Friday, November 24, 2023

Senses working overtime #446

1 Feeling this week


Photo by Fred Moon on Unsplash


2 Reading: James Clear

"If you're stuck on a problem, try solving it at a different level.

If you ask, "What can we do to create a more unified country?" then you end up with vague answers that are difficult to implement. The problem is mostly unmanageable at that level.

But if you ask, "What can I do to create a more unified neighborhood?" then you can likely think of many small things you can do to connect your friends and neighbors.

Zoom in or zoom out. Problems that seem impossible at one level are often quite accessible from a different one."


3 Poetry corner


4 Viewing: Looking at Trees





5 Watching: The office on wheels!




Overtime: Seth Godin

In a competition between someone who knows the most and someone who is willing to learn the most, the edge usually goes to the curious and empathic professional, not the one who is simply protecting what’s already known.

Friday, November 17, 2023

Senses working overtime #445

1 The feeling this week

Photo by Mads Schmidt Rasmussen on Unsplash


2 Reading - The Stakes - Ben Sanders




3 Poetry corner


4 Reading: Lost In Translation at 20




5 Listening: Daylist - Friday evenings on Spotify



Just type 'daylist' into your search and be amazed... Here's my chill alternative Friday evening playlist. Thanks to James for the nod to this and that LIT Guardian article above. Chur bro.


Overtime: 

Patience

It’s worth the most when it’s the most difficult to find.

Seth Godin

Friday, November 10, 2023

Senses working overtime #444

1 The feeling at the end of the week


Photo by Sage Friedman on Unsplash


2 Listening: A Day In The Life - Brian Auger and The Trinity




3 Watching: Bodies (on Netflix)




4 Reading: Serotonin - Michel Houellebecq




5 Reading: Jesuit priest Anthony de Mello calls you to find what grips your soul:


"You must cultivate activities that you love. You must discover work that you do, not for its utility, but for itself, whether it succeeds or not, whether you are praised for it or not, whether you are loved and rewarded for it or not, whether people know about it and are grateful to you for it or not. How many activities can you count in your life that you engage in simply because they delight you and grip your soul? Find them out, cultivate them, for they are your passport to freedom and to love."

Source: The Way to Love


Overtime: 

"You have to live with your mistakes, but you don't have to compound them.

To follow up an error with a foolish reaction is to lose twice. Given the reality of where you are right now, what is the best next action?

A wise response may not erase a dumb mistake, but it can redeem it."

James Clear.

Friday, November 3, 2023

Senses working overtime #443

1 Start of the week



2 Listening: Courtney Barnett - End Of The Day




3 Watching: Quarterback (Netflix) 

Really enjoying this one (although Jacky isn't). A lot of leadership lessons to be drawn from this series.




4 Reading: The Beatles - Now and Then


5 End of the week




Overtime: 

Haiku 307I feel autumn rainTrying to explain somethingI do not want to know.Richard Wright (1960)