by Havi Brooks | Mar 22, 2018 | working on patterns & habits
Writers clear space. It’s what we do. Someone made a joke on Twitter about a cleaning service staffed entirely by writers on deadline. I get the joke, I laughed, I’m just so bone-weary of the existence of this entire category of “haha...
by Havi Brooks | Oct 25, 2017 | working on patterns & habits
This post is part of a Self Fluency basics series. I love basics. Returning to basics is how we exit the middle — the advanced practice is *always* found in the beginning practice; back to the foundations, back to receptivity, curiosity and wonder. In both yoga...
by Havi Brooks | Nov 27, 2013 | working on patterns & habits
Last week someone on the bus asked me if I’m “looking forward to Black Friday”. That was a little weird. Not compared to things that happen on the bus. Much weirder things happen on the bus, both to me and in general. In the land of Havi, though, the...
by Havi Brooks | May 2, 2013 | working on patterns & habits
I took it for granted that the green lights were the good ones. Like a sign . A loving whisper of encouragement: Go. Permission. Go. Right timing. Go. You are ready now. Go. Red. Light. Of course green lights are the good ones. Who doesn’t want green? Except,...
by Havi Brooks | Aug 17, 2011 | working on patterns & habits
There’s this thing and I have no idea what it’s called, but it goes kind of like this. There’s this completely horrid and dislike-able character on television or in a movie. The mean boss. The snobby girl. The vindictive teacher. The bully. But then...
by Havi Brooks | Jul 25, 2011 | working on patterns & habits
Sometimes you really, really, really want to make some progress on a project. But then you don’t. And sometimes this state of Whoa This Is Really Not Happening is related to the fact that the some part of the project itself is kind of scaring you. Like maybe its...
