December 16 – Friendship How has a friend changed you or your perspective on the world this year? Was this change gradual, or a sudden burst? The loss of an important friendship earlier this year left me extremely angry and frustrated. Both beca...
December 12 – Body Integration This year, when did you feel the most integrated with your body? Did you have a moment where there wasn’t mind and body, but simply a cohesive YOU, alive and present? Whenever I exercise, which I probably don’t do ...
December 14 – Appreciate What’s the one thing you have come to appreciate most in the past year? How do you express gratitude for it? People I can actually rely upon. I express my gratitude by telling them in plain English, “thank you for being ...
December 13 – Action When it comes to aspirations, it’s not about ideas. It’s about making ideas happen. What’s your next step? Well, this is a dumb question. ‘Execution is what counts; what are you going to do?’ Well, uh yeah. Duh. Virtually ev...
December 15 – 5 Minutes Imagine you will completely lose your memory of 2010 in five minutes. Set an alarm for five minutes and capture the things you most want to remember about 2010. It’s not a thing, per se, but I never want to forget to trus...
December 11 – 11 Things What are 11 things your life doesn’t need in 2011? How will you go about eliminating them? How will getting rid of these 11 things change your life? Unnecessary stress Unhelpful people Overextending myself Forgetting ...
December 10 – Wisdom Wisdom. What was the wisest decision you made this year, and how did it play out? Well, that’s an easy one: giving up on the startup I’d put my heart and soul into for two years because it was never going to make it, and ins...
C - So raw, so powerful, so easy to shoot yourself in foot. Scheme - It may have taken me a month and a half to grok Scheme, but the moment that I finally did, angels sang and the heavens opened up to me. Java - My introduction to OOP could h...
December 9 – Party Prompt: Party. What social gathering rocked your socks off in 2010? Describe the people, music, food, drink, clothes, shenanigans. This is sort of sad to say, but I don’t really remember going to any parties that really knocke...
December 7 – Community Prompt: Community. Where have you discovered community, online or otherwise, in 2010? What community would you like to join, create or more deeply connect with in 2011? That’s an easy one: Office Nomads! I decided to check...