Sometimes the ideas just aren’t good. The words don’t flow. Nothing makes sense. It feels pointless. But as I told a friend just the other day “the catharsis is more important than the final product.” So I’ve got to live those words too. And stick with the process. Write. The. Words. Sometimes that’s all...
Continue readingAnother Way To Think About Goals
How often do we get to the end of the day having worked for eight or more hours and we feel like we’ve made no progress. We feel stuck. Behind. Anxious. Where did the time go? Because of this we carry work over into our personal lives and stress about what we didn’t get...
Continue readingTwo Things
Tonight the boys were playing with their Octonaut toys in the bath. After the water had drained they called for me, panicked. Their little plastic salamander had gotten wedged in the drain and they couldn’t get it out. I immediately reassured them but both boys began to cry. The more I tried to soothe...
Continue readingMistakes Are A Signal
When you start making mistakes frequently there’s a couple of things likely going on. Either you’re trying to go too fast. Or you’ve got too many moving parts to what you’re doing. Mistakes are a signal to slow down or streamline. Sounds easy. But in practice it’s much harder to execute. It is funny...
Continue readingChock Full Of Nuts
Library holds lapse. Writing stalls. The new year came and went and I didn’t set any resolutions. But I am busy as hell at work and home. And doing important work with both. Rather than focusing on what I’m not doing. Or that I’m not doing something grand. I’m just trying to take little...
Continue readingTogether
What seems impossible becomes less so when you do it together. Sure we can get through, survive, persevere, but it’s togetherness in some way shape or form that allows us to thrive. I see this in family and work. Massive change. Hardships. Unexpected burdens. Suddenly become lighter with others around. What we are going...
Continue readingS—t Breaks
When something breaks it’s always frustrating. Even though things breaking is inevitable. It reminds us there are no guarantees. Tommy Boy said it best – “Hey, if you want me to take a dump in a box and mark it guaranteed, I will. I got spare time.” So we do the best we can with...
Continue readingThe Stories We Write
Are often far more dramatic than real life. Are based on assumptions we make about others. Tend to focus on the worst case scenario. But what if in real life it was exactly the opposite? What if the person you’re angry at is actually not out to get you? Or the situation isn’t nearly...
Continue readingSit With It
The problem isn’t not knowing what to write. The problem is catching the ideas fast enough. Before they disappear into nothingness. Today I’ve found that quiet time with no distractions like my phone or kids or podcasts has allowed me to hone in enough to capture an idea. Think about it. We have thousands...
Continue readingWords No One Will Ever See
For every hundred words I post there are another five hundred no one will ever see. Not all paintings hang on walls. Not all music is played on a stage. Not all words are part of the final book or post. It doesn’t make you any less of an artist or writer or musician....
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