Mark Forster‘s ideas, as I’ve said elsewhere on this blog, have been very influential on my thinking about task and self management.
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Maybe, instead…”Crosswalk”?
The local arts council holds “progressive” dinners, where you start in one location for appetizers, move to another location for the main course, etc. They’ve just announced one where attendees will walk to five of the showcase loft spaces in architecturally significant older buildings in downtown Durham. It is prosaically yet functionally titled “Downtown Durham …
Five Pots
I am working with a wonderful Three Principles coach, with a specific focus of starting a side business. I've tried starting a side business before, but it kind of sputtered and I took it as proof that this was not something for me. It confirmed an acquaintance's belief that there are "employee mindsets" and "entrepreneur …
Carolina Parakeet, RIP
From today's Public Domain Review newsletter: 100 years ago today, the very last Carolina parakeet passed away in Cincinnati Zoo. The reasons for its extinction are complex and somewhat mysterious, though evidence points to human activity playing a significant role. The following image of the Carolina Parakeet is from the Public Domain Review’s online store …
Fat Loss Cheatsheet: What Works and What Doesn’t (for me) – Critical MAS
There are many health and fitness blogs and sites out there, but I enjoy most the blog of a serious dabbler named Michael Allen Smith who blogs at Critical MAS.
Research: Removing Yahoo Search Malware from Chrome Browser on Mac
More self-inflicted tech support.
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 …
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