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New year, new goals So my friends, what are you doing to set new goals in the new year? Are you dusting off some old familiar, more-of-the same goals? (Even thought you didn’t hit them last year.) This year is going to be different! You’re going to buckle down! Do things better! Nose to the …
Satisfaction, happiness and the hedonic treadmill Most of us have a love-hate relationship with the treadmill. For example, I chose to do a long run outside this past weekend in single-digit, freezing conditions because I would rather suffer from the cold than spend 2 hours on a treadmill. But the treadmill, as you may know …
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Detachment in Art I observed something this week that made me think about how creatives associate with their art, specifically, and about how we communicate, in general. I was in a collaborative session where we were reviewing an artist’s work. The point of the session is to get your work in front of other artists …
Common threads to the artist’s journey I have been listening my way through a series of books for writers. They are philosophical works by good and great writers trying to explain what writing is, and who writers are, and, in general, the unique weirdness of writing and writers. As a result of my survey I …
Shifting the Balance as you age Some of us have the great privilege to grow old. Some of us are even lucky enough to carry our healthy lifestyle with us into our aging. And by doing so we learn how to adjust our approach depending on what phase of life we are in, or, as …
