journal emotions as another brain I heard a child's reactions upstairs: noises that conveyed emotional states. Shock, distress, anger, grief, a few seconds each, one flowing into another. This seemed to resolve without any parental
essay a one minute message To those who live and grow. There is a further shore A further shore of how to be Beyond the ocean of knowing You know already This current ground will
journal commitments and agreements When someone asks you "to commit" to something, there are two interestingly different senses of the word to consider and disambiguate. The first is a synonym of "dedicate" - to
journal just waving hello Hello, I'm still around! When I'm not here, you see, I'm over there. It's been a fun couple weeks. We've just about hit critical mass, I think, at 60 newsletter
journal talk and action I did some one-on-one calls on Sunday for Intentional Society, getting more familiar with folks and quizzing them about their hopes for personal/ultimate outcomes and inclinations for next steps.
journal goal recrafting I started using Complice six months ago now. Coincidentally, that was right after I glimpsed down below "values" to formulate my deep goals of relational being-ness (and wholeness, coherence, integrity
journal growth and commitments I'm rolling around a few thought nuggets shared by participants in yesterday's inaugural IS info session. One is that personal development/growth is at the center. Or very near the
journal ready to not know First, I notice it's been two weeks since I wrote here! I've been intentionally focusing on other things, but I didn't mean to stop entirely for this long. I notice
journal intentionalsociety.org is live https://www.intentionalsociety.org It's like starting to roll a boulder uphill. Potential energy starts to turn into distance traveled. Once you push off, you want to sustain the effort
essay pointing at intentional society <meta: drafting/distilling bits of copy for a homepage> It starts with intention and awareness. Intention is the will to cause something to change. Awareness is the means
essay building doghouses This is a delightful new-to-me conceptual label for a particular kind of experimental-proof-of-concept-team-execution-construction-project: build a doghouse. Thanks go to @SarahAMcManus for the metaphor. The primary goal is not to possess
essay unlocking intentional society This is an explanation of the building blocks that I think can enable (codename) "intentional society" to enter amazing new territory. They are my justification for "why there's a THERE
essay rings of intentional society One of the first questions that people have about (codename) "intentional society" is, "what kind of thing is it, really?" By that, people tend to mean "what do people actually
journal how rare is good sensemaking? The pink arrow in the above picture (from here) highlights the time (10:30 PM Pacific, 1:30 Eastern) I posted socially (for friends) my personal prediction of 80% confidence
essay defining an advisor role I was asked about this a couple days ago, and I noticed myself flinch a bit. I hadn't thought much about a non-member advisor role in forming intentional society. I
essay to whom does the call go This continues on from yesterday's bootstrapping thoughts. I was asked today, to whom would the call go out - re the info session(s), but then beyond - am I
essay bootstrapping intentional society I want to describe my thoughts and plan for seeding and bootstrapping an initial community around the (codename) intentional society vision. This is step 1 stuff: not about getting to
essay developmental reqs for authoring There are a lot of people in the world. Those people have a million different cultures, mindsets, frames of reference, perspectives, complexities, and awarenesses. Creating the essence of intentional society
essay intentional society feels like It's the feeling you get when you dare to open yourself up and share vulnerably with someone else. They listen to you, they see you, they get you, and they
journal i am not bad "I am bad." I named it and felt into it last night with friends - the presupposition that had suffused my worldview for over three decades of my life inside
essay attributes of intentional society This and yesterday are both incomplete, unset, and the reference is a codename only. I'm just trying to grow towards enough of a call to call the real community of
essay the church of intentional society My vision of an intentional society, who is it for? Someone remarked to me last week that parts sound like a church, which brought to my mind some of the
journal reflection on current goals This is for me. You're welcome to ride along. I have four current goal areas, all through a frame of being-ness in "my relationship to": biggest selfnourishing relationshipsbetter societyhealthy familyI
journal my first media appearance For the sake of posterity, I feel compelled to liberate this picture from the confines of LinkedIn and document what I haven't forgotten already. I'm not at all certain that
journal awareness of the awareness process I've written a few times about my "filters" - having my guard up and processing my feelings and thoughts through a layer of mental perspective-taking before speaking. When the filters
