One of the nice things about having a 3D printer and laser engraver at home is that I can come up with an idea and see it through fairly quickly. I sat down to work on something this evening and ended up making a mobile for a colleague who is going on maternity leave. The change of direction took all of ten seconds.
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December 13, 2023
It’s more like me to have an idea that I won’t follow through on than it is for me to see one of them through. There are a number of reasons for this, one being that I have too many ideas. This doesn’t stop me from preparing myself to eventually get to the project and complete it. I have a lot of tools and even more materials for projects that I had the idea for.
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June 24, 2023
I was working on a idea this evening that I stumbled upon while getting acquainted with the groom last weekend. My girlfriend was assigned the task of making cotton candy so I tagged along with her. Being on a farm, we were in the shop, which was a barn. It was getting hot inside and I didn’t feel like drinking a beer from the fridge in the corner.
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May 20, 2023
What limits should be placed on the things we write? Are there lines we shouldn’t cross? Should we attempt to breach certain conventions? Whose opinion and/or feelings is it okay to ignore?
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Quiet the actions, uphold the ideas and values
Doing something worth writing about has been particularly challenging for me, especially as of late. Perhaps, it isn’t so much about the “doing” itself as it is about understanding the value in what I’m doing. As we go about our days, things happen. We are all doing something and are having an impact on the world. Knowing what to write about based on what we do, well, that’s the hard part.
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Incomplete Thoughts on Ideas
It’s a wonder, isn’t it, that an idea was ever had at all. Whence did one, any one, originate? How, pray tell, did it arrive? For how long, no one knows, will it stay?
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I’m going to talk a little bit more
I’m part of a book club at work. It’s the first book club I’ve been a member of. We’re currently reading a book about equity in education. There’s a lot to talk about and I’ve been speaking up more than I normally would.
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Blogging, Vlogging, and Podcasting | Episode 3: Keeping Track of Your Ideas
Anecdote
In a 2013 study, researchers Kathleen Vohs, Joseph Redden, and Ryan Rahinel found the that a disorderly space can have a positive impact on behaviour. They found that people are more likely to be creative when in a disorderly space than when in an orderly one. They did this through three experiments.
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Making Time
Productive people fascinate me. You know, people who are prolific. The people who get a lot of things done amaze me. I admire their ability to set to a task and complete it, while also juggling new ideas and other commitments. (more…)
