“There is nothing still. Life is never still. No plant, no animal, no river. Can we think of Nature as a metaphor and keep ourselves constantly evolving?” ~ Anil Gupta Over the past few stressful weeks, I’ve found myself seeking stillness, seeking an end to all whirring in my mind. It’s been hard to make [...]
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Leap: Stop Seeking Stillness
Posted in adventure, change, nature on February 11, 2012 | Leave a Comment »
Leap: Go Against the Tide of Bland
Posted in adventure, career, work on February 4, 2012 | 2 Comments »
“Why not go out on a limb? Isn’t that where the fruit is?” ~ Mark Twain Brian has been counseling me now for several years about my confusion around people who phone it in, people who just take what life gives them, shrug their shoulders, and deal with it. Life happens to these people. I [...]
Leap: Your Path is Up to You
Posted in adventure, choices, decision-making on January 29, 2012 | Leave a Comment »
“Travelers, there is no path, paths are made by walking.” ~ Antonio Machado A path is a nice idea. We see it laid out before us, unfolding one glorious step at a time, and all we have to do is go along for the ride. Paths I’ve found are rarely given. They’re made. We make [...]
Leap: Shelter from the Storm Found at a Voice Over Class at Simple Studios
Posted in adventure, art, career, faith, work on January 26, 2012 | 1 Comment »
Wait a minute! Did I go to bed and wake up in September 2008? This is the question I found myself thinking while at work yesterday. September 2008, 5 weeks after I joined my company, Lehman Brothers failed and the market went to hell. Several months later I was the only filled desk in an [...]
Leap: Sometimes Your Future Chooses You
Posted in adventure, career, choices, future, work on January 21, 2012 | 4 Comments »
Next week is going to prove to be an interesting week around the office. There are rumors flying about changes in staff, strategy, and priorities. I’ve heard so many at this point that they’ve all cancelled one another out. Only one thing is for certain – the way it is now is not the way [...]
Leap: My 2012 Resolution, Four and a Half Years in the Making
Posted in adventure, business, career, creativity, New Years Eve, New York, New York City, wishes, writing, yoga on January 1, 2012 | 21 Comments »
In 2007, I graduated from business school, where I wrote a few feature columns for my school’s newspaper thanks to my friend, Alice, who was the Editor-in-Chief. I had always wanted to be a writer but was never sure I was talented enough to make a go of it. I really enjoyed the writing and [...]
Beginning: Satyagraha at the Metropolitan Opera and What Gandhi Teaches Us About Being a Beginner
Posted in adventure, art, choices, courage, creativity, justice on December 7, 2011 | 5 Comments »
Upon the very strong advice of my friend and mentor, Richard, I bought a ticket to see the Metropolitan Opera’s final performance of Satyagraha (“truth force” in Sanskrit), an opera by Philip Glass that tells the story of Gandhi’s life in South Africa through the ancient Hindu text of the Bhagavad Gita. The Gita is [...]
Beginning: Move Toward the Obstacles
Posted in adventure, career, celebration, change, creative process, creativity, yoga on November 30, 2011 | Leave a Comment »
“The obstacle is the path.” ~ Zen proverb On Sunday I was thumbing through the new prAna catalog and found this proverb. Obstacles tend to be things we want to jump over, crawl through, duck under, go around, or blow up into miniscule pieces. And with good reason – they prevent us from doing exactly [...]
Beginning: Wander With a Purpose
Posted in adventure, choices, creativity, imagination, tagged postaday2011 on November 1, 2011 | 1 Comment »
“Not all who wander are lost.” ~J. R. R. Tolkien Yesterday I wrote about the need to begin over and over again, to never give up, to take our punches and then try again. It’s also important to understand that it’s okay to try a lot of different avenues. You don’t need to beat your [...]
Beginning: Getting Reacquainted with Tanzania, a Place That Still Feels Like Home
Posted in adventure, Africa, home, travel, tagged postaday2011 on October 30, 2011 | 5 Comments »
Today I’m very excited to share a guest post from Nikita Raja. We “met”via this blog over two years ago and since then have kept up a regular correspondence. She’s one of the members of this blog’s community who is constantly encouraging me to continue to share my experience as a way of helping others. [...]
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