In many different contexts, it seems as if things are continually increasing, rising, expanding or growing. We are told the universe grows as though the galaxies are placed on the outside of a balloon that is being blown up indefinitely (until it pops?). We are also told that if you are able to save even …
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Urban vs Rural, or Proof That We Live Too Fast
Since autism and neurodiversity have become such "hot topics" in the culture lately, some very interesting wisdom has come to me. One thing is that ever since I moved to the city, when I graduated college essentially, I have spent inordinate amounts of time and energy just trying to exist, transport myself to work and …
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Becoming Unstuck
I don't think its a huge secret that I have felt pretty stuck for a long time, like years. There is not a really clear reason why this is. Part of it is overwhelm, laziness, inertia, but a good part of it is external as well. When the pandemic happened, I was relatively emotionally prepared …
Difficult Week with a Couple of Bright Spots
This week has felt particularly rough for some reason. Daily work is a grind. There is so much to do and maybe enough time, but not enough concentration or attention. I just haven't been able to concentrate consistently. It ebbs and flows. It's as though my mind has a mind of its own! The other …
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Finding and Claiming my Space
I feel like I have been conditioned through my life to consider and recognize how every one of my actions has the potential to affect others. And that those others may not be interested in being affected. Whether they reply with a nasty comment or a look or the energy between us in our relationship …
Growth Requires Change
I've written about change a lot in the last year. It's kinda one of my fascinations in life. Having spent much of my life feeling stuck in situations that were not entirely of my doing or planning or in my control, punctuated by episodes of immediate and sometimes drastic change (like moving to a new …
Not Wearing Masks, and Now, Not Getting Vaccinated, are the “Man-Spreading” of the Pandemic
I have been thinking a lot about space lately. Not like outer space, NASA, celestial bodies, but space here on earth, especially in cities. Cities work as systems because everyone agrees to take up less space in land for their home, their possessions, etc. Population density is higher for this reason. In cities, the concept …
What Do You Work For?
Many of us work in jobs that are, at least remotely related to a field that we enjoy. Maybe you went to college in a scientific field or to be an engineer. You started out in that field and were successful and competent enough that you were promoted to management. You may not LOVE your …
Friends
After a long time of not really seeing anyone outside of immediate family, we went out to dinner and beers with a friend this evening. This is someone from the band, so prior to the pandemic, I would get a chance to visit with him weekly at practice, give or take. Now I think I've …
As the Pandemic Wanes…
We have been through a lot. Some of us have lost family members and friends to Covid. Some have lost family members and friends to other causes. We have lost jobs, careers, ways of life, routines, traditions, feelings of trust and safely, feelings that things are OK. Every single person will be forever changed by …
