Tag: noticing
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Busy few months
Okay… It’s become quite obvious that getting on here regularly for updates and random posts about noticing or Buddhism or anything else is just a bit too much when you’re married with 6 kids, 2 cats, 4 rats, 3 budgies, 3 ducks, and 3 chickens…well…all of that and a full time consulting job. There just…
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John Doe
Background on this piece: During class, we had a guest. We had five minutes to write down as many details as possible and then had to write a 500-ish word tale (or start of one) about the guest. Here is my story… John Doe “Who’s asking?” The man posing that question was, as you…
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Noticing: Parental Fails
I noticed that I have completely failed to teach my kids the difference between the following announcements: “Dad, there’s a puddle of water in the basement and a drip from one of the valves near the water treatment tanks.” And… “Dad! Flooding in the basement!” I’m a former submariner. I’m sure that you can appreciate…
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Noticing
In addition to the thesis course, I’m currently taking a course at Johns Hopkins called “Noticing as a Writer” and I have to admit that the practice of writing down random noticing notes is highly addictive…and amusing. That said…I’ll kick off my first such entry on this website. I noticed, during a doctor’s office visit…
Matt Hardman 