annotated bibliography
How can a family ‘live at the center of its own attention?’
Wendell Berry’s thoughts on the good life in an interview with Holly M. Brockman in the January/February 2006 New Southerner, an online magazine promoting self-sufficiency, environmental stewardship and support for local economies. In the interview Berry talks about the difference between usefulness and frivolousness regarding the needs of a family or community. He lifts up the reality that this difference applies not only to things but to work (is the work helpful or harmful?)
Wendell Berry’s thoughts on the good life in an interview with Holly M. Brockman in the January/February 2006 New Southerner, an online magazine promoting self-sufficiency, environmental stewardship and support for local economies. In the interview Berry talks about the difference between usefulness and frivolousness regarding the needs of a family or community. He lifts up the reality that this difference applies not only to things but to work (is the work helpful or harmful?)
Going around in circles? How the “time paradox” can affect your finances
An article by Nathalie Spencer, behavioural economist and independent researcher, in the December 3, 2013 eZonomics, an online magazine by ING about money and your life. The article explores the ways different perspectives about time impact the way we spend. People who think about time as linear use their financial resources differently than do people who think of time as cyclical.
An article by Nathalie Spencer, behavioural economist and independent researcher, in the December 3, 2013 eZonomics, an online magazine by ING about money and your life. The article explores the ways different perspectives about time impact the way we spend. People who think about time as linear use their financial resources differently than do people who think of time as cyclical.
The Spiritual Value of Repetition and Routine
This article, located on the multifaith and interspiritual website, Spirituality & Practice - Resources for Spiritual Journeys, written by the founders, Frederic and Mary Ann Brussat, considers the way our current cultural climate frames routine as boring drudgery. The article notes that in the book Sweeping Changes Zen master Gary Thorp notes that "the word 'routine' originally meant 'a route or course of travel for trading' or a 'religious pilgrimage' and has only recently come to mean 'ordinary' or 'of no special quality.'"
This article, located on the multifaith and interspiritual website, Spirituality & Practice - Resources for Spiritual Journeys, written by the founders, Frederic and Mary Ann Brussat, considers the way our current cultural climate frames routine as boring drudgery. The article notes that in the book Sweeping Changes Zen master Gary Thorp notes that "the word 'routine' originally meant 'a route or course of travel for trading' or a 'religious pilgrimage' and has only recently come to mean 'ordinary' or 'of no special quality.'"
The Ignatian Way: Contemplative in Action
In this July 19, 2012 post, Andy Otto, creator of the blog "God in All Things" (which considers questions about God and life from an Ignatian perspective), reflects on Mark 6:30-34 and sets it within the Ignatian framework of "activity, rest, reflect, learn." Otto states "Being a 'contemplative in action' means that your active life feeds your contemplative life and your contemplative life feeds your active life. "
In this July 19, 2012 post, Andy Otto, creator of the blog "God in All Things" (which considers questions about God and life from an Ignatian perspective), reflects on Mark 6:30-34 and sets it within the Ignatian framework of "activity, rest, reflect, learn." Otto states "Being a 'contemplative in action' means that your active life feeds your contemplative life and your contemplative life feeds your active life. "
The 1-Step Plan for Super-Productivity
This 2011 article by Jocelyn K. Glei on the 99U website created by Behance (an organization to support creative professionals) gives late-rising creative types reasons to shift their personal daily rhythm to rhythm of the early riser. She cites research and anecdotal evidence from the diaries and biographies of creative persons in history as evidence that the early riser has a distinct advantage over the late riser. She concludes the article with six steps to take to make the shift to rising early.
This 2011 article by Jocelyn K. Glei on the 99U website created by Behance (an organization to support creative professionals) gives late-rising creative types reasons to shift their personal daily rhythm to rhythm of the early riser. She cites research and anecdotal evidence from the diaries and biographies of creative persons in history as evidence that the early riser has a distinct advantage over the late riser. She concludes the article with six steps to take to make the shift to rising early.