In the “How you like me now?” Series, I take a blog post from the very beginning of Love Life Practice seven years ago and see how well things have held up. This post comes from November of 2011 (so it’s not quite exactly a year) but it is the earliest “practice” post I have …
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Imposter Syndrome and the 3 Worthless Questions
There are a lot of blog posts about Imposter Syndrome. Most of them are probably better-researched, more aptly worded, and have prettier pictures than this one. I’m not really sure why I think I have anything to say about it. Certainly not anything in particular that is new, or thought provoking. But it’s my blog, and I’m …
The Interrupted Practice
Today was supposed to be a much simpler post. It was going to be a simple layout of how I do my notebook…ahem how I aspire to do my notebook, both for the monthly layout and the daily one. However, I think I need to own up to a different issue, one that ties in …
Three Easy Ways to Have More Time and Less Stress for the Holidays
Busy time of year, yeah? Probably feel inundated on all sides with either of doom and gloom and consume and…damn, can’t think of another rhyme so let’s go with “holiday cheer.” The practice I’m going to recommend today is an easy and quick fix and it is guaranteed to make your holiday season more relaxed …
Compromising Your Life
I am not a fan of compromise. Especially when it comes to art. It’s strange, for someone with so many liberal and social justice-oriented leanings as I have, that when it comes to art I am something of a fascist. I have been part of “group works” where the goal is a sinergistic melding of …
5 Hard Questions for an Easy 2000 Words
The most dangerous stories we make up are the narratives that diminish our inherent worthiness. We must reclaim the truth about our lovability, divinity, and creativity…Tell your dangerous story. – Brené Brown, Rising Strong This is kind of a sneaky Life post. Because yes, it is focused on NaNoWriMo, and yes, it will give you a …
Don’t Stop
Yesterday Petrona put a comment on my post about following passion that I had some trouble with. It’s from Amos Bronson Alcott, “We climb to heaven most often on the ruins of our cherished plans, finding our failures were successes.“ I did some further research (ok, I actually just read the wikipedia page, but that …
On Vacation!
Natasha and I are having a long-anticipated vacation in sunny San Francisco, and I’ll be taking a week off from the blog. I’ll be back on June 8th, though, promise!
don’t fake caring
We’re Sorry We Can’t Take Your Call… That’s a screenshot of an email I sent to Chris Guillebeau, shortly after posting my review of his new book both here and on Amazon. When I wrote it, I didn’t have any expectation of a reply. It’s the launch day! He’s wrangling twitter strategies and guest blog …
Show Up for Success; Final Evaluations; Searching for Love
This Love•Life•Practice podcast contains readings of the following posts: Show Up for Success The Defining Moment: Final Evaluations Searching for Love LoveLifePractice now has a newsletter! Informative, useful, entertaining – sign up on the blog or by clicking here. Send feedback or questions to gray@lovelifepractice.com. You can make Love.Life.Practice even better by clicking below and becoming a Patron for …