Posts Tagged "Blogging"

On progress and purpose

Posted by on Sep 12, 2010 | 1 comment

On progress and purpose

Tonight I spent some time going through my blog and updating my post categories and tags in preparation for a major site update. It was a lot of work. I didn’t tag many of my earlier blog posts, and my categories were a bit of a mess. But it was interesting to read back through [...]

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Productivity and prospects

Posted by on Jun 12, 2009 | 1 comment

I was feeling cooped up in the house this afternoon, so I decided to escape to Starbucks. My last attempt to write in a coffee shop wasn’t very successful (you can read about it here), but what’s the fun of freelancing if you can’t change up your surroundings every once in a while? Besides, it’s [...]

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Out of the tunnel

Posted by on Feb 19, 2009 | 2 comments

I just finished listening to an audio program on self-discovery. It wasn’t the most inspiring program I’ve ever heard; a lot of it was repeat information for me, and the mixed metaphors — bridges, tunnels, chains, tapestries, and even boxes of crayons — left me cringing. But one of the metaphors did tie in to [...]

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Cultivate your enthusiasm

Posted by on Nov 25, 2008 | 0 comments

One of my all-time favorite quotes is by Charles Kingsley, who said, “We act as though comfort and luxury were the chief requirements of life, when all that we need to make us happy is something to be enthusiastic about.” I first discovered this quote while living in Africa, where it couldn’t have been more [...]

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