There is no glory in getting it right. It’s all about taking on the challenge and stepping up to the yeah, I’m ready to shift stuff and it’s kind of going to suck for a while point.
- Havi Brooks
So on the topic of blocks standing between me and Shiva Nata for the past few months: [...]
Posts Tagged ‘emotions’
Shiva Nata and blocks
Posted in my personal insightings, shiva nata, tagged emotions, guilt, internal, routine, shiva nata on 13. October. 2009 | Leave a Comment »
Home sweet home?
Posted in my personal insightings, work in progress, tagged emotions, family, growing up, home, internal, routine on 13. May. 2009 | Leave a Comment »
Home is a place you grow up wanting to leave, and grow old wanting to get back to.
John Ed Pearce
Somehow, it seems, there is a transition underway. One of the things that reflects that transition is the recurring theme of moving house.
A few months ago, my parents sold my childhood home and moved to a [...]
The culture of busy
Posted in work in progress, tagged emotions, internal, perfectionism, teaching, values on 26. March. 2009 | 1 Comment »
Doing nothing is better than being busy doing nothing
Lao Tzu quotes
Thanks to a brilliant post by Joely Black about taking care of yourself and a conversation I had with a fellow teacher trainee today, I started thinking about the culture of busy from a few different perspectives.
I’m a person who loves doing all kinds of [...]
On the paradox of choice
Posted in my personal insightings, tagged choice, emotions, happiness, responsibility, singing on 4. March. 2009 | 1 Comment »
To live is to choose. But to choose well, you must know who you are and what you stand for, where you want to go and why you want to get there.
Kofi Annan
This little insighting was heavily inspired by Barry Schwartz’ TED talk on The Paradox of Choice. I watched it a few months back, [...]
