Last week I finished reading Gretchin Rubin's The Happiness Project and now I am deeply involved in Jonathan Haidt's The Happiness Hypothesis and I went to the new Victoria theater in Blossburg and saw the movie Social Network and today the plumber was here all day installing a new kitchen sink and faucet. And last … Continue reading What I Have Been Doing While I’ve Not Been Here
Category: Inspiring books
The Power of Intention
It's been disturbing me that I've gotten rather spotty in my posting here. Every morning I wake up and check on myself, mainly to read (and cringe at) what kind of sleepy nonsense I managed to type into this space before I hit "publish" and then the pillow. It's just that it's November, and I … Continue reading The Power of Intention
Book review: The Go-Giver
I just finished reading The Go-Giver by by Bob Burg and John David Mann. It's one of those fable-type books you either love or hate. Here's the basic formula: a poor misguided shmo learns an important life lesson from a enlightened being masquerading as a humble little nobody (or a seagull). Here are some other … Continue reading Book review: The Go-Giver
Logging In To This Moment
I'm a big fan of the Buddhist Geeks podcast, because even though I don't "identify" as a Buddhist per se, I certainly feel a deep affinity for much in Buddhist philosophy, particularly Zen. Back in early March, there was a great interview with a guy named Soren Gordhamer about how technology, particularly social media (i.e. … Continue reading Logging In To This Moment
100 Questions
I was in a kind of slump today, so I went casting around for inspiration among the bloggers I read regularly. I am way behind on my Philosophers Notes, so I picked one at random. It was the one on How to Think Like Leonardo DaVinci. Brian Johnson reads books and summarizes the big ideas … Continue reading 100 Questions
Yeah, I’m a Fan Girl
Today I got an email from Steven Pressfield’s publicist. Seems I’ve been foisting The War of Art on all my friends so relentlessly and with such vigor and over-the-top-ness, that news of all this foisting has finally reached Steven’s “people,” and they wrote, begging, in the name of all my friends, and all that’s decent, … Continue reading Yeah, I’m a Fan Girl
3 Things That Nourish Me
1. To a large extent I’m with Lisa Johnson when it comes to the endorphins. When I get come home from a workout I feel sharp, stoked and have the stamina to work for a long time. For me, yoga does it, and walking, and working out with Tim. I also get a big physical … Continue reading 3 Things That Nourish Me
Being a Pro
Before I read Steven Pressfield’s The War of Art I was proud of my amateur status as a writer. Being an amateur, I could be a lover of the art and not a hack. I was free. I could do what I wanted, and not what others wanted, or expected me to do. Being an … Continue reading Being a Pro
Life Changing Books
I finished The War of Art by Steven Pressfield today. It’s already entered my pantheon of Life Changing Books. I will probably sit down and re-read it again this week. Then I will re-read it again. And again. That’s how much I resonated with it. That’s how much it spoke to me, called me out, … Continue reading Life Changing Books
The “B” Word
There was a time in my life when I only read “The Great Books.” (Classical literature by philosphers, poets and essayists—i.e. dead white guys.) There was a time in my life when I read poetry. Exclusively. Nothing else would do. (This jag went on for about 4 years.) There was a time in my life … Continue reading The “B” Word
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