On beginnings

1. Sep 20 2023

   • challenges,
   • career,
   • beginnings,
   • goal-setting

   Taking Stock

   A pause in my usual routine to take a look at where I’m at and where I’d like to be. It’s been quite the ride diving back into HTML and CSS and dipping my toe into Javascript.

2. Aug 24 2018

   • perfectionism,
   • relationships,
   • goal-setting,
   • beginnings,
   • judgment

   Come As You Are

   In our society, we strive for the biggest, most visible gains; we look for and celebrate the “zero to hero.” It seems only natural to think that the most effective way to improve is to look for the biggest weaknesses we can find and “fix” that.

3. Aug 17 2018

   • beginnings,
   • challenges,
   • practice

   Courage by Association

   Bayles and Orland's “Art and Fear” suggests that what artists learn from other artists is not just history and technique.

4. Aug 16 2018

   • beginnings,
   • meditation?

   Beginner’s Mind

   I like being good at things and despise being bad at things. It’s struck me lately that I am especially bad at being a “good” beginner, that is, someone with a beginner’s mind. The “beginner’s mind” is a concept from Zen Buddhism: it is an attitude towards learning that is open, eager, and unencumbered by expectations.

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