Thoughts of an Urban Hermit
This space has been quiet for quite awhile now. It’s not for a lack of ideas on what to share here, nor a lack of motivation. I’ve spent too much time overthinking about what to write about, how to share it properly, while sharing exactly nothing.
It's a book of short essays and stories, full of quotes from other writers that have passed through or influenced Charles Johnson through the years, and anecdotes written in a way that both keep you engaged and teach you how to write better.
Margin is the opposite of overload. If we are overloaded we have no margin.
When I started laying out the direction I wanted to go in 2018, one of the things I wanted to do better was read more. I’m constantly reading articles and opinions online, but I wanted to make a better effort at finishing more books this year. That’s a fairly standard goal of most people when starting the year. Most people, however, don’t lay out the books they want to tackle.
2017 flew by quickly with plenty of challenges. Life was spiralling out of control for me in November, and I had to find a way to stop it before I had a full mental breakdown. I had to slow things down and regain control so I could see more clearly what was happening.
The worst way to get people to meditate is to lecture them about it. My rule is that I only talk about meditation when asked.
The photoshoot really echoed the year Kylie had.
Nervous, excited, energetic, playful, and then wanting to retreat to relax.