Saying No to Survival Mode

What do you do when you're running behind schedule? Run faster? Since I started rolling with the Small Product Lab, ideas keep flowing, take on shape, expand...just wonderful! I love this creative energy and I want to do everything at once. Of course I can't. I can have - and I do have - several…

My Own Pair Of Glasses

A few days ago, I tried to be clever. When I work away from home, I usually put anything special in my bag the night before and routine stuff before I leave. Every once in a while I forget something in the morning rush. That morning, just as I came from the bathroom, I saw…

NaNoWriMo 2011 | Looking For Writing Buddies

Yesterday I signed up for NaNoWriMo, knowing very well that due to other obligations there's no way I can make it all the way through to the 50k words. Today I realised that I can't participate officially because what I'm itching to do is to - finally - finish an old project with the working…

The Enermazing Weekly Ticker (2)

Topic Of The Week 7th - 13th August 2011:  Vision + +++ +++ Site News +++ +++ + My "vision" for the next weeks is to tweak the editorial calendar. I spend so much (enjoyable) time blogging that the Enermazing Project is suffering - although it is the main reason for the existence of this…

Warning: This little exercise may change your life

It certainly changed mine... I first posted it on my blog "Living in the Flow" - or is it "Walking in the Fog"?, which I have neglected for over a year. (The blog never went past the stub stage, but I've decided to revive it as a more or less personal blog.) I thought about modifying the text, but then again, this is how I did it myself, so I changed nothing but the image. Challenge: Test your inner balance It's comparatively easy to keep one's balance in isolation or seclusion, standing safely on solid, unmoving ground - however, we are living in an open system where everything is connected with everything else. Daily life is rather about ground shifting and shaking, turning into

Reality Check

"Visualising your perfect day" has become one of the most popular getting-started techniques for anybody who wants to change their lives. Mental imagery and conscious daydreaming are great tools for finding out more about where we want to go, for deciding on a direction. We are also advised to take action, to take the first…