Category: Ideas

  • Negative Space

    Negative Space

    The Japanese have a word for this space in between things or objects.  It is an experience of the space in between.  The word is Ma.  It is an awareness of what happens in between thoughts and breaths.  It is a sense of presence that doesn’t have an english word…

  • Disconnect

    Disconnect

    Your body needs sleep in order to rest.  You need downtime in order to rejuvenate.  You need to disconnect and unplug in order reconnect with yourself. I’m at a a coffe shop that allows me to be online for 2 hours, but then they provide a warning that says that…

  • Facebook and You Being a Voyeur

    Facebook and You Being a Voyeur

    I heard someone say that Facebook is for the voyeur.  When you think of a voyeur, you probably thought about a peeping tom or something sexual.  I did, but then I looked up the definition of voyeur. The first definition all had to do with all of our initial thoughts.…

  • Comfort Addiction

    Comfort Addiction

    Have you ever heard about it?  I was watching the news and a Life Coach came on to talk about comfort addiction.  The basic idea is that we all get stuck in a rut because we are so comfortable with our current situation.  We are then not able to continue…

  • Too Much of a Good Thing is too Much

    Too Much of a Good Thing is too Much

    I just had sushi for lunch.  I heard this morning on the news that having more sushi – especially the fish that is high in Omega-3 will keep you heart healthy.  Not that I need an excuse to have more sushi, but that made me want to be heart healthy.…

  • Woulda, Shoulda, Coulda

    Woulda, Shoulda, Coulda

    First of all, who put those 3 words in that order.  You always hear it in that order.  Okay, maybe sometimes woulda, coulda, shoulda. Those 3 words bring so many ideas to mind.  On the one hand, it helps to cope with what woulda, coulda, or shoulda.  On the other…

  • Health and Balance

    Health and Balance

    I was talking with a friend this week who is running a ton of miles and working out everyday.  They are watching what they are eating and physically, just doing all the right things. They were running and watching what they were eating in order to lose weight, but they…

  • Cancelled Class

    Cancelled Class

    I was sitting in the college cafe today, and I overheard a student talk about how her class was cancelled today.  She was so excited that her class was cancelled today. What is it about a cancelled class that feels so good?  It’s like Christmas.  Students are just so excited.…

  • How to Know If You’re Happy

    How to Know If You’re Happy

    All you have to do is answer a few questions.  Download the iPhone app so that they can ping you every now and then.  You can then tell them how happy you are. Go check it out – www.trackyourhappiness.org. I do want to tell you that you don’t need an…

  • You Cannot Become More You

    It is not possible to become any more than you already are. That’s not to say that you can’t change your behavior or outlook. You can change the way that you look. You can change the way that you act, but you can’t become more you – as if there’s…

  • Anxiety on the Plane

    There is something about pressure and anxiety that really shows people’s true selves. Its awesome. Why am I enjoying this? Well, it’s the real deal. No one is hiding. Everyonebis just letting it all out.

  • Lem’s Twitter Rules @lemness

    Lem’s Twitter Rules @lemness

    As I was looking at Twitter today, I realized that I have some rules that I follow.  This post is more an exercise for me to articulate them rather than to have you follow them.  I’d be interested though in the rules that you follow for Twitter.  If you’re not…