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If Reality Matters to You, Use a Timesheet

Do you really know how you spent your attention last week? When you imagine something specific about the coming week, do you know you'll feel? Turns out, probably not. To make decisions about … more

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A Continuous Creation Timeline

Could you take 6 or 7 minutes to look over a picture? I spent last weekend doing Joel Zaslofsky's Continuous Creation Challenge and documented almost everything I did in a single infographic. I … more

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The Continuous Creation Challenge (and Revenge)

Friday, May 3 2013 7:00 am. I decide, I will crush him. With green tea coursing through my viens and three times his measly years to boast, I'm going to show that six foot pipsqueak what "going … more

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What are You Wearing? Playing the Part Means Knowing Your Role

He wears a red flannel shirt on Saturday mornings. That's his costume. The waffle iron is his prop and the woods where we play his realm. As I write this I feel the air from the furnace of my … more

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Seek Progress, Kill Perfection

I always wanted to be a great man. I'm not, so far. How we describe our goals makes all the difference, not only in how we feel about ourselves, but in how we behave. Most of us understand the … more

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When is Busyness Good? Craft Your Commitments to Structured Time

Remember when people congratulated you if you told them you're really busy? Nowadays, there is a backlash against busyness backed by simplistic dichotomies that stress is bad and more leisure time … more

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How Will You Get the Cash? The Role of the Breadwinner

Do you need cash? How are you going to get it? I need cash. In my role as Artist I don't generate cash— not much. And as an Entrepreneur I have yet to build most of the cash machines I've … more

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When Whining Wins

I don't want to write. I don't want to write. I don't. I don't. I don't. Whaaaaaaaaaaaa! I remember a short conversation with another bleary-eyed father about the purpose of whining. His … more

On Owning the Role of Artist: How Labels and Comparisons Strengthen Creativity

Denise Urena over at Nurturing Creativity offers grounded insight into creativity and artistry and an active community of readers and commenters. When she wrote about how labels can weaken our … more

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Cannibalism + 16 Foods to Stop Sucking Your Vitality

We come just after dawn. When resources are scarce, we attack the weakest of us, the deformed and outcast. We invaginate us, drenching our bodies with acid until we are unrecognizable. Then we eat … more