Mihaly Csikszentmihalyi wrote a marvelous book called Flow: The Psychology of Optimal Experience. In it, he describes the ease and flow of our spirits when we have achieved an optimal level of competence in doing our lives and our jobs. With flow comes the success of doing a job well, but also the intense focus [...]
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Twas the night before going back to school and all through the house
Creatures were stirring sleeplessly… including the mouse (gerbil).
We have dusted off the notebooks, found all the important pencils and pens required for school, collected fresh clothes, checked the lunchroom account balance…. and tomorrow it’s back to school. I also unearthed a couple of [...]
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Some of us, I guess, require a lot more than a simple list or a decision to make a committment to change. We feed off of the collective energy put into New Year’s Eve. It is an impressive display, isn’t it, creating a lot of momentum for whatever project is at hand.
But what if today [...]
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Today is the first day of the major network TV season, marked last night by the (sycophantic) Emmys.
While I admire the accomplishments of people who are funny, awesome and talented, and have watched TV regularly since I was about five, I am dumping my cable box today.
Blasphemy! Anathema! It’s the FIRST day of the season!! [...]
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There have been many many blog ideas come and go in the past few days. I cannot spend the time to do justice to any of them. I’m leaving for Africa on Monday, and my experience with international travel is that, despite global economy, it is unlikely that a Walgreen’s will be on every corner. [...]
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There’s such a thing as just chillin’ and hanging out and goofing off. There’s another thing that I have discovered, which I’ll call creative down time for lack of a better term.
After working hard on a paper, a set of prints in the darkroom or a detailed fiddly bit of knitting, I have [...]
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Today is Monday. I have the day off. It is the last day of December, which is the last month of the year.
Tomorrow is Tuesday. I have the day off. It is the first day of January, which is the first month of the year.
But it’s still just 24 hours, just like today, just like [...]
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For too long, I’ve been running on E, and filling my creative and emotional tank with just enough to get by. When faced with taking a weekend completely off from email, work, even the keyboard, I find myself unsure and a little bit defensive. Nothing wrong with my hobbies and business aspirations. Nothing wrong with [...]
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