This Too Shall Pass, No One Promised You a Rose Garden, Part 2 What I forgot to mention in yesterday's post,
Monthly Archives: June 2009
No One Promised You a Rose Garden
I have known for long time that the creative journey to self-discovery is not an easy one. That it is the path less traveled. Knowing it and experiencing is not the same thing. The highs and lows, periods of of great productivity and periods of mere survival is common for those ...
Making Things Right
Within the last 48-hours I completed one project and launched another one. I am very excited about these two projects, but something has been nagging at me as well. The project I completed was one I had been thinking about for months. But, thinking about something, and imagining something doesn't make it happen. So ...
Book Review: IGNORE EVERYBODY
Book Review: gapingvoid.com Hugh MacLeod of
Trying to Slow Down
I have been working for five days straight finishing up two projects that a few months ago, and even a few days ago, were only ideas, scribbled notes on scraps of paper. But, last tonight I put the finishing touches on both and I am back up before dawn checking my to do list. I ...
A Lifetime of Teaching
For a long time I've wanted to teach. I thought that meant being a 'professor' and having a PhD. When I'd tell my friends that I wanted to be a college professor, they'd nod their heads and say, "Yeah, I can see that." That made me feel good. But, as much a I wanted to ...
Taking Action Part 2: Moving into the top 10%
Monday's post "Taking Action Leads to Clarity", was about letting go of a dream that I had held for a long time, a dream that wasn't really my own. Taking action on this dream gave me greater clarity about what I really wanted. But, taking action leads to more than just clarity. It moves ...
Five must have books for the aspiring entrepreneur
Five must have books for the aspiring entrepreneur - 1. Making a Living Without a Job: Winning Ways For Creating Work That You Love By Barbara J. Winter This wonderful book is one of the first books I ever read about working for yourself. ...
Freedom Will Be Mine
I have been walking and working in two worlds for months now. Part of me struggles every day to make a meaningful contribution in a world that neither cares nor respect me for that choice. But, at the end of the day, I care that I made that choice. Another part of me soars with eagles ...
Taking Action Leads to Clarity
I have learned that the quickest path to clarity is to take action. For the last four weeks I have been working on taking steps to launch Save-A-Tree-Books, a mobile used book store. This is the 90-day project I chose to work on at Follow Through Camp last month. It is the project I ...
