Brennan's Old Blog

My friends, love is better than anger. Hope is better than fear. Optimism is better than despair. So let us be loving, hopeful and optimistic. And we’ll change the world. -Jack Layton

 

24: Be Noteworthy

An attempt to find peace with who I am. “These actions are not essentially difficult; it is we ourselves that are soft and flabby.” –Seneca The Human Distillery When you take a step back, the greatest of people in history...

6 Ways to Achieve New Things

Getting back on your horse, no matter how many times you’ve fallen off. Project Journal Bar In my last post, I talked about the struggles and failures I’ve faced the past few years. I’ve been thinking about how to tackle...

Goal Failure

A post-capitalist critique on boiling frogs, minimum-happiness, harmful-easy things, and lists. Beeminder 2.0 Over two years ago, I wrote The Tao of Bees, where I dutifully explained the differences between commonly-used to-do lists and the more long-term, uncommonly-used system thinking...

How to Start off 2020 on the Right Foot!

6 Weird Ideas Which Could Actually Change Things “It is better to be a warrior in a garden than a gardener in a war.” Chinese Proverb SUMMARY: Take Stock of What You Have — Be Grateful & Grow Start From...