Prologue

Over the years, I’ve worked harder and harder to find meaning in life. But the more I've looked, the more I’ve wondered if I was going about my search the wrong way.

I've been looking for meaning through experience, but I think now that I've always had it backwards. Life will never be defined by extravagant experience, but about finding extravagance in common experience. So for 2009, I'm going to focus less on living large, and focus more on living well. Each month I'll start a new month-long project (like trying to run 3 miles faster than George Bush), to find uncommon results from common experience. Each project will involve daily activity, so every day of 2009 you can check my progress on the monthly projects and see what I discover.

None of these projects will cost much—in fact, I think most will be free. So if you're looking for a year uncommonly rich, you can join me. There's no membership required, just participate and comment if you want. Either way, get ready for a year I hope is unlike any other.

Epilogue

I stumbled across the finish line, but I manage to complete 8 of the month-long projects successfully. Blogging is now over at Wonderfam!

It's September, and September was a …

A Month of Accomplishment (about)

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Forcing myself to finish something (about)

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Bundle of energy

Written by Nathan on February 5, 2009 at 11:56 pm from A Month of Listening.

There are few finer ways to spend an hour than with a friend playing soccer and conversing. That was my afternoon with Jeremiah Shaw, today’s interviewee. A whirlwind of ideas and activity, Jeremiah was kind enough to pause for a moment to talk with me, before heading off to an indoor trampoline park and then later a late-night jam session. (Related: what’s a term for a jam session that doesn’t sound so lame?)

Year of Months / A Month of Listening Day 5 from Nathan Clark on Vimeo.

(3) Comments

3 Responses to “Bundle of energy”

Geof F. Morris says:

February 7, 2009 at 2:32 pm

I loved the introduction and the framing of the theme. It took a little long to get there, but you gave me a hook as to why I want to listen for the next few minutes.

I don’t know Jeremiah, but I feel like I know him a bit because of this … which is, I think, the goal of these.
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February 7, 2009 at 9:30 pm

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Jenn G says:

February 9, 2009 at 10:28 am

jelly module is a much less lame way to say jam session.