Comments on: All Your Great Evidence is Behind You

By: SusanJ

SusanJ — Wed, 20 Jan 2010 00:53:31 +0000

Thanks Tom! I hadn’t thought about that, but it’s so true – ideas often come readily to me when my body is moving and my mind is free to roam.

By: Tom Volkar / Delightful Work

Tom Volkar / Delightful Work — Mon, 18 Jan 2010 15:40:24 +0000

Thanks for a wonderful post. As a frequent shoveler I can relate and I endorse all three of your maxims. There is something refreshingly honest about cutting my own grass and shoveling my own drive. I’m often blessed with ideas that would not have come without the simple locomotion of the human body shoveling.
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By: SusanJ

SusanJ — Thu, 07 Jan 2010 01:42:43 +0000

@Stacey – I love that cartoon sound effect – Doing! That’s going to stick for me. Thanks!

@Carol – it’s funny that, even though those phrases are so cliche, they still work. And Yes, I’m quite certain there will be more opportunities to practice.

@Catherine – I would gladly trade you right now for some sun and a beach!

By: Catherine Caine

Catherine Caine — Thu, 07 Jan 2010 00:29:31 +0000

That’s a lovely insight. Even though I’ve never seen snow!
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By: Carol Hess

Carol Hess — Wed, 06 Jan 2010 22:46:48 +0000

Susan — What a great post. And I could so identify because I’m not a fan of shoveling snow either. Love the snow (why I live in Maine), hate the shoveling (why I live next door to two energetic boys). When I want to quit, I draw inspiration from well known sayings from the 12-step recovery programs — just for today, one day at a time, fake it til you make it. Enough just for todays, one day at a times, and fake it till you make its, and pretty soon the thing that was impossible is not only possible, it’s done. Like your lovely, shoveled sidewalk.

And guess what? You will probably get plenty more chances to practice slow down, rest, and inspired. I have a feeling you haven’t seen the last snowflake of the season . . . .

By: Stacey Cornelius

Stacey Cornelius — Wed, 06 Jan 2010 03:00:04 +0000

A friend of mine once did a stint as production manager for a small theatre company. She had three lists posted on her bulletin board: Do, Doing and Done.

The middle list was the best one. Not because it represented work in progress, but because of the nature of words. The longer you looked at that middle column, the more the header changed from do-ing to a cartoon sound effect: doing! It made everything seem like a lot less work.

I don’t like quitting. I don’t like the way it feels. If I have to put a project aside for a time, it nags at the back of my mind, like that one thing I know I should have put on the grocery list but can’t recall what it was.

Starting, now, I can work up a whole pile of intimidation if I put my mind to it. It depends on the task, of course, and how much is at stake. But once I get moving… doing!
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