The First Logistical Domino: Venue
The venue is the first domino that needs to fall into place to make the idea for an event real. And the choice of venue has a major impact on how the gathering is designed, delivered, and experienced.
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Creating the Container: What is it all for?
Where do you start when you are creating the container for an event?
Building the Solo Together Summit
Making the Whisper of an Idea Real Like most big audacious - and therefore risky and vulnerable - projects, I circled around the idea of hosting a summit for solopreneurs for months.
Composting Projects
I archived my podcast
The power of finding patterns
And the weather forecast
When life and work are in flux
And abandoning the gear of aspirational hobbies
How To Be Under-Prepared & Distracted
As winter is the ideal time for staying inside and not focusing.
Playing the Long(er) Game
Strategic board games and making business moves
Abandoning Pretend Productivity
But also letting myself do the necessary thrashing
What Happens in a Year
And the mileage required to change
The Point of Retreating is Returning
And how we structured a self-organized retreat
Breaking out of Stuck
Deciding to assume 50% more authority
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Practicing Depth & Slowness: A 2025 Preview
Plus book notes on Deep Work by Cal Newport
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A Reflection Process for 2024
Plus my Highlights & Lowlights for the Year
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Embers Through the Winter
Creating the Gathering I Want
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Crafting a Season of Depth and Slowness
The Power of Getting Specific & Kicking off an Depth Journal
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Quitting Cul-de-Sacs and Exploring a Depth Year
Navigating the Dip and Digital Decluttering
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Learning to Run
The skill of running slowly and semi-consistently
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Building a Patchwork of Connection
Making friends when close enough only counts in horseshoes and bocce.
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Creating a Quiet Inbox
The problem is that communication is not connection.
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(Re)designing the Default
Summer Shorts and Shifting Strategies
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A Menu of Distractions
Making Choices, Tradeoffs, and Four Thousand Weeks
Adventures
Amplifying the A+ Experiences
Learnings from a report card for 77 days of 2023 travel
Journaling
Wintering & Reflecting
A snippet of a thought