“Not everything that counts can be counted and not everything that can be counted counts” (Anonymous). This holiday I read two new books that have really challenged my thinking about how to equip children and teenagers for success. They are: Teach Your Children Well (by Madeline Levine, 2012) and How Children Succeed (by Paul Tough, 2012). [...]
When Frasier Came to Town
One otherwise-average Friday afternoon my friend Arianne called from the Safeway two streets away. “Kelsey Grammer,” the famous actor from Frasier, “is coming!” I’m not sure if this gives you any sense of how small my hometown is? It’s small enough that someone famous can be spotted well before they pass the “Welcome to Fort [...]
Your secret to a better life
A documentary on living happily recently aired on PBS. A lot of the clips from the show (called This Emotional Life) are available on YouTube (here). Here’s an interesting one on intimacy: This particular insight (from Elizabeth Gilbert) was interesting to me partly because I’m reading her book Eat, Pray, Love at the moment. The [...]
The Tim Commandments
These ‘’Commandments’’ are actually just life lessons. They are reminders to myself about my favorite insights into how to keep myself happy and moving forward. 1) A clear target I’ve found it’s not enough to try hard, if you’re not working toward a clear outcome. Everyone says this, but I like it because, if I’ve [...]
The Music Video Reinvented
Check out this music video from the group Ok Go. Mesmerizing. Cool, huh? It reminds me of Feist’s 1234 video and the treadmill video –also by Ok Go. These guys have it figured out. There is something subtly compelling about these videos. I can watch them over and over again. I think we appreciate seeing [...]
The 7 Benefits of Creative Practice
Finding a way to be artistic can add tremendously to your quality of life. For most of us, much of our active time every day is dominated by task-completion-activities, things that aren’t particularly meaningful or important to us, but just have to get done. Creative practice is about making a time for meaning. Here are some benefits of a creative practice:
