Since it seems that the word “responsibility” cropped up approximately 800 times in my post yesterday, I’d say it’s safe to say that it has been on my mind lately. Maybe it’s because I’m getting older or maybe it’s just the general process of trying to piece all the debris of life into some coherent …
“People think focus means saying yes to the thing you’ve got to focus on. But that’s not what it means at all. It means saying no to the hundred other good ideas that there are. You have to pick carefully.” Steve Jobs In spite of what it might look like here on this here interwebs …
This year has given me a good grasp of what “aging in dog years” actually looks like. Last month feels like last year, March seems like it was a decade ago, and last year feels like it was the turn of the century. Back when this whole thing started, folks were having their Zoom Cocktail …
If you always put limits on everything you do, physical or anything else, it will spread into your work and into your life. There are no limits. There are only plateaus, and you must not stay there, you must go beyond them. Bruce Lee
“God wants us to walk, but the devil sends a limo.” Val Kilmer It’s not often that I cite the wisdom of Iceman, but the beginning of a new week is a good time to remember that the right thing most times takes longer than we’d like it to. Sure, that shortcut would be quicker …
In case you’re looking for some follow-up on my new daily planner, here you go: three days, three pages. The new project I’m throwing my creative weight behind (at least as much weight as 30-40 minutes in the morning carries) is a screenplay. Thinking over what would be best to keep me typing and motivated …
I’ve been pondering this section of Another Roadside Attraction enough to commit the page number to memory for reference. Considering I don’t memorize numbers easily (or for fun), that means… something… right? “You risked your life, but what else have you ever risked? Have you ever risked disapproval? Have you ever risked economic security? Have …
Better to write for yourself and have no public, than to write for the public and have no self. Cyril Connolly – New Statesman, February 1933 At some point, I stopped submitting poems for publication in magazines and journals. For about a year, I’d spent hours tracking submissions, printing my own custom envelopes trying to …
“The only way to keep your health is to eat what you don’t want, drink what you don’t like, and do what you’d rather not.” – Mark Twain I have never been accused of being obsessed with health. Growing up in a house where the family business was filling vending machines, there was plenty of access …