I have been thinking quite a bit about how surprisingly fun and freeing it is to give up control over small aspects of your life. Love this idea…
In Kashiwa, Japan, there was briefly an unusual cafe where you recieve whatever the person in front of you ordered…and you’re ordering for the person behind you.
Good advice from Jonathan Fields’ Firefly Manifesto: Remixed (on ChangeThis.com)…
Try this career choice standard on for size.
Will this choice allow me to: spend the greatest amount of time; absorbed in activities and relationships that fill me up; while surrounding myself with people I cannot get enough of; and earning enough to live comfortably in the world?
I like the simplicity and clarity of this ‘standard’. Definitely prompts some reflection about what’s important and how often our career choices (or any life choices for that matter) can be skewed by over-emphasising one aspect (eg. money, prestige etc) over others.
I first heard about Jonathan when I listened to a podcast of his 2009 SXSW presentation, ‘Career Renegade: How To Make A Great Living Doing What You Love’. Worth a listen…
“I can’t believe that!” said Alice.
“Can’t you?” the queen said in a pitying tone. “Try again, draw a long breath, and shut your eyes.”
Alice laughed. “There’s no use trying,” she said. “One can’t believe impossible things.”
“I dare say you haven’t had much practice,” said the queen. “When I was your age, I always did it for half an hour a day. Why, sometimes I’ve believed as many as six impossible things before breakfast.”
Have been thinking a lot lately about whether creativity can be practiced and improved… Love this quote from Lewis Carroll’s ‘Through the Looking Glass’ which I stumbled across while enjoying the Anecdote blog.
I spend too much time on the web, read a lot of blogs, follow a few people on Twitter and listen to a number of podcasts, and I come across a lot of things that make me think, make me smile, inspire me, teach me or alleviate occasional boredom. I often rant and rave to my friends/family/collegues/boyfriend about the interesting stuff I find, so through this blog I’ll extend the reach of my rant a little further! If nothing else, it’ll help me to organise all those starred items in Google Reader…
