Imagine a world in which
you were actually perfect.
Finished.
Done.
With nothing to chase
nothing to walk toward.
How boring.
God, how boring.
— Arthur Brooks
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Posted in Other, Writing, tagged #365Ways, #365Ways2026, art, creativity, imperfection, inspiration, life, perfection, Thoughts, Writers, writing on August 2, 2026| 1 Comment »
Imagine a world in which
you were actually perfect.
Finished.
Done.
With nothing to chase
nothing to walk toward.
How boring.
God, how boring.
— Arthur Brooks
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Posted in Writing, tagged #365Ways, #365Ways2026, another Hank Green quote, art in life, creativity, inspiration, life, practice, Thoughts, writing on July 13, 2026| Leave a Comment »
The path to good runs through bad, and that goes for art forms we don’t even consider art forms, like friendship, parenthood, and citizenship. But the only thing that gets us better is practice. — Hank Green
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Posted in Writing, tagged #365Ways, #365Ways2026, creativity, life, Thoughts, Writers, writing on July 9, 2026| Leave a Comment »
“Before you tell your life what you intend to do with it, listen for what it intends to do with you.” — Parker J. Palmer
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Posted in Other, tagged #365Ways, #365Ways2026, life, Thoughts on June 6, 2026| Leave a Comment »
One thing that’s easy to lose sight of in our culture is that despite the challenges, growing old is a gift. It gives you time to experience more, but also to have a greater impact and transform your vision of a good world into reality.
And to set up a charming stand like this!
Feeling lonely? Stop by a Grandma Stand for a heartfelt chat
“I have no idea how many people she talked to through those years, but at least a thousand,” Matthews said. “She had never had any hesitancy caring and just being present with whoever sat down on that chair.”
Here’s to life, and to using it wisely!
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Posted in Other, Writing, tagged #365Ways, #365Ways2026, art, creativity, inspiration, life, Thoughts, Writers, writing on April 3, 2026| Leave a Comment »
“I gave myself permission to care, because there are a lot of people in this world who are afraid of caring, who are afraid of showing they care because it’s uncool. It’s uncool to have passion. It’s so much easier to lose when you’ve shown everyone how much you don’t care if you win or lose. It’s much harder to lose when you show that you care, but you’ll never win unless you also stand to lose. I’ve said it before. Don’t be afraid of your passion, give it free reign, and be honest and work hard and it will all turn out just fine.” ― Tom Hiddleston
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Posted in Other, Writing, tagged #365Ways, #365Ways2026, creativity, life, Thoughts, Writers, writing on January 30, 2026| 1 Comment »
“All you have to do is to pay attention; lessons always arrive when you are ready, and if you can read the signs, you will learn everything you need to know in order to take the next step.”
― Paulo Coelho
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Posted in Science!, tagged #365Ways, #365Ways2026, bit of fun, it's all relative, life, nature on January 7, 2026| Leave a Comment »
Another entertaining project from Neal.fun:
(Although the image of a person next to that Titanoboa is more than a little scary. At least we could have taken that angry turkey Velociraptor!)
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Posted in Writing, tagged #365Ways, #365Ways2025, choices, creativity, life, Thoughts, Writers, writing on December 9, 2025| Leave a Comment »
Here’s a lovely thought piece by Spencer Sekulin on making peace with the ghosts of lives unlived and becoming your imperfect, unpredictable, beautiful self.
Forgive Yourself for Not Becoming Everything You Wanted – Spencer Sekulin
To live one life, you need to condemn many others.
Yet to try to live all of them keeps you stuck, forever.
Spencer’s fiction is also terrific. If you’re looking for excellently written fantasy, check out his work!
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Posted in Other, tagged #365Ways, #365Ways2025, life, Thoughts on September 17, 2025| Leave a Comment »
Whatever’s on your menu today, I hope that you have a moment to look up, take a breath, and enjoy it.
“Hey, this is awesome. Just remember: This is awesome.”
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Posted in Other, Writing, tagged #365Ways, #365Ways2025, inspiration, life, persist, Thoughts, Writers, writing on September 12, 2025| Leave a Comment »
“Awful first drafts are fine—Agree with this. If you don’t finish something, you’ll never get in the game. Just quell the voice in your head that says “Are you kidding? No one is going to want to read this drivel” and keep on going.”
― Jamie Freveletti
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