So earlier this year (this post) I basically admitted I dropped out for a while. I gave a quick update here. I’m still dropped out and I’m still loving it. Why didn’t I do this sooner? Why didn’t I create pauses earlier in my working life? Am I still me? Is my identity SO wrapped … Continue reading Lying Fallow Part 3: Assumptions About Work
As some of you know, last Summer I declared a fallow period for myself. I was so tired. Well, I’ve arrived at the cleaning stage. Clearing out books I’ll never open again. Going through files and digging into the huge (garbage) pile that is my office. Attacking deferred home maintenance projects. What one can discover … Continue reading Update from the “fallow” period: hope
So much has been written about the stresses and upheavals of the pandemic. I am saturated and, if f truth be told, I’m mostly avoiding reading these things. (My solution? Bookmarked a ton of them to ‘read later!” Ha!) On one hand, the changes we’ve had to make have both punished us and created new … Continue reading Lying Fallow: Space for purpose to dance with creative destruction
In 2008 this blog from Ton Zylstra caught my eye. In my “archives ” project of digging up unpublished drafts, I revisited his post. Sort of mind blowing to see it after we dove into a whole new type of work worlds with Covid. Ton’s Interdependent Thoughts: Work Life Boundaries, Barriers and Attractors Ton uses … Continue reading From the Archives: Ton’s Thoughts on Work Life Boundaries, Barriers and Attractors
One of the things my “lying fallow” period has afforded me is more time and focus to learn about important things I have either avoided or missed. Racism and white supremacy are some of the big ones. So as I review old blog drafts, there is sadness to see how I picked up signals in … Continue reading From the Archives: Bridges I was missing