Monthly Archives: December 2010

Here is an excerpt from a “2011″ post on Where My Heart Resides (via Camarose) that I can easily relate to: Do everything you meant to do in 2010, but didn’t. Go everywhere you meant to go, and say everything you meant to say. Pour yourself into the friends who love you, and step back from the ones who don’t. Life is too short for lukewarm friendships. Ignore the people who think you can’t, and surround yourself with the people who know you can. Believe. In yourself, and in something bigger than yourself. That excerpt pretty much sums up my goals for 2011 but, heck, you might as well go read the whole thing if … Continue reading →

Once again, Glenn Kelmann wrote another fantastic post on the Redfin blog — this one titled friendship and solitude (which he wrote after reading this “Solitude and Leadership” lecture). The lecture focuses on leadership, which is a topic I’ve also thought a bit about. But I won’t dive into that topic now — instead I’ll focus on the topic of friendship. Below is an excerpt Glenn pulls out and included in his post: Introspection means talking to yourself, and one of the best ways of talking to yourself is by talking to another person. One other person you can trust, one other person to whom you can unfold your soul. One other person you feel … Continue reading →