learning to let go of either/or thinking

so there is a shift afoot with regards to either/or and both/and thinking. it’s happening in lots of places and from many different directions, people in my circles are decreasingly interested in either/or thinking. people are leaving behind the idea that choosing between two options is ever a realistic situation.

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my developing theory of time

a couple months ago i was having a conversation with a coworker about my thoughts about time management and made a note to write them down. i’ve been writing down so many ideas to write about that i’m several months behind, but here we are.

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vs with eve ewing: community is mutual accountability

my friend, andrew binet, tipped me off to the podcast, vs, and it’s amazing. food4thot is on break right now and vs is very much holding that space in my podcast lineup for queer thoughts and words right now.

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matthieu ricard: transform yourself to better serve others

one of my favorite quotes of all time is this line that i quote from grace lee boggs (though, no doubt, she wasn’t the first one to think this):

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ways i spread myself through my community

today is about eight weeks out from the average first frost in boston. that means today is the last day i can prune my rosemary. all its current growth needs to get hard and woody over the next four weeks so that those parts make it rhough winter. all the green on the plant will freeze and die off but the woody stuff will survive and produce lots of new leaves and things next year.

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