Is this thing on?
I spent 8 years over at Typepad which is weirdly still live – https://workinprogress.blogs.com/ – with my last post in 2012. I spent more than a decade on Fatcow (now part of Bluehost). And yes, every time I logged in …
Author: Catherine Kunst
Time Flies
These days, my consume to create ratio is about 95 to 5. Most of my creative activities now happen at work. And even when I stumble across the incredibly impactful work of others, while I may share them internally with …
Happy New Year 2022
I was too late to send cards for Christmas! I just sent some Happy New Year Cards today (as shown above), still trying to track down some mailing addresses for some people. On the inside I wrote, a lot. See …
A year of biking
I never expected to love riding a bike. I do, all kinds. This year I rode 3,811 miles. It’s been amazing. And I still feel like a beginner which is a great place to be.
Hell Yeah
A new book showed up in the mail yesterday “Hell Yeah or No: what’s worth doing – a collection of thoughts about what’s worth doing, fixing faulty thinking, and making things happen” by Derek Sivers. I’ve written about his writing …
I don’t write when I am happy
A few months ago, the Art of Manliness, had a post called “Why I stopped journaling” and it resonated with me, especially the part about managing emotions and not focusing on and writing about the negative. I keep a private …
Learning to Ride
My mom used to tell a story to my friends to embarrass me, about that time, when I was 15 years old, in the summer of 1983, when I rode my bike in the middle of the night in the …
Back to the Beginning
My friend Clay encouraged me to re-read my very first post earlier this week. It was short (see below, that’s all there was to it) I think I had it on Typepad at that point. The old stuff is still …
Let’s Go to Candy Land
Two weeks ago things were relatively normal in Colorado. My cousin was in town for a conference. We went out to dinner at Linger on March 9. It was amazing to see her and catch up. My favorite hot yoga …
Regret or Self-Compassion
I have been chewing on a Mark Manson post about how to let go of your regrets for more than a week. If you know me, you know that I’m a big Mark Manson fan (example 1, 2, 3, 4). …