The end of the tour

Monday, May 27, 2019

Here I am enjoying a celebratory Butterfinger Blizzard at a Dairy Queen in Iowa City.

Hours before, a tornado touched down outside of town, delaying our talk by 10 minutes while folks temporarily retreated to the basement of Prairie Lights.

I had wondered if the end of the tour would be anticlimactic. It was not.

All I wished for at the beginning was to stay healthy and safe and not have any total duds.

My wish was granted.

Thanks to everyone who came out and made it happen. (And thanks to Matt Thomas for taking this picture.)

Who cares if I get anywhere?

Sunday, May 26, 2019

The cure for travel anxiety is me saying to myself, “Oh, who cares if I get anywhere?”

Come to think of it, this is also a cure for anxiety when working: “Who cares if I get anywhere?”

Blueprint for a blue house

Saturday, May 25, 2019

I posted this drawing by my 4-year-old earlier this week, and a few days later, Robert Gnomes sent me this picture of a design exhibit in Times Square:

The rent you pay

Friday, May 24, 2019

Mike Monteiro, author of Ruined by Design, tells a story about visiting Louisville, Kentucky, home of Muhammad Ali. (A while back, Mike had a podcast called Earn Your Death. See: “You probably don’t deserve it.”)

How to set up a bliss station anywhere

Thursday, May 23, 2019

Dan Pink (author of When, To Sell is Human, A Whole New Mind, and other great books) had me on his Pinkcast to share how to “Build a Bliss Station” (chapter two of Keep Going) anywhere.

In summary: