Category: Philosophy

Friday Morning FYI – 3/4/2016

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Welcome to your Friday Morning FYI  – my chance to share observations/wisdom/rants in short, easily consumed form.

It’s snowing this morning in NJ. Not the fun easy-to-enjoy snow, the tiny, frozen, feels-like-darts-to-your-eyes sideways snow. It’s hate snow, really. I love winter, but no one loves hate snow. When I got into my office, a coworker looked up and said, “You must love this weather.” That leads us to this week’s FYI:

When you love something (or someone), you need to accept the worst with the best. This is not new information, of course, but I’m seeing it all around me more and more, especially when writing/reviewing/reading. Also with friends, coworkers, people on the train, etc. In the moment, it’s easy to rage at something bad that’s happened, but when you take the time to sit quietly and reflect, everything is part of a process, or cycle, or series, and everything teaches you something. Except Fuller House. That sh!t’s useless on every level.

 

Thanks for reading,

{RDj}

Friday Morning FYI – 2/26/2016

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Welcome to your Friday Morning FYI  – my chance to share observations/wisdom/rants in short, easily consumed form.

A few weeks ago, I FYI’ed about cobwebs. This morning, heading to the coffee shop near the train station, I noticed a massive shadow shifting and swaying under the train bridge. Turns out it was being cast by the same cobweb on which I’d previously reflected, blowing in the bullying morning wind. That leads us to this week’s FYI:

The smallest thing/word/event can cast an enormous shadow. Be mindful and take nothing for granted, but also accept you will not always see how the small things (or what seem to be small things) have huge impacts somewhere down the line.

And to my writer friends, don’t forget this when building your worlds. Not everything needs to be grand and obvious. In fact, the tiny things are often the most interesting.

 

Thanks for reading,

{RDj}

Friday Morning FYI – 2/19/2016

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Welcome to your Friday Morning FYI (in just before noon edition) – my chance to share observations/wisdom/rants in short, easily consumed form.

This week, nothing dramatic, life-altering, or thought-provoking happened. I wrote a little, read a little, worked a little, etc. Seriously, the week’s gone by like a breeze. Because of that, no deep FYI message has presented itself to me – which is this week’s FYI (yes, meta-as-hell):

Some people seek drama, though they don’t realize it. They feel if every waking moment is not intense, and/or passionate, and/or in-some-way exciting/memorable/mind-blowing, they’re not living. These people are a little nuts. They’re also exhausting.

Appreciate the crazy times for sure, but appreciate the quiet, easy-going times just as much. Appreciate drama-free people even more.

 

Thanks for reading,

{RDj}

Friday Morning FYI – 2/12/2016

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Welcome to your Friday Morning FYI – my chance to share observations/wisdom/rants in short, easily consumed form.

This week’s FYI is about embracing change:

Cob Web in Light

I took this pic this morning, walking to the train station.

I love cobwebs. I know that sounds weird. Most people think cobwebs are dirty and mean spiders are around, but a cobweb is actually an abandoned web. Yes, they’re technically dirty since dust and crap stick to them, but there won’t be any spiders. The spider who built the web has either moved on because it was catching no food, or died.

It’s that last part I love. Not that I dislike spiders – just the opposite. Spiders eat the bad bugs, so they’re OK in my book. No, it’s the transition part. Every cobweb is a tiny reality of change.

People say change is inevitable, but most of us don’t embody that. That’s a comfort thing, I suppose. It can also be a fear thing, though. The fear of trying something new. The fear of leaving what you know, even if that’s not working for you anymore.

If you’re in a place of comfort, great. Stick around. Hang on. If you’re not, be like the spider who isn’t catching any food and move on to a new spot and build an even better web. DON’T be the spider who hangs around until it starves.

 

Thanks for reading,

{RDj}

Friday Morning FYI – 2/5/2016

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Welcome to your Friday Morning FYI – my chance to share observations/wisdom/rants in short, easily consumed form.

This week’s FYI is about doing things that scare you (not, like, wrestling a bear or something though; that sh!t’s nuts):

The book on which I’m currently working scares the hell out of me. Not because it’s monster/ghost/vampire scary, but because it’s the first thing I’m writing I feel might be beyond me. The MC is so deep and so damaged, and the themes are so relevant and poignant, I’m terrified I can’t do any of it justice.

And that’s kind of awesome, because only doing things at which you’re already good is boring. Except Snowboarding. And bowling. Either snowboarding or bowling when you’re not proficient mostly sucks. I know.

Anyway, yeah. Do things that scare you. Do things you think you can’t do. At worst, you were right. At best, you’ll surprise yourself.


Thanks for reading,

{RDj}