Are you getting everything you can out of this life?
A self-less, feel-good blog about love, life, and work by career coach and existential adventurer, Cliff Flamer
It seems obvious but I’ll say it anyway:
If you want to ensure you have a good day, it’s really up to you.
I mean this in a very logistical way. A surefire practice you can start doing to give yourself a smile is to be the first one to reach out. You will rarely be dis… Read more...
My daughter has this look she does when she’s listening. Her eyes stare off in another direction, her mouth opens slightly, and not a muscle in her face moves. You can almost see the gears
Every once in a million
It’s okay, it happens.
For those that don’t know, my resumes are my art. I am definitely putting a piece of myself into each project. It’s crazy, too, to put so much hea… Read more...
My daughter loves to play with dolls, these little miniature things, where she holds the legs and walks for them and flips around in the air while creating whispering little dialogues.
It’s the cutest thing ever.
Last night she invited me to play with her: “This one has… Read more...
Dear _______________,
I want you to know that I’m happy about the person I’ve become.
I’m not perfect, I’m not always smiling, but I have a fire inside that never seems to go out, a fire you put there, or rather, spent years tending to, adding layers upon la… Read more...
Ending the day with a clean desk
Retaining a calm mind in a noisy environment
Going away on vacation without having that insane crunch-mode period beforehand
Mixing peanut butter without spilling oil over the rim
Calling my mom frequently enough
Being content on a day I don’t w… Read more...
I’ve been trying to get my daughter to learn toeside turns on her snowboard for a while now. We’ve developed a routine: she rides on her heels all the way down the mountain, then on the chairlift back up I ask, “How about you try some toes?” to which she … Read more...
I love you…
Perhaps the most powerful words in the universe. Words so powerful they
Words so powerful they’re often too hard to say and so instead are uttered through small, beautifu… Read more...
Hey folks, we had a bit of a glitch with today’s post, so here it is again: an important one that poured out of me in like 15 minutes about the timelessness of beloved relationships….
My high school art teacher died Wednesday and, though I’m 3,000 miles away and missed… Read more...
I would like to thank my enemies – the dissenters, the faceless commentators, the backstabbers, the Yelpers, the rats, the arguers, the contrarians…
You force me to rethink my worldview, to review my blueprints one more time. At the very least, you inspire me to double… Read more...