Some of the best blessings, benedictions and well-wishes we know can be found in Irish poet John O’Donohue’s book, Anam Cara: A Book of Celtic Wisdom, like this one for an ordinary day.
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Mira Keras’ Rule of ReInvention
Improvised Life Editorial Assistant Mira Keras also happens to be a tattoo artist recently featured in Buzzfeed. She developed a survivalist’s approach to right-livlelihood that works for both Millenials and Boomers navigating rough economic seas.
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Daily Labor: Nye’s Poem, Patti Smith’s Mistake, S.J. Bernstein’s 3-words of wisdom
We’ve been thinking about the theme of ‘daily labor’ in poet Naomi Shihib Nye’s poem ‘Frankly’ all week. Patti Smith, S.J. Bernstein’s and Ram Dass converged to illuminate it.
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“Do What You Love” Every Day in Small Doses…
Recently, Sally showed me Gordon Marino’s NY Times article, “A Life Beyond ‘Do What You Love”. The gist: the oft-repeated 21st century American mantra of following your true passions — instead of dull but reliable career paths — is misguided. There’s a hint of naïve entitlement to making “Do What You Love” the be-all-end-all answer to the workday blues, just…
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more on that procrastination thing
(Video link here.) Yesterday, we posted a thought-provoking sign we’d seen that we were mulling: “The work you do while procastinating is probably the work you should be doing for the rest of your life”. Curious that at the same time, Brain Pickings was posting about procastination also, in a completely different way. Their post featured a…
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‘the work you do while you procrastinate is probably the work you should be doing for the rest of your life’
We found this sign on French by Design last week and have been mulling it ever since. It’s a quote by graphic designer Jessica Hische, whose work if full of inventive and often very generous ideas (Check out the site, Mom, This is How Twitter Works. Also, click the heart at the top right of her…
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rethinking business cards
Shouldn’t a business card reflect/echo/transmit a sense of the business or person it’s representing? If you’re in thinking of (re)designing your card, check out the outside-the-box business card that [Re]Encoded.com compiled. They are FUN and make your expectations shift instantly.
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