Life is practice
If life is a set of practices, then my work is to own and hone them as my craft. To discover and engage them to survive, thrive and flourish. To make them the brushes and paint of my art.
Creative risks
I’ve been exploring the concept of emotional safety. One of the questions in a matrix I found on it asks about creative risks. Of all the areas listed I found the most safety in creative risks, particularly my outlet: publishing. Publishing has been my safe place. I remember seeing my name in our local weekly…
How not what
My dad and I were talking yesterday about various things in life particularly achievement and basically of mine gave me the best compliment you could ever ask for: It’s not what you have achieved, but how you did it. He didn’t care that I built a multi-million dollar company. Co-authored a commercial book. That I…
Forgiveness
It’s one of my lowest character strengths and it’s a big recurring unavoidable theme on my path right now. My therapist nailed me on it the other day. And I said, “Damn I hate when you’re right. Then I realize I’m paying you. But now I want to give you a tip.” But love is…
Inhabiting my life
Somehow over the last couple of weeks I’ve been returning to a big word that I rare use: Inhabit It’s become a sort of affirmation: I want to inhabit my life fully. I feel like I’ve been gone, on a long long long journey, and I’ve returned home again. And so saying or thinking, “I…
“It does not do well to dwell on dreams and forget to live”
Using this truth to transform my life
Love yourself
Lillian and I started day one of learning hand drawn lettering and this was a fantastic random exercise
What’s not working
Putting all the pressure on myself
Best work ever
2021 symbolizes to me the big fucking spark of the next phase in my life and growth …. I am doing the best work I’ve ever done … internally externally professional personally So thankful. It felt like a slog through a desolate wilderness …. but damn it was worth it to get here.
Dreams are inspiration for the transformation in your life
They are the spark to light the fire The muse of what could be IRL I thought the magic was only in my head and that was 1000 times better Seeing the love in my life and counting the measure of goodness makes the present sparkle And that’s infinitely better because it’s real and I…