by Havi Brooks | Dec 27, 2011 | stuff I think about
Advice-Giving mode: “Have you tried…? Why don’t you just…?” Implied: “Have you considered that my way might be better?” Helper-Mouse mode: “What do you need? How can I help you get what you want? Can you give me more...
by Havi Brooks | Apr 27, 2011 | stucknesses & stuckification
When I get stalled and stuckified — which happens all the time — I have this game I play. You stop whatever you’re doing. You look around and find five objects. Objects isn’t really a big enough category. Five somethings. Could also be things...
by Havi Brooks | Mar 16, 2011 | updates & announcements
Hilariously, right in the middle of writing a series of posts on my philosophy of Intentionally Not Giving Advice and how/why it works, I find myself in the need of some unrelated feedback. Timing. I love it. Here’s where I could really use your help. 1....
by Havi Brooks | Jan 18, 2011 | my personal practice
Me: Oh, honey. You’re in pain. My throat: Yeah. Me: What’s going on? My throat: I don’t want to talk about it. Me: *waits patiently* My throat: I have things to say but I don’t want to say them. Me: Mmmm. I have that feeling a lot. My throat: I...
by Havi Brooks | Sep 28, 2010 | biggification
We don’t need to think big. We don’t need to do big things. We don’t need to be big. No. Let me say it like this: We don’t need to be big in order to be biggified. And certainly not any bigger than we want to. Some explaining. Some people think...
