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Success, failure and doing stuff instead of just thinking about it

March 1, 2011
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ShareLast month I took yet another shot at becoming more organized and consistent. I made myself a colourful poster/calendar to hang in front of my desk. For months, every time I looked up at the blank wall in front of my computer, I would think: Gee. It would be really nice to have some visual [...]

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Fun and games

December 22, 2010

ShareJoe and I bought a Wii last week. And a TV. (The games are far more challenging and much less fun without one.) We played all weekend. When Monday came around, I had no interest in returning to work. No interest in planning for the new year. No interest in working on my new web [...]

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Is consistency always a good thing?

December 13, 2010

ShareConsistency has never been my strong suit. I have good intentions. But carrying them out tends to be a challenge. I operate in cycles. I work like crazy, then I need lots of rest. I have trouble putting work away once I’m into it and trouble picking it up again after I’ve been away for [...]

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Help! I’m stuck and I can’t get up

November 17, 2010

ShareI’ve been feeling really stuck lately. This morning I remembered: Hey! There are things I used to do that keep me on track and moving forward. And (surprise!) I’ve haven’t been doing them lately. As a reminder to myself (and just in case you find them helpful) here are my observations about being stuck and [...]

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Things I learned from my first product launch

September 15, 2010

ShareI’m the kind of person who puts things off forever thinks carefully before doing things. And as I’m learning to pay attention (it’s a practice) – I’m discovering that most of a lot of this thinking/planning/careful consideration – is a complete waste of time. Example: my launch of That One Damned Phone Call Things happened [...]

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Creativity comes in waves

July 19, 2010

ShareI do believe that awareness, paying attention, mindfulness…whatever you want to call it…is the key to personal growth. I wrote the following post back in April. I was riding a cycle of high creativity…and I was aware of it. I was also aware that it would come to an end, and I wrote this post [...]

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