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
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These past 2 weeks have been totally different. Molly’s out traveling through the jungles of Japan with Evaline, our oldest, and I’ve been single-parenting Hazel, our youngest. I stayed home so that Molly and Evs could travel without a clock, without havi… Read more...
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To-do lists are crucial to getting things, done, particularly new things that we aren’t used to having in our brains. Those that use to-do lists know how it good it feels to make that cross-out or check that box. I’m one of them.
I made a daily to-do list … Read more...
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I’ve been writing a lot lately and, like anyone who regularly creates things, I get worried that I’m using it all up, that maybe I should pace myself, but the content seems to be endless.
There’s so much of it. It’s as if I HAVE TO keep going,… Read more...
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There’s this thing called a Personality Disorder which describes people with very little or no empathy who only think of themselves, need to be the center of attention, and put little focus on sustaining relationships unless they benefit from them directly.
Alth… Read more...
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All the books, all the podcasts, they’ll tell you the different ways you can improve, strategies to make yourself become truly alive. So much emphasis on striving, not settling for less than the moon and the rocket ship, when so many of us are just barely getti… Read more...
I can’t live without you.
A refrain echoed in the heart’s of anyone who has loved past their limits.
But isn’t this untrue? It’s quite the opposite really: I love you so hard, you make me want to live.
Fiery red love – and not just romantic love, a lov… Read more...
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I’m lucky. I get to say things like “I’m glad”, “Good for you,” “You deserve it,” and “I’m so excited for you” every day as part of my job.
I do this by email, by phone, by social media… All day.
An… Read more...
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Hats off to the artists: the fools, the geniuses, the ones insane with love and deep into a pursuit of which they don’t know the ending.
Hats off to the artists: those that dive deep into their own darkness and light every day, bold enough to stare at their soul… Read more...
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My mom lives in her own world. She makes up a reality that makes sense to her. She collects pictures and objects that fill her home with voices to keep from realizing she’s alone, and that she’s been alone for most of her life.
I can’t think about thi… Read more...
It’s enjoyable to think about all of the turns of phrase and peccadilloes I’ve picked up from important people in my life.
From my art teacher… I use the term “sneak up on it” in reference to taking it slow and steady when working on a large, impossib… Read more...