Coming Attractions: Inspired Thoughts and Musings

There are times when I feel absolutely uninspired.  Nothing comes to me to write about.  Those are the times I really struggle to crank out something thoughtful or amusing.  But usually something comes to me.  But today while I was sitting out on the deck on a hot sunny February morning, I was overcome by a  brainstorm of ideas.  So many, I had to make a list.  And now, this evening, I can't seem to land on just one.  So I thought it might be fun to do a coming attractions blog so that you, dear readers, might say, "Hey, weren't you gonna write a blog about...."

--About boredom and how it might just be your imagination calling you to come play.  (Inspired by a quote from Reclaiming Conversation: the Power of Talk in a Digital Age  by Sherry Terkel

--About what it means to spend time well.  How do we measure it? Can have quantity and quality?  Inspired by a TedTalk called Design for Time Well Spent given by Tristan Harris.  Harris asks, "Distracted? What if technology was designed to help us spend our time well?"

--What is that little voice inside your head really trying to do?  I've heard it called your conscience or your critic or a tape from your early life experiences.  What if it were simply trying to keep you safe?

--A method I have found that helps keep me focussed on my intentional goals.  (Not unlike writing these ideas down and sharing them with you).

--Letting go and moving on.  Saying no and then....

--What is really meant by "hard work"?   And why is it hard?

--Is there a difference between pretending and acting as if?  Here is a blog I was reading about the subject: Transformation: Acting as If vs Pretending to Be  Sydni Camillo.  This is something I was thinking about as make some paradigm shifts.

---Words.  Fascinating.  When it began and how it has been a "thing" for me all my life starting when I was learning to write my letters and numbers in grade school.

--Living a guarded life, establishing boundaries and not getting so wrapped up in doing it that you lose focus on why.

--And the one I often wonder about: the secret life of dogs and cats.  What are they thinking?

Now that's a list of things I want to talk about, blog about and explore.  Oh, and one more thing that this particular exercise reminds me of: lists.  I love to make lists and sometimes even keep them up to date.  Now there's a blog just bubbling up waiting to be written!