Though the air has cooled
These flowers resist autumn
Sunlight’s grasp waning
I took this photo in Edmonds, a small town north of Seattle. I’ve lived most of my life in its orbit. My heart has a dear place for this place.
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A Monday Morning Haiku
This Monday morning
My mind is feeling murky
Rain in the darkness
I hope your Monday it’s the start to a productive and satisfying week.
Autumn’s Approach: Tonight’s #Haiku
With summer’s end here
And the rain’s song calming me
I now seen brown leaves
The past few days have truly felt like autumn. Rainfall, in particular, reinforces that for me. I hold many cold and soggy memories, for that is the lot of Seattle folk.
One last #haiku before I sleep
Dawn’s distance feels far
Yet its approaching quickly
Time to embrace sleep
A Farmers Market #Haiku
Walking this late morn
Past the flowers and produce
Summers end draws near
A suburban life: a #haiku
Yet another day
Where I’m walking on these streets
This suburban life
Quote of the Day: Warren Buffett
“The difference between successful people and really successful people is that really successful people say no to almost everything.”
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Mr. Buffett’s quote resonates with me a couple of ways.
- It’s so easy to get caught up in busyness that we lose sight of effectiveness.
- Focus is key. Stephen Covey phrased it as “area of influence” vs. “area of concern”. We spread our focus away from the places where we can make an impact, we lose our effectiveness.
- A good friend of mine has a phrase “don’t step over dollars to get to nickles”. Keep your eyes on your goals, and let that determine what’s important.
- We must spend time reminding ourselves what’s important, on where we are trying to go.
- Lastly, life is short. Focus it on what’s important.
Thunder and Lightening in Seattle
As autumn flows in
Rain and lightening descending
I’ll remain indoors
A Blogger Blogging On Blogging
I easily get caught up trying to make things perfect. I know far too many folks with the same proclivity. I also know that writing is what I need to focus on. Get more posts out, I should create a podcast and vlog…and that conflicts with “perfection”. It gets in the way of my goals.
As a blogger, I need to blog (insert “duh” here). Losing focus on creation keeps me from this. I hate that. So, I am working on simply posting. Posting as often as I can, as best I can. Letting go of it needing to be perfect.
The same goes for design work. Get something done. Finished is better than perfect.
Lately, I found myself struggling with “focus”. Related, somewhat, to perfect, I guess. There’s a notion within blogging that you want your blog to have as narrow a focus as possible. And there’s validity to that. It makes the life of a reader much easier. But a blog is not a book. It’s not a magazine…blah, blah. There’s a personal element to a blog. I have a wide array of interests. It’s perfectly wonderful to explore them all in one place, too.
A blog should be a unique expression, each one one-of-a-kind. They should reflect the writer’s personality. I also believe they should be informal.
What do you like about blogging? What do your favorite bloggers do? And do you discern a particular style of writing to label “blogging”?
Your Thursday Dose Of Positivity
Ah, the power of thankfulness! It’s important to maintaining that positive vibe, you know?
I hope your Thursday is going well, and that you’re feeling great about what you’re doing.