Le Petit Théâtre Dior

The attention to detail involved in this creation is breathtaking.

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Kudos to all involved.

Satisfied Mind

My happy place is an organized library, with amber lighting, a leather club chair, an ottoman, a warm blanket across my legs & a side table supporting a hot to room-temperature beverage. This place doesn’t exist for me yet, which is - I suppose - why it is my happy place & not simply the place where I try to read, but instead get distracted by cat videos, genre-crossing pop songs or memories that float into my head.

I find myself very easily distracted by tasks (making tomorrow’s lunch, cleaning off the perpetually magazine-laden coffee table), if I am not already deeply immersed in something. My mind – not unlike water - is just as happy to crash into obstacles like a river, as it is to sit still for a while, as though it were a vernal pool.

Since I find my trains of thought more productive when I have nothing to distract me, I try to stay organized.

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Many thanks to Joan Baez, whose voice I have heard while writing this post, Lifehack & Unclutterer, my favorite websites for inspiration to declutter.

Slavery

This is one of the many reasons that I believe in shopping smaller & more locally: TO END SLAVERY.

While this isn't a complete solution in and of itself, often, it allows you to see more of the steps that go into the finished product.  

Take a look at your (estimated) slavery footprint here: http://slaveryfootprint.org

Remember: read labels & read up on the certification organizations if you can. Sometimes, fair trade isn't labelled.

Reminder to me: just because coffee feels like a good idea doesn't mean that it is fair trade. 

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Kudos to The Good Trade for all of the hard work they do!

Intellectual Property: Now Anything But Boring

Learning about legal contracts, trademark infringement & intellectual property are as much a part of small business ownership as plying your craft.

 

"Freedom of Expression and Morality Based Impediments to the Enforcement of Intellectual Property Rights" by Marc J. Randazza of the Randazza Legal Group manages to include an academic discussion of "Cumfiesta", "Screw You", "Nut Sack Ale", & Japanese porn being stolen in Taiwan. 

 

Dude.

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Thanks to Marc J. Randazza, for being an amazingly clever writer.

Inspiration From The Art of Asking by Amanda Palmer

Success Comes to Those Who Hustle Wisely

Recently, during a particularly honest conversation with Keith Frankel, I was complaining about how long I have been hustling, while trying to succeed.

He said that I have either been hustling foolishly, or I have been hustling at the wrong thing.

I think it is a combination of both.

I am posting in order to allow others to learn from my mistakes.

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Thanks to Bud Caldwell, for his amazing diagram; if you like it, you should buy a print.