{179} Grab’n’go office

by | Dec 21, 2016 | Life and all That

Even now, in a decent job that I’ve held steadily for several years, I “travel light” — these days, there is no guarantee that you’ll get time to pack your things before you’re pitched out the door. It’s no different in a...

{177} Life in a storage unit

by | Dec 19, 2016 | Life and all That

I am surrounded by boxes of memories, furniture, and china that have never really belonged to me. I am the caretaker for what I salvaged from my inheritance, and it feels a lot like living inside of a storage unit. As I embark on a major re-organization of my studio...

{176} Grabbing a’hold of letting go

by | Dec 18, 2016 | Life and all That

Sometimes personal reinvention is less about appearances and more about finding out where our True North moved to. I’m an atheist so it might seem surprising that one of my favorite authors is the Catholic monk, Thomas Merton. There are a lot of reasons to love...

{175} To Busy to Be

by | Dec 17, 2016 | Life and all That

That’s where I am right now. I have been on a long daily streak of writing blog posts on my own blog and cross posting to Medium. That streak came to a crashing halt during finals week at Florida State University when I and my colleagues had to drop everything...

{174} What makes a productive day?

by | Dec 11, 2016 | Life and all That

Between my own sense of panic and the culture I grew up in, I have no clear concept of what “accomplishment” looks like. Meaning: when is enough, enough? When can you reach the point of the day and say, “I have done what I needed to do”?...