Our lives & intersections are circular for each other’s survival, success & sanity. There is an old OLD song titled STOP, LOOK, LISTEN (to your heart) by The Stylistics. Nice music to enhance the importance of these 3 things as it relates to relationships too…& the world as well.
Nothing to political here but we all need to do this b4 voting 😬. Hope this was ok 🤔
Thanks for taking a look at CSW - my latest post includes images from a spiral notebook I created in 1997 when I left corporate America and enrolled in cooking school. You're so right about frozen in time - reading my younger self's words and hearing my idealism and passion - great advice - can't wait to read more of your posts
Thanks for dropping by, ric. Leaving corporate America is always a big milestone. To enroll in cooking school no less. It seems that we all have these moments in our lives where we’ve decided we’ve had enough. Why did you decide to leave to corporate ladder?
it left me, via a large severance package, and I knew I wanted something that fueled my passion instead of squashed it. It was a choice that still reverberates in my life and one I am so glad I made. I'm re-discovering some of that passion going thru this lil notebook
"New, faster things may outhustle us. But curiosity will out-freeze hustle any day." - I have always felt this to my bones but could never verbalize it. Thank you. My father thought I should be a lawyer, my mother, a preacher. I compromised and became a stock broker. My degree in anthropology made me into a good stock picker.
Mother and father both had a point. I bet anthro came in handy in stocks. Lots of behavioral psychology and navigating different types of people. I sometimes wish I kept up with some of my younger interests. Ever wished you followed through with anthro?
No. It was not my destiny. The best things come to you unbidden. My life has been guided by Jungian Synchronicity. When I see my life on paper, even I don't believe it. I literally became a stock broker by accident. At the bank where I worked a "suit" came in one day and said, "We are starting a brokerage program and you have been chosen to be a broker." A series of weird coincidences made me successful. I don't know whether to thank God or providence, but it was not my doing. It was my destiny. Only later in life I came to realize that everyday we are preparing for a secret test. Some I passed in flying colors and the others, I am not aware of. The ones you fail remain hidden.
Very thoughtful. Coincidences can serve as a point of perspective indeed. Stock brokering in its heyday--if it’s in Wall Street, I wonder you can debunk some of the myths and perceptions people have about that world? Especially after some movies came out ...
"This got me curious, though. Do I even have anything that remotely represents my younger mind? Does anyone these days?"
Yes, my zillions of Livejournal entries from the late 90s and early 2000s--back when the internet was still a largely anarchist space outside the realm of corporate control, mass utilization, and most people thought it was just for dweebs, so they didn't even bother to pay attention to it. Met loads of fascinating people and shared minds in that era, both online, and some later in person. Substack seems like a very small shard of that (now) long ago shared cultural memory. Past is present is the individual is the society.
Wise words Nick. Late 90s feels now like a lifetime ago. My kids thought my old pic’s were filtered. Until I told them the filter colors originate from the physical photos. To them 1990s might as well be 1890s 😂
Going through some older conversations you’ve had. The topics always makes one “freeze”. Thank you for explaining the greatness of the simple things.
John- It’s a great joy for me to write. Especially for people like you who are thoughtful enough to reflect, think, and deepen the experience.
Our lives & intersections are circular for each other’s survival, success & sanity. There is an old OLD song titled STOP, LOOK, LISTEN (to your heart) by The Stylistics. Nice music to enhance the importance of these 3 things as it relates to relationships too…& the world as well.
Nothing to political here but we all need to do this b4 voting 😬. Hope this was ok 🤔
Thanks for taking a look at CSW - my latest post includes images from a spiral notebook I created in 1997 when I left corporate America and enrolled in cooking school. You're so right about frozen in time - reading my younger self's words and hearing my idealism and passion - great advice - can't wait to read more of your posts
Thanks for dropping by, ric. Leaving corporate America is always a big milestone. To enroll in cooking school no less. It seems that we all have these moments in our lives where we’ve decided we’ve had enough. Why did you decide to leave to corporate ladder?
it left me, via a large severance package, and I knew I wanted something that fueled my passion instead of squashed it. It was a choice that still reverberates in my life and one I am so glad I made. I'm re-discovering some of that passion going thru this lil notebook
"New, faster things may outhustle us. But curiosity will out-freeze hustle any day." - I have always felt this to my bones but could never verbalize it. Thank you. My father thought I should be a lawyer, my mother, a preacher. I compromised and became a stock broker. My degree in anthropology made me into a good stock picker.
Mother and father both had a point. I bet anthro came in handy in stocks. Lots of behavioral psychology and navigating different types of people. I sometimes wish I kept up with some of my younger interests. Ever wished you followed through with anthro?
No. It was not my destiny. The best things come to you unbidden. My life has been guided by Jungian Synchronicity. When I see my life on paper, even I don't believe it. I literally became a stock broker by accident. At the bank where I worked a "suit" came in one day and said, "We are starting a brokerage program and you have been chosen to be a broker." A series of weird coincidences made me successful. I don't know whether to thank God or providence, but it was not my doing. It was my destiny. Only later in life I came to realize that everyday we are preparing for a secret test. Some I passed in flying colors and the others, I am not aware of. The ones you fail remain hidden.
Very thoughtful. Coincidences can serve as a point of perspective indeed. Stock brokering in its heyday--if it’s in Wall Street, I wonder you can debunk some of the myths and perceptions people have about that world? Especially after some movies came out ...
"This got me curious, though. Do I even have anything that remotely represents my younger mind? Does anyone these days?"
Yes, my zillions of Livejournal entries from the late 90s and early 2000s--back when the internet was still a largely anarchist space outside the realm of corporate control, mass utilization, and most people thought it was just for dweebs, so they didn't even bother to pay attention to it. Met loads of fascinating people and shared minds in that era, both online, and some later in person. Substack seems like a very small shard of that (now) long ago shared cultural memory. Past is present is the individual is the society.
Wise words Nick. Late 90s feels now like a lifetime ago. My kids thought my old pic’s were filtered. Until I told them the filter colors originate from the physical photos. To them 1990s might as well be 1890s 😂
LOL. Yeah, pretty much. How old are you? I'll be 40 in a few months. No kids for me though, only cats!