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Looking


Posted on 2016-09-28 | Posted on tmcgriffin | Leave a Comment on Looking

I made a small realization earlier this week: I don't actually look at what I'm doing. For the longest time I have been struggling, trying to figure out why I…[...]

Posted in Mental Maintenance, Uncategorized | Tagged attention, mindfulness, psychology

It’s not as simple as “Stop Whining”


Posted on 2016-04-01 | Posted on tmcgriffin | Leave a Comment on It’s not as simple as “Stop Whining”

I think I have gotten away from writing lately because all I seem to be doing is either whining, or listing out my day. Even as I write this, I…[...]

Posted in Mental Maintenance, Personal Thoughts | Tagged gauntlet, psychology, whining

Health initiative


Posted on 2016-01-28 | Posted on tmcgriffin | Leave a Comment on Health initiative

Last weekend I finally made it into the dietician, a task three months delayed for administrative reasons. The session was surprisingly predictable: she had my lab report, we discussed my…[...]

Posted in Health | Tagged eating, habits, health, psychology

Big Magic


Posted on 2015-09-28 | Posted on tmcgriffin | Leave a Comment on Big Magic

I received Elizabeth Gilbert's Big Magic when it came out last Tuesday. I had read it through by Thursday.  The book was an easy read, similar in style to Eat, Pray, Love…[...]

Posted in Books, Health, Personal Thoughts | Tagged Big Magic, creativity, Elizabeth Gilbert, psychology

Beautiful words


Posted on 2015-09-10 | Posted on tmcgriffin | Leave a Comment on Beautiful words

I have a secret wish to write beautiful words. I felt it rise up in my consciousness on my walk with the puppy last night. The walk was an impusive…[...]

Posted in Health, Mental Maintenance, Personal Thoughts | Tagged creativity, feelings, psychology, writing

Unproductivity


Posted on 2015-08-05 | Posted on tmcgriffin | Leave a Comment on Unproductivity

Another day gone, and another day that I judge myself to be unproductive. I own up to the idea that the issue that I am having is psychological. So many…[...]

Posted in Mental Maintenance | Tagged meditation, psychology

Gentleness


Posted on 2015-06-12 | Posted on tmcgriffin | Leave a Comment on Gentleness

One of the things that I have gained by reading a book on creativity is the idea of being gentle. Yesterday I wrote of the larger picture of creativity. Inevitably,…[...]

Posted in learning, Mental Maintenance, Uncategorized | Tagged gentleness, habits, psychology

Health and wellness


Posted on 2014-10-29 | Posted on tmcgriffin | Leave a Comment on Health and wellness

I turned forty one a few weeks ago. I marked the occasion by going to a conference in Milwaukee and pretty much telling no one it was my birthday. I…[...]

Posted in learning, Mental Maintenance | Tagged meditation, mental_health, normal adjustment, physical health, psychology, recommended reading
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