People generally don’t enjoy criticism. It’s often received as undermining and offending. I used to count myself as one of those people. But when you think about it, criticism is an opportunity. An opportunity to learn about yourself, or make something you do better. Then why don’t we like it? …
It’s been rough few weeks because I injured my elbow again. From playing the guitar. I’ve maintained a healthy left arm for four years, but early November I had a session where I was recording a guitar solo for the cover song I’ve been working on. I recently made some …
My life is good. It’s often great. I know there are a lot of people suffering, and part of me wonders why I get to have a good life when so many others don’t. But my life used to be less good. On a scale to 10 it used …
So you’re on top of a big hill, and you come by an almost perfectly round rock. You look at the rock, and know that it’ll be exhilarating to push it down the hill. It’ll be thrilling to see it rolling down on its own, running beside it, feeling the …
I don’t know about you, but I find it hard to think what I want to think about. My mind has a habit of thinking about what’s wrong with my life. Solve/fix problems. Feeling indignant, maligned, mistreated. Yet this is a vicious cycle. Our emotional habit reinforces itself. It becomes …