I am embarrassed. I was talking to a co-worker in Puerto Rico… she still doesn’t have power. The hurricanes were months ago. I had assumed power had been restored. Maybe not in remote areas, but certainly where she lives. I was wrong. Then I googled … a million people still without power. A million of…
Month: December 2017
T -133 Days: And you will lose your mind
“There’s no time to lose”, I heard her say Catch your dreams before they slip away Dying all the time Lose your dreams and you will lose your mind Ain’t life unkind? — Keith Richards I have carried that song within me most of my life… mournful, yet still hopeful. Put me in the “better…
T -134 Days: 37 years of stuff
My main job is getting through the next 133 days at work, which some days seems like forever, and other days seems to speed along. April 30th is my last day. May 1st, is this blog’s countdown… arrival at our new home in Michigan. My wife’s main job has been sorting, donating, giving away 37…
T -135 Days: Indoctrination
Indoctrination. My first job after college was on a financial management program… THE financial management program of its time. It was a shock to my system. My college years were ones of freedom. Choosing my tribe. Choosing my classes. Choosing my methods to be successful. Intense studying, all nighters over and over, but with equally…
T -136 Days: Surfing first snow
Surfing Lake Michigan in December with snow on the beach! Can’t wait to be a year round resident.
T -137 Days: 2:30am
Another 2:30am and wide awake, thoughts spinning about work, trying to will myself back to sleep. Unsuccessful, thoughts find a new target… moving back and forth between two books to come. Soon. Very soon waking in the middle of the night won’t matter. Instead of worrying about squandered sleep, facing a work day with a…
T -138 Days: Ikigai… “a reason for being”
Ikigai… “a reason for being” The diagram below is the usual way of illustrating the concept, but I find it imperfect. Why does “What you can be Paid For” have to be so central to self-actualization? Randy Newman famously sang “It’s Money That Matters”…. but it was irony. Ikigai … without being paid for it…
T -139 Days: Happiest Seaside Towns
“You are moving to Michigan? Brrrrr, way too cold” “You are living on a beach? No you are not… it is a lake” So let’s see… 2017 Happiest Seaside Towns. Hmm, Grand Haven is on the Top Ten List… just behind… no one. Grand Haven is #1 Shhhhhh maybe it should be kept a secret…
T -140 Days: Replacing memories
I once possessed a special skill that came in handy during college. Anything I marked with a Hi-liter, I retained in memory for several days. For some classes, I was able to pull an all-nighter, reading the book for the first time, madly highlighting anything and everything remotely important. My faculty advisor thought it was…
T -141 Days: Dunes
Winter is finally coming to Grand Haven. A dash of snow so far, but tonight 12-16 foot waves on the lake and up to 17 inches of snow. Bring it on, this dog is ready. Would be an exciting time to be there…. but only 20 more weeks!