Meaningful
The other day I received an email from a student who attended a talk I gave at her school a few years ago. I remember chatting with her after the presentation because she was passionate about a specific artistic movement,…
Ask Colin: Waiting to Meet
Howdy Colin! So I’ve been talking to this girl that seems really cool, we met through IG and just kind of hit it off from there. It’s kind of exciting but also a little weird, because I’m a girl who…
Ask Colin: Making Plans
Hi Colin. Like everyone, or maybe just everyone I know, I’m feeling really stuck right now. I’ve been working a job, the first one I took right out of college, and was planning to move to another job that would…
All The Other Things
The loss of peripheral perception—often called “tunnel vision”—is a common affliction faced by people in the midst of a disaster. It makes sense that if your home is torn apart by a tornado and you’re searching for loved ones in…
Ask Colin: Strange Careers
Colin, How do you make money? Sorry if that’s a weird or rude question, but I’ve read about how you travel the world and work on all kinds of projects and that’s something I’ve always wanted to do. Lots of…
Ask Colin: The Good Life
Colin, how do I live a good life? Everyone is telling me something different, and I feel like you might have some good perspective on this. Thank you, Sydney — Hey Sydney- Part of why you’re receiving so many different…
Rethinking Everything
There’s a certain comfort in thinking about what we’ll all do when things get back to normal. I find myself retreating to that line of thinking, at times, as it allows me to perceive the moment as an interstitial: something…
Ask Colin: Housemate Harmony
Hey Colin- So like a lot of people right now I’m at home all day with my housemate, and although we typically get along famously it’s beginning to wear on us both. We got pretty angry at each other the…
Ask Colin: Recalibrating
Colin, I find myself just really thrown off by everything that’s happening in the world right now. I’m struggling just to get out of bed in the morning, and I feel like the things that generally motivate me to get…
Ask Colin: Purposeful
Hey Colin: I’m doing a lot better than many people I know right now. I work from home and I have great clients. What happens when I’m done with my present batch of projects is uncertain, but I’m feeling very…