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Monthly Archives: September 2009

My Brain on Microsoft OneNote

Tuesday, September 29, 2009

About six months ago, on a whim, I explored every single program on my computer, many of which had been pre-installed. When I stumbled across Microsoft OneNote I knew I’d finally found an organizing program that works the way my brain does.
Hopefully, this screenshot image provides enough of a sense of the format to intrigue [...]

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Chance Encounters | Kari Medig

Thursday, September 24, 2009

Hold on to the line from the hook of a chance encounter long enough and new worlds lift into view. Time and the random toss of life have a way of separating us, but sheer curiosity often makes me hold on anyway, following the dives and spins, pining for the meaning beneath the waves, the [...]

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Define Your Journal

Tuesday, September 22, 2009

A journal is a record, a recording of something over time. Define that “something” to fit you and your journal becomes exquisitely compelling, beckons and breaks new ground, takes on a life of its own, leads you to temptation, flings you into the arms of insight.
Instances of glory. Weather. Lists of insects sighted. A history [...]

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Success Templates

Tuesday, September 15, 2009

What complex process have you done so many times you’re utterly confident about your ability to pull it off? Can you take a vegetable garden from new ground to dinner table? Bathe a reluctant, grumpy, bedridden patient? Turn a box of financial data into a ship-shape tax form? Playing a violin concerto?
For me, it’s moving. [...]

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Moving On

Tuesday, September 8, 2009

Pardon my dust.
Today is moving day.
I’m surrounded by packing boxes
and psyching myself up
to drive a moving van
across the busy city,
onto two different ferries,
and down some dirt roads.
Wish us luck.
Stay tuned.
Flickr photo: david eastman, by coco+kelly

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