by Havi Brooks | Apr 13, 2011 | my personal practice
Hello, day. This is how I start the day. Among my morning practices, it’s not even slightly the weirdest. But probably the one I’ve stuck with for the longest period of time. Each morning I take one sheet of paper and write about seven things. And then I...
by Havi Brooks | Mar 31, 2011 | my personal practice
Over the past few months I’ve been spending a huge portion of my time trying to set things up for Slightly Future Me so her day goes well and she feels cared for by me. It’s a pretty interesting practice. Last week I was on my vacation and things were...
by Havi Brooks | Mar 22, 2011 | mindful time management
There was a time (fine, whatever, most of my life) when I didn’t prepare for things. At all. I didn’t see the point. Thinking about whatever was approaching was stressful, and the dreaded doom of doom was going to happen anyway. Why bother. Avoidance...
by Havi Brooks | Oct 9, 2010 | my personal practice
Personal ads. They’re … personal! Very. So my itty bitty personal ads made me realize that it’s time to make a regular practice of trying to feel okay asking for stuff. Even when the asking thing feels weird and conflicted. Ever since I posted the...
by Havi Brooks | Sep 29, 2010 | biggification
I am not a planning sort of person. But when I first started my company, I read seven hundred and fifty million websites about writing business plans. And at least ten library books and back issues of a bunch of online noozletters. The majority of these expressed the...