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Posts Tagged ‘Mick Bradley’

UD #18: Creativity, Inspiriation, Buddhism

Time for a little one-on-one in Mr. Miller’s Neighborhood. Join me for some friendly blather on a Saturday Afternoon. Footprints with Lotus Flower: Photo by Carol Mitchell, found via flickr. Used under Creative Commons

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We Few, We Happy Few…

Author note: This was originally published in Steve Eley’s The Podcast Pedant. I came across it recently, and it still rang true with me, so I thought I’d give it another airing. Enjoy.

Earphones: Photo by Lecasio, found via flickr. Used under Creative CommonsI have a bad habit of overcommitting myself. No…wait…that’s not quite right. I have a bad habit of committing myself and then mismanaging my time. It’s a character flaw, and one that I’m working to correct. However…one of the inevitable consequences of my time mismanagement is that, sooner or later, I begin to feel as though I am being pecked to death by ducks. Everything piles up, and all I want to do it run and hide until it goes away.

I know what I should do: bear down, shoulder to the grindstone, nose to the wheel…or something like that. Still, when it all feels like the Myth of Sisyphus, I want to slink off to the local Barnes & Noble, buy a coffee, and read graphic novels.

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