The Preamble
For the 1.7 regular readers of this periodically forsaken blog, you may still have a vague recollection of an earlier era (may even have been when we still went by The Duologue!) when a significant portion of my blog entries (there were more then) mentioned national political issues. Lots of stuff about little Georgie [...]
Making a small house work for four people takes some time and effort. One must be conscientious about what comes in the door and not be afraid of letting things go once they have served their usefulness. Why all the effort? Why not move to a bigger, better house? Well, many [...]
About 4 weeks ago, a writer named Theresa Duncan reportedly killed herself in New York. She had a blog of some acclaim that until her death she updated daily. Her death was not widely reported even by by NY and LA papers and blogs — she’d recently moved from Venice [...]
I\’m glad that I posted my goals the other day. Why? Because it was a concrete action - and doing so has a distinct impact that solely self-confessed goal setting cannot match. In this case, it is not because, say, publication compels me to achieve my goals; … no. Rather, doing so has elevated my [...]
This business of setting goals, and focusing on the big rocks is not something to be taken lightly. It takes focus. Currently, there are two categories of goals that are occupying synapses on my cerebral cortex:
Household Necessities
Higher Callings
Which ones do you think are in the ‘Big Rock’ group? Yes, the Higher Callings. But thus far [...]