Skate or Die. . .

For many young people, life has always been busy. It’s even been said that life was overscheduled as youngsters, perhaps a reaction to my generation’s childhood of latchkey kids and freedom like the kids from Stranger Things. For some that did not stop in college, whether it was continuing on with community service projects, joining a fraternity/sorority, playing a club sport, becoming “woke” to a number of political, societal or environmental concerns.

 

But what happens when you graduate, and you start working? What happened to those days when you could take a nap after your 9am class, what happened to those emails or sign up sheets for reading to the local elementary school kids, what happened to that weekly game of pick up, and friends who were always available to go out for a smoke, or make a late night run for food? Read the rest of this entry »

Here’s What I listened to Last Week #2

 

The world of the creative and designers have always seemed like the cool kids club or something, but I have only recently realized that creativity and being a creative are not merit badges that one earns, but rather a label that one’s self gets to define and identify with. Listening, understanding, and finding solutions, or also known as counseling is a very much a creative process the I engage in on a daily basis. I have also come to appreciate other aspects of my personal life, that can also be defined as creative.

 

I am a bit bummed that I won’t be able to attend Creative Mornings Chattanooga this Friday. So in honor of all things creative, here are the things that I listened to last week:

•How to Design a Life

•You Can Design Climate Change

•Designing a Family

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Here’s What I Listened to Last Week

I’ve tried to keep up with various things, got a couple of books that I am reading simultaneously, have kept up with popular media, and of course I have listened to various podcasts during my commutes to and fro.

 

Here are some interesting and pertinent ones from last week:

• GaryVee+Jewel

• American Hook Up

• Bruce Springsteen

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