Tag: Identity
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100 Free Throws
Larry Bird is a retired Hall of Fame basketball player. I loved watching him play. I wanted to shoot the ball like him, but I didn’t put in the work that he did. He made a Pact with Himself to shoot 100 free throws in a row after every practice…
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A House Number
….gives you identity. I had never thought about it before. All my life I have had an address. I could point to somewhere in every season of my life that I have lived. I had never thought about a House Number giving me identity. There are parts of the world…
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Pronoia
The writer and Electronic Frontier Foundation co-founder John Perry Barlow defined pronoia as “the suspicion the Universe is a conspiracy on your behalf”. It can be thought of as the opposite of paranoia. You can look it up. Check out the wikipedia page about it. It is not a new idea, but it is…
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Vulnerable in Creativity and Explore your Insecurities
I was at TEDxAFC with my good friends Daniel Araujo and Brent Oglesby. It was my frist time going to one of these events with friends. I normally go by myself so it was nice to proces with people that I knew. Of all the things that I heard today…
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A Journey into Fantasy
I heard this line a few days ago. It made me think of a few things. First of all, I don’t think of fantasy as something that you have to journey to. I always think that fantasy is always going to be there. I don’t think of the journey into…
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The Home Screen
Everything leaks identity. You know how they say that you can tell a lot about a person by taking a look at their checkbook and calendar – well, that was a saying before smartphones. You don’t need to look at 2 things any longer. Technically, you can simplify things and…
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Confluence of Events
con·flu·ence (knfl–ns) n. 1. a. A flowing together of two or more streams. b. The point of juncture of such streams. c. The combined stream formed by this juncture. 2. A gathering, flowing, or meeting together at one juncture or point e·vent (-vnt) n. 1. a. Something that takes place; an occurrence. b. A significant occurrence or happening.…
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Confession and Identity
I don’t know what you think about when you hear the word Confession. Maybe you picture something that happens in church with a priest. Maybe it’s just a tough conversation with your friend. Maybe you write it down. Confession though is a great affirmation of identity. Think about what happens…
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How to Find Your True Self – Audio
I am adding a new feature to some of my old posts. I don’t know the best way to do this so I am adding the audio commentary and then reposting the blog post at the bottom of it. Let me know how you like this feature. I will try…
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Identity as Narrative
So awhile back, I posted about wanting to start a podcast. The main reason for doing so was to learn how to do it. I’m realizing that it takes quite a bit of work if you’re doing all of the interviewing and the production. It would be nice to just…
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Trapped in a Mindset
I was talking to a friend today about what motivates identities. Do we take on an identity to try it on? Do we take on an identity for the image – like the look and feel of an identity? Or do we really put on an identity to take on…
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