Julian Summerhayes with thoughts on 50 years of work. Of course, there’s no reason one can’t maintain a healthy hobby if one’s job is a tyranny.
“If you lay hands on today, you will find you are less dependent on tomorrow. While you delay, life speeds on by.
Every thing we have belongs to others, Lucilius; time alone is ours. Nature has put us in possession of this one thing, this fleeting, slippery thing – and anyone who wants to can dispossess us.”
— Seneca (4 BC – AD 65), Moral Letters to Lucilius (1.1)
Seth proposes that perhaps it should be called a quickphone.
“Be; drop becoming.”
— Osho
Wakanda forever!
What quote scares the hell out of CJ Chilvers?
“Nothing has a stronger influence psychologically on their environment and especially on their children than the unlived life of the parent.” — Carl Jung
Michael Wade reports on preparations for Presidents Day. I think the Nixon folks have the right idea.
A good reminder to do a 30 second fact check before sharing things. I think we all need to be more careful of this. This is especially true of the numbers. (via Austin Kleon)
An Effective Team
“We are a very effective team!”
This is something Bethany and I say to each other at times when we are operating at our best. It’s a line I stole from the rather unfortunate and predictable Tom Cruise/Morgan Freeman vehicle, Oblivion.
It’s true. This comes for the fact that we both know our strengths and are honest about our weaknesses. We respect those in ourselves and each other. We know where those complement and contradict. We know how to wield such knowledge to the maximum benefit. When Bethany and I work toward a common goal, focus, and vision, we are a force.
But, it’s also true in everyday life as well. In general, we work very well together at dividing up and cooperating on the tasks of our complicated and busy lives. When people talk to us and discover how many different things we are juggling at any given moment and wonder how we manage to do it all, it’s because we work very well together.
We’re an effective team.