Category: Sunday Planning
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Day 321 of 1000: Authenticity in Later Life
Charles Taylor and Iris Murdoch on what’s good and meaningful. Authenticity not simply as individualistic pursuits.
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Day 307 of 1000: My Interests this Week
In Sunday planning, I review the week ahead. In today’s post, I also report on the current state of negotiations between the U.S. and Iran.
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Day 293 of 1000: Surgery Week Arrives
As I approach major surgery and its aftermath at the same time I’m learning to trade, pondering the Hermit and his wisdom.
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DAy 286 of 1000: Global Trade and the Fourth Turning
The current closure of the Hormuz Strait is putting pressure on the petrodollar system. If the U.S. loses it, they’ve lost their economic power too.
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Day 272 of 1000: The Inspiration Society
Instead of the achievement society, how about participating in the inspiration society? How The Fool Tarot card got me thinking of a different way of living.
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Day 266 of 1000: Planning the First Week of March
Planning my portfolio buy/sell day in the shadow of war, getting paintings ready for sale, solving an insomnia problem.
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Day 259 of 1000: In the Wintertime of a Transition
It’s wintertime and I’m in the neutral zone of reinvention. But spring is coming, and I’m going to paint with springy colors, in an energetic style.
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Day 252 of 1000: Finding Hopefulness
Pondering how uncertain I feel as I attempt to reinvent myself. Considering ideas from Byung-Chul Han’s The Spirit of Hope.
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Day 245 of 1000: Planning for Valentine’s Day Week
Plans for the week including Valentine’s Day dinner, writing about investing, working on Mechanism paintings, dancing through life.
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Day 231 of 1000: Art and Money
This week, I’ll be working on my kline-inspired Motion Memory paintings as well as the new portfolio dashboard I’m putting together in Google Sheets.
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Day 217 of 1000: Back to the creative life
Getting back to my writing and painting after spending most of last week on a very long road trip.
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Day 211 of 1000: Choosing recklessness, road trip edition
More on the reckless road trip that has been postponed once already but maybe won’t be again. The idea of recklessness as letting of doing things right.
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Day 204 of 1000: Space and place on a road trip
Random musings about the upcoming Denver to NOLA road trip we’re taking to transport a poodle to my sister’s house. Geographer Yi-fu Tuan on space and place.
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Day 190 of 1000: Planning under uncertainty
Looking forward to a week of uncertainty, when my dad might be discharged from rehab and I’m integrating his dog into my household.
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Day 183 of 1000: Investing if there is an AI bubble
What do you do if you believe that U.S. stocks are in a bubble due to AI euphoria? Choose an equal-weight portfolio of global risk assets instead of market weight.
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Day 176 of 1000: The end of people pleasing at midlife
At midlife, I’m finding myself unwilling to people please, perform, and pretend niceness. The reasons behind that.
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Day 162 of 1000: Repetition and releasement
Planning my creative work around the twin ideas of releasement and repetition.
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DAy 155 of 1000: Seeking releasement
On Eckhart and Heidegger’s concepts of releasement, and what it means in an extremely online era. How recklessness relates to releasement.
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Day 148 of 1000: Groundhog day
The creative’s groundhog day: Just keep showing up and doing the work day after day, with ideas from Kleon and Burkeman.
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DAy 142 of 1000: a developmental self-edit
After finishing the first draft of my book manuscript, I’m going to do a developmental-self-edit. Also continuing to work on my daily routine.
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Day 135 of 1000: Refining my daily schedule
Refining my daily routine to move my book writing to the prime early morning position, adding a set time for working out, blocking out two hours in the afternoon for business tasks, and blogging as the last task of the day.
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Day 128 of 1000: A redraft vs a rewrite
Redrafting a book manuscript versus rewriting it. Writing a book in three drafts. More advice from Dean Wesley Smith, and also Robert A. Heinlein.
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Day 121 of 1000: finally making fast progress on my book
Now that I’ve developed a good structure for my book, I’m making fast progress on the first draft.
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Day 114 of 1000: Creating writing momentum
This week, I’m going to work on my book manuscript. I’m going to write it with flow, drive, and in my own voice.
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Day 108 of 1000: On a writing journey
Reflections on the Six of Swords Tarot card, and how I feel I am setting out on a journey with my book pivot.
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Day 94 of 1000: Experiencing the Other in Relationship
Last week, I underwent a major shift in my perspective on my life. This week, I hope to make some more sense of it, with philosophical study.
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Day 87 of 1000: September is for structure
September is one of my favorite months, along with January! They are both times for fresh starts and renewed rigor.
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Day 80 of 1000: The week ahead
Planning the week ahead, including a preview of the Tuesday Book Club topic, leaving family psychologically at midlife.
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DAy 73 of 1000: Road trip!
For most of next week, I’ll be driving with my daughter on a cross-country road trip. Then it’s back to my work in progress, TMGM.
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Day 66 of 1000: A six-month or a five-day plan? Perhaps both
Planning the next five days, and thinking about a solo exhibition in six months. Reminding myself to take my time and live in alignment with who I am.
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Day 59 of 1000: ordinary magic
Inspired by the Queen of Pentacles to create some ordinary magic in my home.
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Day 52 of 1000: Establishing artistic focus
Figuring out which paintings to submit to the This is Colorado show. Thinking about the week ahead with my visiting daughter.
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Day 45 of 1000: Expressing authenticity in art
Seeking to express authentic moments of life through my art rather than trying to make great art. Acting on an idea that visited me a long time ago.
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Day 38 of 1000: What life is asking
Emerging from a walking depression, I’m considering what life is asking of me right now. What are my most important life tasks?
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Day 31 of 1000: my monthly portfolio update
Coming up on my monthly portfolio buy/sell day, I’m considering the near-term and long-term macro situation as well as asset charts.
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Day 24 of 1000: Creative impasse
Reaching a creative impasse with plein air painting. Finding a way through.
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day 17 of 1000: diving into emerging market investing
As I move forward with my 1000-day project, I’m planning to write about emerging market investments this week.
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day 10 of 1000: Planning week two (The Star)
My attempt to mechanistically pursue business creation feels wrong to me. Instead, I’m inspired by a message from The Star, a card from the Tarot.
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day 3 of 1000: planning the first week
Planning the first full week of my 1000-day project. Main priority this week: recording and publishing the first podcast episode.