My mind rebels against boredom. When I find myself lacking external stimulation, my knee-jerk response is to seek out some means of filling that void: something to read, something to listen to, something to scribble or type or exercise or otherwise…
I sometimes delay getting started on big projects because I know that once I get going I’ll want to finish. I manage this dislike of incomplete circuits by breaking larger projects up into smaller projects that are more digestible and…
The rudiments of my home base here in Milwaukee are in place, and I’m beginning the process of formalizing and reinforcing the framework of what I’ve built up till this point. I’m substantially less-familiar with this stage of moving someplace…
There’s a method for exploration that I’ve found works pretty well for how I think, how I learn, and my relative energy and comfort levels when it comes to the unknown. I’ve developed this method over the decade-plus I’ve been…
If you want to know how you’ve changed as a person, I suggest you consider moving. Over the past two weeks, I’ve had to establish a new set of habits predicated on novel circumstances and environments, and had to introduce…
Since I started cooking a handful of years ago, making a big batch of curry and rice has become a minor tradition for me when I move somewhere new. It implies I’ll be settling into a place long enough that…
I’m moving tomorrow. Or rather: I’m leaving my pandemic-era hunker location to move into a US-based apartment for a year, as was my plan back in early 2020 before essentially every aspect of my then-ambitions were sidelined for something like…
The term “red thread of fate” originates in Chinese folklore, referring to a bond between people who haven’t met, but who are destined to be with each other. The term is also used, contemporarily, in reference to an invisible connection…
With every step you take, it’s possible you might fall. That’s not pessimism, it’s the reality of being a perambulatory human being. Mathematical models have demonstrated that walking is just falling over and over again, but—and this is essential—it also means controlling…
On a semi-regular basis, I go through a period where I question essentially everything I do and how I do those things in an attempt to bring my behaviors into alignment with the most up-to-date iteration of myself. This flurry…