Tag: goals

  • Imperfect routines

    I started a new project today, which is something that should be fairly easy for me to do. And doing it isn’t a problem. But arranging it into my existing schedule was a larger problem than I expected. Regardless of problems caused, however, I achieved today’s goals and set more realistic goals for tomorrow. Any…

  • My hopes

    I hope that anyone reading this, now or any day in the future, has a beautiful, though imperfect, day. Look for ways to make your day as beautiful as possible. Compliment people that you see. Eat a meal that you cherish. Read a book that you love. Create something that you are proud of.

  • Imperfect Progress

    I made an offhand comment earlier tonight which I think might become the subject of a book. In a conversation about quitting smoking, which I have succeeded at 4 or 5 times this year already, someone was talking about how they had done well for a while and then backslid. I told them that I…

  • Seek the beauty within imperfection

    Yesterday I mentioned that muses aren’t real. It occurs to me that it might be useful to explain that a little more thoroughly. Writer’s block is a commonly used term even though it’s less than a hundred years old. We have romanticized all forms of artistic creation to the extent that it is more harmful…

  • Goals, systems, and imperfections

    I like to read about productivity and achievement a lot, because that’s basically the American dream, kicking ass and taking names and relaxing on a throne made of gold. And it occurred to me that this is another place where kintsugi ideas come into play. Well, technically, wabisabi ideas, but I had an interesting picture…