by Havi Brooks | Apr 28, 2011 | working on patterns & habits
It seemed like the kind of day for some permission slips. Permission to not know. Or not know how. Permission to not have to follow everything to the end, whatever that is. Walking out of the movie is okay. So is changing the project. Permission to wish for aspects of...
by Havi Brooks | Mar 30, 2011 | stucknesses & stuckification
I’m recovering from my first encounter with the insanely insane number that is what I’m paying in taxes this year. We knew it would be insane, of course, just not the sum of the insanity. After five years in a growing business, this was the first year as a...
by Havi Brooks | Jan 5, 2011 | stucknesses & stuckification
Or: the difference between process and actual destuckifying. When people set off on the trail of destuckification, it often happens that they hit the Grinding Your Wheels In The Mud phase. What wheel-grinding looks and sounds like: Looping conversations in our head,...
by Havi Brooks | Oct 18, 2010 | not hating on yourself
The message I got from my brain yesterday (my post-flailing newly-descrambled charged-up brain) was as follows: Replace worry. To which I said, huh? And then I got this: Replace worry with curiosity. Curiosity. I like this so much. And here’s why. It’s...
by Havi Brooks | Sep 23, 2010 | ask Havi
Note: it is almost impossible to get on the Ask Havi list. Though of course you can keep sending scarves for Selma. She loves them. Yay. First dinner in the sukkah last night! Please note that I did NOT get eaten by moths/bears nor do I have sauce on my dress. Calling...
