by Patrick Rhone, Master Generalist
This is what he wrote to Princess Bethany on Mother’s Day:
“Love in particular today to Bethany, who, like myself, is "parent” to people and animals in lines that are indirect, but drawn in bold with our dedication, love, care, steadfastness, patience, and absorbtion-of-pain-with-honor.“
I have read this about every other day since he sent it, and when I do I am so filled with pride, awe, humility and love I can barely stand it.
Very cool photo of the inside of a grocery store. Something about it is just mesmerizing in a self loathing consumer sort of way.
Just a reminder to my regular readers. When you do not see much activity here, feel free to check out my tumblelog – The Random Post.
There you will find cool links, photos, quotes, funny words and odd angles. Basically, it is all the little snippets that catch my attention while cruising the interwebs and is far less structured than the posts here.
If you do check it out, and you enjoy it, I would love to hear your feedback. Heck, I would love to hear your feedback even if you don’t.
Good tip for the next time you are on a long trip.
Here are some words that give me a little silent inside tickle whenever I say them:
If we, citizens, do not support our artists, then we sacrifice our imagination on the alter of crude reality and we end up believing in nothing and having worthless dreams.
blog.pmarca.com: The Pmarca Guide to Personal Productivity
Some really great ideas here.
A Guide to Cultivating Compassion in Your Life, With 7 Practices
Excellent guide on the pratice of compassion.
eBags Mother Lode Junior 25 Wheeled Duffel > Wheeled Duffels > Duffels – eBags
Very nice rolling duffle from eBags. Highly configurable and versitile. Watch the video to get the full effect of the coolness of it.
Merlin Mann once again drops the mad science on how to get prepared from the upcoming release of OmniFocus which I have mentioned here before. That being said, the tips he gives not only apply to OmniFocus, but can apply whenever you are in the process of switching to a new application for your productivity system. Here is Merlin’s take…
“Moving your world of action into a new application is like moving into a new house (and can be almost as stressful). This is your chance to throw away crap, rethink how you’ve been doing things, and just give yourself a fresh start. So before you ever fire up OmniFocus for that first time, do yourself a favor and get sorted out with your current system first. Believe me, you’re much more likely to handle this well before the temptation of having the app in your hands sends you diving into using it full-time.”
I have been preaching this sermon for a long time. An application can help to support a robust productivity system but, at the end of the day, the only thing that matters is finding a system that works for you. When your system stops working, gets a little stale or no longer inspires – treat it as an opportunity to refresh and recharge. While I don’t recommend always looking for “the perfect GTD application”, sometimes switching out the tools gives you the inspiration and excitement you need to get back into the game. It has for me at least.