Working backward
We all know what we want. Our main challenge is in getting there. If we take our end-destination in mind and outline the steps to...
Tag: inspiration
If you’re struggling to get started, do it badly
“Work finally begins when the fear of doing nothing exceeds the fear of doing it badly,” advises the author Alain de Botton. Perfection is the antithesis...
A panoply of tools
What’s the primary device that unlocks your creativity — the camera, a pen, or the paintbrush? These tools are our passport to freedom. So photographers...
Mind over matter, what’s the matter with your mind?
Sí, se puede. Where there’s a will, there’s a way. Trying is a passport to freedom. You can do it, contrary to your negative internal...
Inspiration is a myth
All the inspiration exists and is equally distributed. But the ubiquity of motivational quotes and rags to riches biographies can be sheer fodder. Instead of...
Abraham Lincoln on writing
“Writing, the art of communicating thoughts to the mind, through the eye— is the great invention of the world.” Abraham Lincoln...
‘We must be ignorant of what we are looking for…’
“We must be ignorant of what we are looking for, or we would not go looking for it.” Maurice Merleau-Ponty, Phenomenology of Perception (Amazon)...
Confronting reality 👀
Goal setting is like game setting. You start at level 1 and graduate into unforeseen directions. If you’re lucky, you’ll ping-pong forward, making leaps and...
Feeling like a failure
There’s a reason why we always feel like a failure: We’re better off than ever. With the Internet at our fingertips, it feels like we...
The big picture view
Everything is a work in progress. From your health to relationships, to making art, the finish line remains elusive because we’re always preserving the status...
How to close the gap between near and far
The basis for life is all interpretation, an internal chatter that either zaps positive momentum or dwells on negativity and drains the well. For starters,...
How to keep the good, going
What goes up must come down. Complacency eventually turns into panic. Once the stream of contentedness kicks in, progress stymies. The will to compete and...