so tempting for me to get caught up in editing for others, and journaling is something I often do after the fact – my mind usually latches on to images and concepts before words. My coach knows this and will give me reflection prompts than can be done…
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yarndyepalooza
I haven’t posted a dye update in ages, because my last project was so huge it’s daunting to even describe! This was it: enough yarn for a smallish afghan, for my mother (she hasn’t crocheted in years, but needed something to do while she takes it a bit easier during recovery from heart surgery). I…
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sucking at something is the first step
During the holidays, my partner gifted me this sweet notebook that makes me think “Workers of the the world, unite!” Right? This repurposed book cover would have suited something from the WPA, Marx or Trotsky. Or maybe Che Guevara – check out the mustache on the dude second row center. I love this thing. My…
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meaning is an everyone problem
A common reaction when I tell people what I do for a living [After “So you travel around the world doing trust falls?”] is that it must be nice to be able to afford to care about how much you like work. It’s true, I mostly deal in the problems of white collar workers –…
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bravely, wholeheartedly & applying themselves with dignity
I opened a magazine today right to Gerry Hadden’s piece about journalism and meditation. He muses about the way he didn’t walk – choosing a journalist’s career over deep retreat some years ago, two paths that seem very, very different on the surface, but turn out to be different approaches to big ideas of Truth.…
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aim for good
I heard this idea at a coaching conference a year or so ago (thus my vague attribution – I don’t actually remember who said it), in a talk about powerful questions. Coaches spend most of their time listening and understanding, and use questions to help spark insight. What do you think happens when a coach…
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what haunts you?
Happy Halloween! [Hey, it might not be a holiday you celebrate, but I’m going out dressed like the Tooth Fairy later tonight, so you’re going to have to humor me.] Let’s talk about work! Haunting work probably doesn’t look a lot like ghosts. It might look like someone with a sheet over their head, if…
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open the box
You’ve been told to “think outside the box” before, right? I’ve heard that phrase used in 100 delighting and frustrating ways. As overused as it may be, I think it has something true to teach us. What we can imagine is limited by what we’re experiencing – in other words, wherever you are, you’re in…
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the article about neutral and dance posture everyone wanted
Posture! When we see that word, a lot of us spring to attention: lift our chests, throwour shoulder blades back, our shoulders up, tighten our necks, suck in our bellies and raise our heads while attempting to “straighten our spines”. Proper posture, we think, is not-slouching; it’s also, apparently, waiting for a punch in the…
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finding feedback
Where do you go for feedback as a dancer or athlete? I don’t feel like I get enough meaningful feedback on my movement right now. This came up in conversation with another dancer yesterday. Bellydancers tend to be very generous with compliments, and will tell you that performance was wonderful even if it doesn’t meet…
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