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Who Will You Be The Day After Achieving Your Goal?
The goal is never about “the goal.”
Five TV Shows
Cinderella (1965). The color version of the Rodgers & Hammerstein piece, with Lesley Ann Warren. Liz remembered seeing this as a girl and adored seeing it again. It was my first time watching this entertaining, rather darling miniature. I was struck by how it could have been titled "Cinderella and the Prince" since as much …
Kate Bowler on Her Cancer Diagnosis and Her Faith | Time
How did you change as a parent? I became less invested in milestones and also those lovely hallucinations we have, when our kids are going to become astrophysicists. I also decided that my job is not to try to make the world safe. I think I thought you just create a beautiful, Instagram-y bubble for …
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Getting Things Done For Lent
If you search this blog, you’ll find UK time management coach and author Mark Forster’s name pop up quite a bit. I’ve been a student, devotee, and practitioner of most every to-do list or task management book, app, or program going. Of course, not much got done as I kept changing systems but that is …
Brad Pilon: Getting Shredded
Brad Pilon writes about the goal some men have of being “shredded”: getting their body fat to such a low percentage that you can see their six-pack abs. Pilon advises remaining aware of how pleasant or not the journey is to your destination. He is not saying, “Don’t get ripped.” Sure, by all means, if that’s …
Pinkcast 2.14. This is the best time of day to exercise | Daniel H. Pink
For a few years, I used to do a dumbbell routine in the mornings, rising at about 530 or 6am to do so. I still find the mornings the best time to do a short yoga or bodyweight/calisthenics routine. Since I’ve been working out with kettlebells, I have taken to exercising after work — usually …
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Maxims and Mottoes
“Indecision causes suffering.” A line my first coach used a lot and that explains a lot of suffering I see in myself and others. I also used this to diagnose character motivations when I was in a fiction-writing group. Another of his maxims: “Why are you making it so hard?” Said to myself whenever I …
Dream
Liz and I are sitting in a church, in the front row of the wooden pews. There is a brick wall about six feet in front of us. The walls to the left and right feel close. There are many pews behind us, full of churchgoers. I can’t say whether there is a preacher or …
Fortunes
Two fortunes from last night’s Neo-China takeout: “Storms make oaks take deeper root. Spectacular accomplishment is never preceded by less than spectacular preparation.” Both very apropos considering my (and everyone’s) job situation at the moment. I wonder: How do young oaks prepare for storms?
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