{"id":25824,"date":"2012-10-02T05:48:29","date_gmt":"2012-10-02T09:48:29","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/improvisedlife.com\/?p=25824"},"modified":"2020-02-23T10:00:06","modified_gmt":"2020-02-23T15:00:06","slug":"dealing-with-uncertainty-from-zen-habits-maira-kalman","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/improvisedlife.com\/2012\/10\/02\/dealing-with-uncertainty-from-zen-habits-maira-kalman\/","title":{"rendered":"dealing with uncertainty, from zen habits + maira kalman"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"http:\/\/zenhabits.net\/uncertainty\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Zen Habits<\/a> recently published the very useful Finding Peace with Uncertainty, one of our favorite subjects. It made us go back and leaf through the great Maira Kalman&#8217;s wonderful book, <a href=\"http:\/\/www.amazon.com\/gp\/product\/0143116460\/ref=as_li_ss_tl?ie=UTF8&amp;camp=1789&amp;creative=390957&amp;creativeASIN=0143116460&amp;linkCode=as2&amp;tag=theimprolife-20\">The Principles of Uncertainty<\/a>.\u00a0 \u00a0 We clipped this image of her crossed-out musings thinking, for sure, she naturally applies Zen Habits&#8217; 8 practices&#8230;<\/p>\n<blockquote><p><strong><em>Try something new, but small and safe.<br \/>\n<\/em><\/strong><br \/>\n<strong><em> When you mess up, don\u2019t see it as painful failure.<\/em> <strong><em> See the wonder and opportunity in change.<br \/>\n<\/em><\/strong><br \/>\n<strong><em> Ask \u201cwhat\u2019s the worst-case scenario\u201d?<br \/>\n<\/em><\/strong><br \/>\n<strong><em> Develop a change toolset.<br \/>\n<\/em><\/strong><br \/>\n<strong><em> Become aware of your clinging.<br \/>\n<\/em><\/strong><br \/>\n<strong><em> See the downsides of clinging.<br \/>\n<\/em><\/strong><br \/>\n<strong><em> Experience the joy in the unknown.<\/em><\/strong><\/strong><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>via <a href=\"http:\/\/zenhabits.net\/uncertainty\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">zenhabits<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Related posts: <a title=\"elizabeth streb on the necessity of risk-taking\" href=\"https:\/\/improvisedlife.com\/2011\/10\/06\/elizabeth-streb-on-the-necessity-of-risk-taking\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">elizabeth streb on the necessity of risk-taking<\/a><br \/>\n<a title=\"what is failure?\" href=\"https:\/\/improvisedlife.com\/2011\/10\/12\/what-is-failure\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">what is failure?<\/a><br \/>\n<a title=\"vacation (or weekend) mental prep\" href=\"https:\/\/improvisedlife.com\/2012\/07\/20\/vacation-or-weekend-mental-prep\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">vacation (or weekend) mental prep<\/a><br \/>\n<a title=\"4-step algorithm for change\" href=\"https:\/\/improvisedlife.com\/2011\/10\/24\/4-step-algorithm-for-change-via-zen-habits\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">4-step algorithm for change<\/a><br \/>\n<a title=\"how do you know when to take the leap?\" href=\"https:\/\/improvisedlife.com\/2012\/05\/01\/how-do-you-know-when-to-take-the-leap\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">how do you know when to take the leap?<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Zen Habits recently published the very useful Finding Peace with Uncertainty, one of our favorite subjects. It made us go back and leaf through the great Maira Kalman&#8217;s wonderful book, The Principles of Uncertainty.\u00a0 \u00a0 We clipped this image of her crossed-out musings thinking, for sure, she naturally applies Zen Habits&#8217; 8 practices&#8230; Try something&hellip;<\/p>\n<a class=\"read-more-link\" href=\" https:\/\/improvisedlife.com\/2012\/10\/02\/dealing-with-uncertainty-from-zen-habits-maira-kalman\/ \">Read More<\/a>","protected":false},"author":4,"featured_media":25877,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_FSMCFIC_featured_image_caption":"","_FSMCFIC_featured_image_nocaption":null,"_FSMCFIC_featured_image_hide":null,"footnotes":""},"categories":[8361,458,31,6549,89,780,90,8364],"tags":[3421,5165,3260,2261],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v21.6 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>8 practices for dealing with uncertainty<\/title>\n<meta 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