change is good Archives - Who I Met Today

by Pamela Lamp
April 18, 2019
in Self Study
tags change is good, Max Hawkins, novelty, play
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Max Hawkins – Randomizing His Life

by Pamela Lamp
April 18, 2019
in Self Study
tags change is good, Max Hawkins, novelty, play
1

I suppose I always think it is the older folks who get stuck, slip into a rut, and need to reboot their lives. Those people tired of their 9-5 commitments and finished raising their kids and wondering how much longer they have to find their passions. Or those who are just plain bored. And then I met Max Hawkins. From outward appearances, the methodical twenty-something seemed to live in a

by Pamela Lamp
March 19, 2019
in Creativity, How Does This Work?, Self Study
tags book club, Books, change is good, Kathy Schultenover, Nashville, Parnassus Books, writer
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Parnassus Book Club with Who I Met Today

Kathy Schultenover – Book Club Enthusiast

by Pamela Lamp
March 19, 2019
in Creativity, How Does This Work?, Self Study
tags book club, Books, change is good, Kathy Schultenover, Nashville, Parnassus Books, writer
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One of the things I missed most about leaving Houston was my monthly book club meeting. Our group was much more than lively conversation, often on topics far beyond the book we were meeting to discuss. Book club prompted me to read books I might not normally choose and to explore topics I may not dig into on my own. It forced me out of my box. Parnassus Books,

by Pamela Lamp
February 10, 2019
in How Does This Work?, Travels
tags Alexandra Kaspin, change is good, health, novelty, Travel, travel nurse
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Alexandra Kaspin – Travel Nurse

by Pamela Lamp
February 10, 2019
in How Does This Work?, Travels
tags Alexandra Kaspin, change is good, health, novelty, Travel, travel nurse
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I’ve noticed today’s young couples don’t seem focused on accumulating stuff. Rather than decorating the perfect home, they tend to seize their moments and their days and jump into experiences. Deciding it was the ideal time in their lives to travel and explore, Alex Kaspin and her husband eagerly declared, “Let’s do this!” Shortly after their marriage, the newlyweds cleared out their Philadelphia apartment, stashed wedding gifts in storage, and

by Pamela Lamp
September 10, 2018
in Self Study
tags change is good, new thing for today, novelty, play, relationships
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My New Thing For Today Project

by Pamela Lamp
September 10, 2018
in Self Study
tags change is good, new thing for today, novelty, play, relationships
12

Two years ago today, on my 57th birthday, I embarked on a project. I pledged to do one new thing – every single day – for the next year. As it turned out, one year of novel activities, both large and small, rolled into two years of something new every day. Now, 730 days later, I realize what a gift my experiment turned out to be. Just as my grown sons

by Pamela Lamp
August 25, 2018
in Creativity, How Does This Work?, Self Study
tags change is good, Chicago, Lauren Lowe, relationships, Tarot
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Lauren Lowe – Full-Time Attorney, Part-Time Tarot Reader

by Pamela Lamp
August 25, 2018
in Creativity, How Does This Work?, Self Study
tags change is good, Chicago, Lauren Lowe, relationships, Tarot
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Tarot card readings? I think of women in flowing robes. Heaps of bracelets on their arms and rings on every finger. Giving off touchy-feely vibes in candlelit rooms and making predictions about the future I’d rather not hear. “Not necessarily so,” says Lauren Lowe. Many people believe tarot readers, with magical powers, peer into the great unknown and advise us what to do or not do. Their actual task is

by Pamela Lamp
June 22, 2018
in Creativity, How Does This Work?, Music
tags artist, business, change is good, Dustin Williams, Music, Nashville, violins
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Dustin Williams, Violin Maker in Nashville, TN

Meet Dustin Williams – Violin Maker

by Pamela Lamp
June 22, 2018
in Creativity, How Does This Work?, Music
tags artist, business, change is good, Dustin Williams, Music, Nashville, violins
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As we wander through the charming, historic Music Row building with the rickety staircases and old-world architecture, Dustin Williams proudly explains, “Everything we have here we fully expect to last 200 years.” The older they get, the more valuable. The more they are played, the better they sound. “We are lucky to be the caretakers of these beautiful instruments.”

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by Pamela Lamp
January 11, 2018
in Creativity, Self Study
tags artist, business, change is good, Nashville, novelty, play, Xima Lee Hulings
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Xima Lee Hulings and Walking Papers Studio

by Pamela Lamp
January 11, 2018
in Creativity, Self Study
tags artist, business, change is good, Nashville, novelty, play, Xima Lee Hulings
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Showing me around her meticulously organized and overflowing art studio, I have a hard time keeping up with Xima Lee Hulings. Amidst pens and paints and textiles and even a blow torch, she talks about her life and paintings and projects in her rapid-fire, exuberant way. Inspiring and educational, she motivates me to make a mess and create something. Because, as Xima laughs out loud and says, “Life is an

by Pamela Lamp
May 10, 2017
in Self Study, Travels
tags change is good, fitness, France, let it go, novelty, relationships, Travel
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Something New and Different

by Pamela Lamp
May 10, 2017
in Self Study, Travels
tags change is good, fitness, France, let it go, novelty, relationships, Travel
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You can’t just be you. You have to double yourself. You have to read books on subjects you know nothing about. You have to travel to places you never thought of traveling. You have to meet every kind of person and endlessly stretch what you know.

-Mary Wells Lawrence, 88, advertising executive and first female CEO of a NYSE company

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by Pamela Lamp
April 13, 2017
in Creativity, Giving Back, Self Study
tags change is good, environment, giving back, Green Bag Ladies, Kathleen Donofrio, Nashville, recycling, sewing, Teresa VanHatten-Granath
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The Green Bag Ladies

by Pamela Lamp
April 13, 2017
in Creativity, Giving Back, Self Study
tags change is good, environment, giving back, Green Bag Ladies, Kathleen Donofrio, Nashville, recycling, sewing, Teresa VanHatten-Granath
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Around the world, we discard one million plastic bags every single minute. We use, on the average, a bag for 25 minutes, and it takes 100-500 years for the bag to decompose. Our plastic trash, disposed of on land, eventually flows from streams to rivers to the oceans. An ocean gyre is a system of ocean and wind currents, swirling like a whirlpool. The trash is ultimately drawn into

Tag change is good

You can’t just be you. You have to double yourself. You have to read books on subjects you know nothing about. You have to travel to places you never thought of traveling. You have to meet every kind of person and endlessly stretch what you know.