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.
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 …
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Today I sat down with my friend, Meghan Brennan. I’m glad she gave me the few minutes, if for no other reason that to commit her to making some progress on Sharks Don’t Get Breast Cancer.
Year of Months / A Month of Listening Day 6 from Nathan Clark on Vimeo.
It was a joy to hear a survivor process her thoughts. You didn’t have to direct Meghan as much and focused on asking good follow-ups—and that’s good interviewing. Good on ya, Nate.
Loved the discussion of the book. Meghan really perked up when you asked her. People say … dumb things. That’s a book that cancer survivors need, man.
What a cool pic of Meghan. And the interview was great too. Especially the part where – you know – Nathan or Meghan were talking
I miss Meghan. She is good, good people.