Everything you know, and everything you can know, appears in consciousness. This is one of those too obvious to bother mentioning things that we often overlook. If it’s not in your consciousness, you can’t know it. That includes these words, which are appearing in your mind as thoughts in response to reading them, along with…… Continue reading The mind is like a mirror
God, math, and guessing games
I woke up last night in the wee small hours — around 3 a.m. to be precise, which is even more wee than I usually wake up — thinking about math. Specifically, I was thinking about how much math humans have worked out and how remarkable it all is. Did you know most people can’t…… Continue reading God, math, and guessing games
Playing with clay
I got the idea when I was making a snowman in January. I noticed, when balling up a pile of snow for the snowman’s head, that I could see a kind of face already emerging from the lumps. Instead of making a usual snowman face with a carrot nose and so on, I chipped at…… Continue reading Playing with clay
Sleeping, Seinfeld, and meditation
As I’ve mentioned, I meditate pretty regularly as part of my daily routine. My habit is to do it for 20 minutes in the morning, first thing, and 20 minutes in the afternoon usually a couple hours before dinner. I’ve dabbled with meditation for years and years and have tried lots of different modalities —…… Continue reading Sleeping, Seinfeld, and meditation
How to catch the big fish
I’ve got very little left to share today, friends. I’ll write all about it tomorrow, but in the meantime please enjoy these words from one of my idols and make-believe mentor, David Lynch. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_VhKixOAjv4
How to navigate the middle age U-Turn
This is fascinating to me. I’m not going to say that I’m a lot happier at 50 than I was at 47, but it’s certainly a measurable difference, and I’m optimistic that it’s trending in a good direction. Apparently SCIENCE agrees with me. Interesting, too, is the established advice for minimizing the 47.2 year-old Valley…… Continue reading How to navigate the middle age U-Turn
The first 100 days
Today was a day where nothing really went to plan, which is why I’m writing this post ten minutes before bed rather than just before lunch as I typically try to. Not one thing on my to-do list was done. Not one meeting went the way I’d hoped it would. Things I thought I understood…… Continue reading The first 100 days
The gift of lower expectations
“Take it as it comes” is good advice. You don’t have a lot of choice in the matter anyway, so you might as well, right? That doesn’t mean not to work for things or to strive. It simply means that whatever comes, has come. You can’t do anything about it at this point so you…… Continue reading The gift of lower expectations
The secret to being lazy
As I’ve mentioned before, I just started a new and very demanding job. At the same time, I’m thinking about signing up for an online seminar that has an excellent reputation and looks fascinating — and also promises to be a lot of work. It’s not that it appears to be a lot of work.…… Continue reading The secret to being lazy
How to practice being angry
It’s a common trope in pop psychology for people to believe that it’s unhealthy to suppress their anger. That anger, bottled up, is terrible for you and will result in poor health or an inevitable explosion when all that condensed rage explodes outward like a supernova. The word “suppress” here gives away the game. What…… Continue reading How to practice being angry