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10 lessons learned that I never want to losePhoto: GettyImages In the spring of 2021, I left the corporate job I had been in for the prior seventeen years. It was the first time since graduating college — and we’re talking early 1990s here — that I had been unemployed. Back then, OJ Simpson wasn’t yet on trial for murder and Prince…

Parenting And SocietyIncreasingly independent lifestyles aren’t good for all of us, and especially not for families. https://medium.com/@RhianninB?source=post_page-----dcfd0a1da74d----------------------------------- Rhiannin Bunney https://medium.com/in-losing-the-village-we-abandoned-societys-parents-dcfd0a1da74d?source=post_page-----dcfd0a1da74d----------------------------------- Dec 17, 2021·10 min readPhoto by Benjamin Manley on Unsplash It takes a village to raise a child. I had a very d...

How Thoreau improved my vision https://ericweiner.medium.com/?source=post_page-----32fd0a4fd1ca----------------------------------- Eric Weiner https://forge.medium.com/the-art-of-seeing-32fd0a4fd1ca?source=post_page-----32fd0a4fd1ca----------------------------------- Dec 20, 2021·5 min readPhoto by Harry Quan on Unsplash I thought my vision was pretty good. Not quite 20–20, but close. Then I read Thoreau. Yes, *that *Thoreau. Forget what you may have read by or about the “hermit Concord.” He ...

I know what you’re thinking, but hear me out, if only so I can tell you about Yatreda, Noah Kalina, and Julie Blackmon https://ellisbrooks.medium.com/?source=post_page-----47229311dcf8----------------------------------- Ellis Brooks https://onezero.medium.com/nfts-are-critical-for-the-future-of-art-47229311dcf8?source=post_page-----47229311dcf8----------------------------------- Dec 17, 2021·15 min readJulie Blackmon, Homegrown Food (2012). Pigment print available at Edelman Gallery. Also min...

Someone is benefitting from polarization, and it’s not us. https://gwenfrisbiefulton.medium.com/?source=post_page-----5b8ec61a645b----------------------------------- Gwen Frisbie-Fulton https://gen.medium.com/what-if-we-arent-divided-as-they-tell-us-we-are-5b8ec61a645b?source=post_page-----5b8ec61a645b----------------------------------- Dec 19, 2021·4 min read“Do you think we are headed towards civil war?” The question is jarring, but not absurd. It was two weeks before the 2020 elections and...

10 lessons learned that I never want to lose https://medium.com/@lindacastrilli?source=post_page-----942da44c924----------------------------------- Linda Castrilli https://index.medium.com/i-took-an-extended-break-from-the-rat-race-here-are-lessons-learned-that-i-never-want-to-lose-942da44c924?source=post_page-----942da44c924----------------------------------- Dec 16, 2021·6 min readPhoto: GettyImages In the spring of 2021, I left the corporate job I had been in for the prior seventeen years....

I would like to dismiss 2021 as a terrible, no-good, very bad year, a year to be sept away and forgotten as quickly as possible. After all, it was a year that began with the insurrection and was quickly followed by my ALS diagnosis. Dire on both the public and private fronts. Such a year can’t possibly have been anything other than bad. And yet — it was also the year that I not only had a new book published, I also sold two new books (on the same day!) to come out in 2022. More importantly, i...

Here’s my annual list of favorite books, music, and movies. Art always sustains and nourishes the soul. But for me, music and storytelling felt especially urgent during this pandemic year — a way to connect even when we were cooped up. Since these are works I have actually listened to, watched, or read, I’m sure I’ve missed some worthy stuff. So if you have your own recommendations to share, I’ll add them to the stack of books and movies I hope to catch up on over the holidays!Favorite Books ...

Creation is actually good for you. Do it every day. https://scottcdunn.medium.com/?source=post_page-----85498e3e5b25----------------------------------- ScottCDunn https://medium.com/creators-hub/id-like-to-be-free-of-it-now-85498e3e5b25?source=post_page-----85498e3e5b25----------------------------------- Dec 16·5 min readPhoto: Matthieu Spohn/Getty Images Addictions are usually addictions to consumption. I’m no stranger to addiction. I’ve tried pot, booze, people, sex, food, caffeine, histrio...

I didn’t send any cards in 2020. A lot of people didn’t — I suppose no one felt like writing Christmas letters or picking a photo from that sad year. We did do a few small things. My main effort was to make a wreath; we didn’t have any pines at the old farmhouse property, so we wandered a nearby state forest to cut some inconspicuous branches. I tied them to a wreath form, wrapped it with a velvet bow, and put it on our front door. We didn’t do gifts for each other, and only bought a few for ...

It’s time to think about how they really impact on people https://justinel999.medium.com/?source=post_page-----7d0ed68e4926----------------------------------- Justine L https://index.medium.com/oh-please-can-2022-be-the-year-we-have-less-meetings-7d0ed68e4926?source=post_page-----7d0ed68e4926----------------------------------- Dec 15·4 min readPhoto: Chris Montgomery/Unsplash I’m pretty sure that I’ve attended more meetings in the last twenty months than in the thirty or so years of my pre-20...

Here’s my annual list of favorite books, music, and movies. Art always sustains and nourishes the soul. But for me, music and storytelling felt especially urgent during this pandemic year — a way to connect even when we were cooped up. Since these are works I have actually listened to, watched, or read, I’m sure I’ve missed some worthy stuff. So if you have your own recommendations to share, I’ll add them to the stack of books and movies I hope to catch up on over the holidays!Favorite Books ...