Being honest is great but maybe there can be too much of a good thing.
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‘It’s now very common to hear people say, “I’m rather offended by that”, as if that gives them certain rights. It’s no more than a whine. It has no meaning, it has no purpose, it has no reason to be respected as a phrase. “I’m offended by that.” Well, so fucking what?’
Source: I saw hate in a graveyard – Stephen Fry
I really like the concept behind PopUp Houses as well as the houses.
A simple concept: Build an entire building (floor, walls, ceiling) by assembling insulation blocks separated by wooden boards.
Rapid Installation. Use of lightweight materials. No special tools required, assembles like Lego.
Low Cost. Inexpensive materials. Very short assembly time.
Recyclable. Use of recyclable materials. Quick disassembly.
Outstanding Insulation. No thermal bridge at wall ceiling junctions. Almost no additional heating required.
Everything that needs to be said has already been said. But since no one was listening, everything must be said again.
André Gide
I came across the quote above in Steal Like an Artist: 10 Things Nobody Told You About Being Creative. One excuse I have used for not writing is that everything has already been said and written. Who am I to be able to add anything new? What André Gide says makes my excuse crumble, good things are worth repeating and phrase in new ways.
Lots of images cross our ways online. Facebook is full of images, with or without inspirational texts. So are Pinterest, Instagram, Flickr, Tumblr and many more sites. When it comes to what an image awakes in us someone elses text often limit us, just like our text might limit others.
Here’s an image I really like, you get it without any text. Enjoy whatever the image awakes in you!
Today was the first day I let it slip and did not post anything in Blogg100 2014. I make that up by backdating a post.
Fail fast and cheap. Fail often. Fail in a way that doesn’t kill you.
In connection to a post on Facebook about blogging I found this comment:
I cringe at the thought of converting ideas in my head into words. But the more I read about writing, the more I realize I need to just get over the fear and feel some pain to allow the magic to happen.
That’s highly relevant for me. I need to push through, write for the sake of writing and then publish in order to fail fast and often. Failing on my own blogs are for free, all it takes is actually to publish.
Update Blogg100 didn’t work for me, I missed several days and then quit. I got to find other ways that keep me blogging.
I found the video Everyone has a child inside in my Facebok stream. It’s a lovely idea of caring for our inner child.
Video: baby & me
Watch the video below or on YouTube at baby&me.
Today is day one of my writer life, in a serious manner. It’s the first day when I have scheduled time for free writing in the morning. I’ve written in bursts before, quite a lot some days, zero most days. That’s not a working way to the elusive book that I might end up writing.
Today is day 28 of writing the morning pages, inspired by the book “The Artist’s Way” which I hope will help me unleash the creative forces within (and without). Those morning pages, I write around 500 words, are a great way to create a writing habit. I say it takes 28 days to create a new habit, that seems accurate in this case since my free writing started today.
A friend on Facebook posted a link to Sharon Robinson – Invisible Tattoo. I have played that song many times today on YouTube, in the end I bought it from iTunes.
Update February 5. I really love her voice and bought four more songs from the same record.
Video: Sharon Robinson – Invisible Tattoo
While waiting at the station in Malmö I browsed the PocketShop store. I often do that, browse a book store without intent to buy anything. Books matter to me and give me a lot. I noticed “The Rosie Project” book and picked it up. It’s marketed as fun and entertaining. A quick look inside supported that, I bought the book as a fun read. Little did I know that the book would mean a lot more to me.
Love isn’t an exact science – but no one told Dan Tillman. A handsome thirty-nine-year-old geneticist, Don’s never had a second date. So he derives The Wife Project, a scientific test to find the perfect partner. Enter Rosie – the world’s most incompatible woman – throwing Don’s safe, ordered life into chaos. Just what is this unsettling, alien emotion he’s feeling?
Don, the main character, is a control freak (in my eyes). He lives a very strictly planned life, routines are king. Don has for instance a weekly dinner plan that’s repeated each and every week. He has many logical reasons for that. Don also is socially awkward, he’s lousy at picking up cues and goes through life sometimes acting more like a robot.
When I discussed the book with a friend I realized what made the book itch. Don is an exaggerated version of how I’ve been (and sometimes still am). The book mirrored some of my own experiences in life. My friend suggested that I should read the book with that in mind. This turned the book into a personal development book for me.
The book shows me, again, the power of stories. Lessons included in a story are much easier to grasp than a more fact based approach.
What I took with me from the book
It’s OK to be wired differently.
Too much thinking complicates things and life.
Life works better when we drop the excessive parts of our planning.
What brightens our lives is often the unexpected events, people we meet because we open up.
When great things happen – trust your guts and enjoy them!
The Rosie Project
The Book Depository: The Rosie Project
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