Science- & nature-loving writer, dad, & fitness maven. ❤️🔥 of a hype man. Relentlessly anti-cynical. 🏳️🌈🏳️⚧️ ally. (he/him)
South Austin, Texas, U.S.A.
Joined November 2007
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Tim Walker, traveling light retweeted
To operate effectively through a crisis:
Focus sharply on the *one thing* you can do next.
Paralysis comes when people sit in emotion & overwhelm.
"One thing" mindset begins motion - with a simple, clear foot forward.
Do one thing...recenter, do another & keep going.
Well I'M hyped. 🙌
Coach Prime pregame speech to his team was absolutely amazing 😮💨🔥
🎥: @WellOffForever , @DeionSandersJr
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[Another example in the constant stream of fodder for fiction I see via newsletters in my inbox.]
Babcock Ranch: Florida's first hurricane-proof town bbc.com/future/article/20230… from @BBC_Future
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Tim Walker, traveling light retweeted
Advice to self (and you, if it’s helpful)...
Next time your pettiest worry or nagging regret occupies your mind, try this mantra:
“I have bigger fish to fry.”
Then pivot to thinking about your most cherished vision / project in life.
retro-fresh jam from The Beths
Dying to Believe music.youtube.com/watch?v=Po… via @YouTubeMusic
Tim Walker, traveling light retweeted
regrets are a waste of time and energy.
real awareness means channeling
that energy into making changes
that can affect your now instead. – at Manhattan, NY
Tim Walker, traveling light retweeted
Your calendar will show you what you care about.
No need to defend. Just open it up.
Give it a good look.
Adjust if your walk isn't matching your talk.
Tim Walker, traveling light retweeted
The longer I write, the more I think that patience is the single most important trait we need for this work. Patience with ourselves, with our work, with the process. I'm so, so eager to get my words into the world. But I'd be doing them a disservice if I rushed them.
Tim Walker, traveling light retweeted
Whoever controls your emotions, controls *you.*
Be the owner of your emotional state.
How My Friend Hilary Mantel Got Inside People's Minds lithub.com/how-my-friend-hil… from @lithub
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In line with this, if we're mutuals & you want more small group chats (Discord/WhatsApp) in your life, I'm looking for friends who are active in:
—freelance journalism
—submitting to literary journals
—writing & publishing books
—following European football ⚽️
So holler at me.
In line with this Newport piece, the rapid decline of this platform has led me to formulate a much more DIY/hybrid mix of social interactions for myself on platforms macro (here, FB, IG, B*sky) & micro (Discord & WhatsApp groups etc.).
newyorker.com/culture/cultur…
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In line with this Newport piece, the rapid decline of this platform has led me to formulate a much more DIY/hybrid mix of social interactions for myself on platforms macro (here, FB, IG, B*sky) & micro (Discord & WhatsApp groups etc.).
newyorker.com/culture/cultur…
“Stay afraid, but do it anyway. What’s important is the action. You don’t have to wait to be confident. Just do it and eventually the confidence will follow.”
— Carrie Fisher
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A reminder to my fellow self-employed types: REVIEW YOUR RATES on a schedule.
If you're keeping your plate full enough, and you're billing everybody the same rate you were billing, let's say, two years ago, TIME TO CHARGE MORE.
#selfemployed
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[Anne Carson is so good.]
Short Talk on Pain poets.org/poem/short-talk-pa…
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[NOT the headline I expected to read today. Fascinating story.]
The Amazon's most effective defenders are foot soldiers controlled by a violent Colombian warlord bloomberg.com/features/2023-… from @business
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