imagination.
We all want to capture someone else’s interest. Marketers. Managers. Singles. Parents. Children. Pets. Everyone. My rule of thumb for getting people intensely interested is pretty simple: Capture their imagination. I took advantage of living in a major city yesterday. I saw a movie before it opened in wide-release. The Assassination of Jesse James by […]
shiny & new.
I got on a plane from JFK yesterday afternoon and after two hours on the runway, and six in the air, arrived in SF. It still feels like I’m just visiting. Like this is just another one of the many trips that I’ve taken in the last few years. I’m not sure when it’ll feel […]
whirlwind of emotion.
Moving is a trip. The emotion spans the gamut from ‘scares the total crap out of you’, to ‘day-dreaming about everything that’s ahead.’ A pretty big spread. Change is definitely scary. I’m no exception. As I realized this week, I’m going through a lot of change. 1) Leaving my job (of ~5 years). 2) Leaving […]
things change.
So the move continues to get to me. I now feel, for the first time since I actually decided, anxious. Anxiety about my last days at work, about getting rid of everything in my house, about packing, about where to ship it to in SF, about where to live, and all of the details between […]
they disappear, one by one…
If you wish to travel far and fast, travel light. Take off all your envies, jealousies, unforgiveness, selfishness and fear. Glenn Clark Remember the scene in Fight Club where he looks around his apartment and it’s all Ikea? All the pretty pictures in the catalogs convince you that life would be as perfect as the […]
begin act iv.
Have you ever thought of your life in acts? I have. I’m about to start act iv in my life and it’s exciting. Act I was growing up. I’ll end this at freshman year in high school. Without going into a ton of detail (maybe that’s another post) let’s say that like most driven people, […]
life changes.
I’m on the verge of some pretty big changes. I’ll be posting more in a few days and then trying to post a flurry of updates documenting my life changes. It’s exciting. I’m excited. Stay tuned…