Tag: semantics

  • fears

    I spent a lot of time in heavy traffic today, which brought the idea of fear to my mind. Heavy traffic isn’t something that causes a lot of fear for me, but it does cause some. But I’ve been realizing lately, as I’ve worked on other aspects of myself, that almost all fears are completely…

  • Getting back to work

    Well, the advantage of not having an actual audience is that no one minds if I take a break, even if it’s a long break. The short version is that life has been imperfect. The long version is, well, long, and not really important. It’s time to get back to work. It may take a…

  • There is a crack in everything

    that’s how the light gets in. Leonard Cohen I think about this line and song a lot whenever I work on kintsugi. Sometimes we have to create the cracks in ourselves, our life, our thoughts, our feelings, our beliefs, to let any sort of light in. And while many elements of life can seem stressful,…

  • The importance of self compassion in an imperfect world

    I’ve been reading and listening to a lot of Seth Godin lately, and today’s post is just stealing his ideas in the hopes that someone else sees them and can use them because I know I can use them. Seeking perfection in any sort of work that you do is frequently considered neurotic, but then…