Every manmade thing was created by someone. Someone thought, hey, this could work. This might make things better. This is beautiful. There’s this idea that creativity is a hallowed space that you enter deliberately. But no. Cooking dinner is creative. Writing in a birthday card is creative. Creativity is like salt or butter. It makes everything better.Continue reading “Creativity is good for you!”
Category Archives: Self awareness
What makes people happy?
I asked about the things that bring you joy and you answered. I wanted to know because I think a lot about how we spend our time and money, and how it affects us. It turns out that joy has nothing to do with money, or indeed, commerce at all (unless we’re talking about buyingContinue reading “What makes people happy?”
What do you really like?
This is going to sound stupid but it’s only recently that I have become aware that there’s a divide between what I like and what I think I should like. I have spent 42 years subconsciously trying to like things that ‘people like me’ like. And by that I mean the person that I want to be. How obnoxious. And now IContinue reading “What do you really like?”