Checking boxes isn't enough; how you do it counts...

Labor Day Stay-cation

After a rather typical up and down week at work, I needed to decompress.  Blew off steam at a happy hour.  Then later linked up with old friends in Brooklyn at Traif. If you haven't been, get there before there realize how good/cheap it is and change prices.  We were 5 hungry guys, and the bill was only $140 including alcohol.   By the time we were done, the sun had already disappeared but my buddy had already snapped this photo from his roof.  Thought it was too good not to share. 

The rest of the weekend flew by.  BBQ.  Day in the park.  Reading.  Football. Catching up on sleep.  It sure is good to knock out all the backlogged things I wanted to get done, but much like this photo, there is a time and place for everything. And all things end.  For now, enjoy good food and great friends.  The summer is ending.

Be well; do good.
BG

Separation

When you have 8+ million people around, how can you find the time, space, or ability to get away?

Distractions are everywhere outside: fire engines, performance artists, impromptu concerts, beggars, street fairs, etc. Inside is not better with the internet, football, 16GB of iTubes music, a shelf full of DVDs and a whole library of entertainment on-demand.

Especially for me, while I'm balancing my time between advancing at work and setting up my next step outside of work, slowing down doesn't seem like an option.

Perspective is more important than just "checking off boxes". Take the time. Slow down. Read a book. Separate.

This guy in the park did.

So am I.

So should you.

Be well, do good.
BG
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America Pulls Out

Another day, another lesson

“Try to learn something about everything and everything about something.” ~Thomas H. Huxley