Personal Philosophy
Before you ask, no, this won’t devolve into a rant about the “attention economy.” At least, I hope it won’t. Paying attention is a bit of a trigger for me these days. Can you blame me? I was knocked off my bike by a driver who hooked an
Commonplace
A lot of ink, digital and otherwise, has been spilt discussing the cult of busyness in society these days. So if you think I’m going to spill more in an attempt at muddying the waters with yet one more opinion...you’re right. You know me so well. Despite
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This is an amalgamation of what started out as 3 posts on a previous blog. I’ve edited it heavily and in the end decided to combine the whole thing into one longer piece, hoping that the resulting total is indeed more than the sum of its parts. Trust me,
Ramblings
Update - 4/24/24: This was initially posted just after my birthday back in January. Since moving this blog from WordPress to Substack to Ghost (if you noticed anything off last week, please let me know!)—I'm updating and reposting pieces I find evergreen. So despite references
Personal Philosophy
A deceptively simple-seeming concept I’ve been giving a lot of thought to recently can be summed up like this: "It's not you. It's not me. It's US." Seeing a relationship like this lets both parties see it for what it is,
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This simple heuristic (that I mentioned…last week?) comes from improv theater (among other places, I’m sure) and is used to keep a scene going. When it looks like a scene may be coming to an end prematurely, one actor can say (or think to themselves) “Yes, and…” and
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This line comes from a letter Jung wrote in response to a fan (psychologists have fans?!) who wrote in asking that most basic of questions—how to live her life. The dominant culture around her (Switzerland around the turn of the 20th century) told her to get married and do
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One of the topics I find meandering across my consciousness every so often is the importance of context. Ironically it's appeared across multiple contexts. Let’s look at a couple of examples. First, when I was writing for a B2B Software as a Service (SaaS) cybersecurity/authentication company,
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I've used this expression a lot over the years. Most often it comes to mind when someone is midway through telling me about how their bosses always seem to have it out for them, no matter how many times they change roles or employers. Somehow, magically, somebody else
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Update 2 (3/13/24): I’m constantly amazed at how things can both change and yet remain static over time. Since this was posted, with the below update, I’ve been caught up in layoffs, started freelancing, and built up two new web presences (this newsletter and a blog
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I’ve been struggling to come up with a great opening line for this, the new home for my personal ramblings on the web. I thought about going serious: “Welcome to I Like How You Think, where we’ll tackle the big issues of the day...” I thought about going