Oh, social media — the wireless needle jammed into the vein of our attention! How seductive you are, making addicts and consumers of even the most strategic and self-aware of us. Thank you for you spacious and syncronistic Substack post, Lisette — I spent a yard of yesterday listening to and reading the thoughts of Jaron Lanier, specifically his thoughts on the ills of social media. Connecting with you and other similarly conscious, compassionate creatives has been a welcome shift from so-called social into truly relational space. I appreciate how you're expanding spacetime for yourself and inspiring everyone around you to, too. The other synchronicity — one I'm surprised that we hadn't discussed before now! — is that my mantra over the past year or so has been, "If you're consuming, you're not creating." Yours is more active and less admonishing, but how eerily similar they are!
Well don’t that just beat all?! I knew we had more than just searingly witty banter, unending curiosity and the conviction that we can solve enormous problems in common, Miles! *googling Jaron Lanier now while also expanding spacetime * The “truly relational space” is the real antidote. You’re so right. Thanks for truly relating with me this year- your friendship and thought-ship have anchored me throughout! ⚓️
Thank you — I'm grateful to know you and to be able to spend time together in various digital (eventually in-person!) realms. I also appreciate your friendship and thought-ship to anchor our lives on this speedy Spaceship Earth.
Top 5 Things You Committed To Or Left Behind For Your Own Health, Wellbeing, Sanity & Inspiration 2023 [I've written what I've committed to leaving behind as much as possible]
1. Complacency
2. Anti-social behavior
3. Being right
4. Excessive couch-sitting
5. Negative self-talk
Top 5 Things That Have Made You a More Radiant Example of Your Awesome Inner Truth 2023?
I love these Top 5s! I see rigidity moving to flow, isolation moving to co-creation, the Big Questions moving in where short answers once lived. Well Wrapped! ✨
I love everything about this Lisette. And I actually created before I consumed this morning, so now I’m patting myself on the back after reading this! (No emoji for that, oh wait, gold ⭐️) When I’m not on my phone with its tiny buttons, I’ll answer your good questions.
Thank you thank you thank you, Kim! Our exchange on the topic clearly stuck with me-- so I’m SO glad to hear you created before consuming today, too! 🥇🏆🙌🏼🥂🫶🏼
" I needed to give myself permission to invest in the thoughts I’m genuinely interested in thinking & the time to make the work I’m genuinely interested in making— with people who connect with me on purpose." THIS!!! Also happy birthday month! It's mine too 😀
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Oh, social media — the wireless needle jammed into the vein of our attention! How seductive you are, making addicts and consumers of even the most strategic and self-aware of us. Thank you for you spacious and syncronistic Substack post, Lisette — I spent a yard of yesterday listening to and reading the thoughts of Jaron Lanier, specifically his thoughts on the ills of social media. Connecting with you and other similarly conscious, compassionate creatives has been a welcome shift from so-called social into truly relational space. I appreciate how you're expanding spacetime for yourself and inspiring everyone around you to, too. The other synchronicity — one I'm surprised that we hadn't discussed before now! — is that my mantra over the past year or so has been, "If you're consuming, you're not creating." Yours is more active and less admonishing, but how eerily similar they are!
Well don’t that just beat all?! I knew we had more than just searingly witty banter, unending curiosity and the conviction that we can solve enormous problems in common, Miles! *googling Jaron Lanier now while also expanding spacetime * The “truly relational space” is the real antidote. You’re so right. Thanks for truly relating with me this year- your friendship and thought-ship have anchored me throughout! ⚓️
Thank you — I'm grateful to know you and to be able to spend time together in various digital (eventually in-person!) realms. I also appreciate your friendship and thought-ship to anchor our lives on this speedy Spaceship Earth.
And to answer your prompts:
Top 5 Things You Committed To Or Left Behind For Your Own Health, Wellbeing, Sanity & Inspiration 2023 [I've written what I've committed to leaving behind as much as possible]
1. Complacency
2. Anti-social behavior
3. Being right
4. Excessive couch-sitting
5. Negative self-talk
Top 5 Things That Have Made You a More Radiant Example of Your Awesome Inner Truth 2023?
1. Daily visionary art
2. Purposeful poetry
3. Developing intuition
4. Deepening relationships
5. Exploring possibilities through projects
I love these Top 5s! I see rigidity moving to flow, isolation moving to co-creation, the Big Questions moving in where short answers once lived. Well Wrapped! ✨
Great summary! I didn't even think of looking for patterns among the 10 as you did. Flow, grow, co? Do, crew, Qs?
Ha! Yes! Digest! Digest!
I love everything about this Lisette. And I actually created before I consumed this morning, so now I’m patting myself on the back after reading this! (No emoji for that, oh wait, gold ⭐️) When I’m not on my phone with its tiny buttons, I’ll answer your good questions.
Thank you thank you thank you, Kim! Our exchange on the topic clearly stuck with me-- so I’m SO glad to hear you created before consuming today, too! 🥇🏆🙌🏼🥂🫶🏼
" I needed to give myself permission to invest in the thoughts I’m genuinely interested in thinking & the time to make the work I’m genuinely interested in making— with people who connect with me on purpose." THIS!!! Also happy birthday month! It's mine too 😀
Happy birthday month to you!! And may the next year bring you all the genuine connection!
Such an expansive and loving intention all through this, brightens my day, thank you!