Living Different

This blog “Think Different” is now some fifteen years old, with some 1500+ posts. I mention this because over the past year or two I’ve found myself more and more drawn to not only thinking different (a constant theme throughout my life since being a teenager) but to living different too. “How does this manifest itself?” I hear you ask.

Here’s my present way of living, a way that seems to suit me well in at least some respects:

• Working on things that interest me, rather than on what brings in coin – we might call thie “Serious Play”. I now reject the Lord Mammon and all his precepts.
• Embracing idleness.
• Focussing on being (more) human, and humane.
• Engaging in dialogue with people – exploring more THEIR needs and perspectives, and less my own.
• Writing and pontificatiing less, and helping people more (If you need my help, you have but to ask).
• Cultivating connections – with other, likeminded, human beings.
• Seeking what’s alive in others – and myself.
• Spreading joy whenever and wherever I can – when invited to do so.

Practical Consequences

Practically, this living different means you’ll find me much less present online (including social media and this blog), and more present in personal interactions. If you have values any of my contributions, please seek me out for one-to-one interactions.

Happy holidays! 🎄

(And do let me know what you need).

— Bob