A bit of this and bit of that goes into a garden compost to make a fertile soil amendment. So these posts, when taken together, create a fertile environment for this blog to grow. It’s also not lost on me that I just compared half of my blog posts to rotting and decomposing plant matter.
Have you ever put something off for days, months or maybe years before buckling down and getting it done? Or maybe you never finished it even though you can and probably should? Sometimes circumstances force you to get them done. For example, at the last house we lived in I kept intending to remodel the …
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Fear is a unique motivator. If we find some abnormality in our body we go to the doctor because we fear what it could be. We fear old age so we just continue acting like children. Or we fear failure so we avoid ever trying to succeed. Why don’t we take care of our bodies …
I’ve come to the conclusion that the internet is an unnecessary evil. Unnecessary because we can certainly live without it (people did at one time you know). Evil because it wastes so much of our time and encourages us to be exposed to so much data without absorbing it. Because we rarely retain the data …
As I was reading through Tristan Gooley’s book How to Read Nature, I came across a section where he condemns the notion that plants can hear music and react to it. I hate to be the one to bang a loud cymbal and smash these notions, but there is no scientific evidence of plants reacting …
Don’t be afraid of making something bad. Be afraid of making nothing at all. Jolie Guillebeau The above quote really hit me. I’m guilty of letting the perfect be the enemy of the good all the time. I’ll sit down to sketch something or write something and five minutes into it I’m already judging it …
A few weeks ago I wrote about a nest of Plover eggs that I had been watching for a while. I just happened upon it one day while I was taking one of my early morning walks in the neighborhood. The male and female parents would throw a fit every time I walked by. When …
I watched a TEDx talk yesterday called Why Comfort will Ruin Your Life, by Bill Eckstrom. Bill’s central point was that only through the discomfort of complexity in our lives can we grow. It got me thinking about my own life and how many years I wasted seeking out comfort. Instead of achieving growth, I …
Anything you prepare for and anticipate will be more satisfying than something mundane that you take for granted. You can put significance on anything in your life to make it more meaningful. Rather than going through your day on autopilot, try making each event in your day noteworthy. Don’t just brush your teeth because you …
If you laugh, you think, and you cry, that’s a full day. That’s a heck of a day. You do that seven days a week, you’re going to have something special. Jim Valvano How many days do you spend just going through the motions? Sticking to the routine you’ve become comfortable in? Thinking that you’ve …
We recently moved to a new house that has a very small yard. This was quite a step down in size from our previous 1.5 acre property. But it’s amazing how good it feels to have a small area to work with rather than a big one. You can see the results of your improvements …