Kobi and I began reading Wintering: The Power of Rest and Retreat in Difficult Times by Katherine May after I came across it on the How to be a Better Human Podcast. The host, Chris Duffy, read the following excerpts: However it arrives, wintering is usually involuntary, lonely, and deeply painful.Yet it's also inevitable. We like to imagine that it's possible … [Read more...] about Falling Leaves, Filled Donuts, and Fierce Grace
The PhD
Week 8 – Things are Starting to Get Real
I am not discussing politics here – at least not right here. Perhaps it is a discussion for another post (probably not), or a different cup of coffee (more appropriately in person). But it is not the subject of this weekly recap. It may touch at the edges of it, have whispers of suggestion because, of course, it does. I live in the same world at the same time as you. I know it, … [Read more...] about Week 8 – Things are Starting to Get Real
Week 7 – The Arrow of Focus…or The Focus of God…or Why I Deleted All Social Media and News Apps From My Phone
Sitting in my Thinking Chair* yesterday morning, I deleted every social media, news app, apps whose last use I cannot recall, and apps that I mindlessly tap when I mindlessly grab my phone out of distraction, discomfort, or the slightest suggestion of boredom. I was pretty reckless about the whole thing, figuring that if I deleted something important by accident, the nature of … [Read more...] about Week 7 – The Arrow of Focus…or The Focus of God…or Why I Deleted All Social Media and News Apps From My Phone
Week 6 – Getting Up and Going to Work
Today’s writing almost got rescheduled. My book club is reading Becoming Mrs. Lewis by Patti Callahan. I started it yesterday; so far, so good. I feel like I understand Joy Davidson and her struggles fairly well (or, I should say, the Joy Davidson as presented by Callahan). This writing session was already getting worked out in my head, and it all nearly came to a stop when, in … [Read more...] about Week 6 – Getting Up and Going to Work
Week 4…or Month One…or Week 5…or Lessons in Feeding Yourself
I had intentions of going back through my journal to pick out all the things I didn’t get to during my weekly check-ins. Framily, there are a lot of them. I had this idea that I would just hit the high points once a week and do a better job of the rest of it around the 23rd. Except schedules don’t really work that way. I don’t magically have more time once a month than I do … [Read more...] about Week 4…or Month One…or Week 5…or Lessons in Feeding Yourself