There are billions upon billions of stars, each more spectacular than the last. There are rules to the universe, a predictable and mathematically comprehensible order. As far as we know, we are the only form of life. Human intelligence is the only mechanism we know for observing this universe, witnessing these stars, figuring out the… Continue reading Witnesses
Hello, Friendly Readers – I appreciate both of you so much. Thank you for following me on this rambling stroll of meditation, recovery, and this crazy planet with these crazy people. For the past several months, I’ve been posting 2-3 times per week. My busy season at work has arrived, so I’m going to slow… Continue reading Worker Slowdown
By now, many people have heard of the paradigm-shifting research of Dr. Carol Dweck that led to her definition of a growth mindset versus a fixed mindset. “In a growth mindset, people believe that their most basic abilities can be developed through dedication and hard work—brains and talent are just the starting point. This view… Continue reading Old Dogs, New Tricks
“The pace of our lives governs our experience of the passage of time. And how we move through time is, ultimately, the way we live our lives.” – Robert Levine, A Geography of Time In this blog, I’ve talked about swimming in an ocean of breathing, of air, of thoughts, of life, surrounded so much… Continue reading A Time Diet
I studied writing in college like a lot of mentally ill people major in psychology – to figure out what the hell was wrong with me. I’d been told my whole life that I was a good writer; it was pretty much literally the only thing people identified that I was good at. Yet I… Continue reading Recorded Memory
If you know me, you know that I am absolutely obsessed with my cat. Fatberry is assertive, confident, and a world-class snuggler. He hates everyone in the world except for me, and Dan. He’s friends to only two people, but he is the best friend we could ask for. He has been my constant quarantine… Continue reading Pure Motherf*cking Magic
I live in terror of making mistakes. I always have. In all the study of grit, resilience, persistence, etc., it’s well-established that fear of making mistakes paralyzes people and keeps them from building new knowledge. Well, that’s me in a textbook. It occurred to me today that we are 4 billion years of mistakes. When… Continue reading Mutations are Mistakes
