A little while ago I brought forth the idea of what I’ve called “Practice Notes” — personal practical experiments in various areas of creativity and spirituality.
The point in these “practices” is to try to embed them into my life where I have otherwise previously avoided them, due to my own resistance, fear, and anxiety.
The first two practices have been . . . interesting.
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I’ve long had a love for books, particular traditional hardcover or paperback books (and even more in particular, paperback), with some exceptions to ebooks and audiobooks. The main problem for me over the past 10-15 years is that I’ve hauled in books more quickly than I can read them.
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I can’t tell you how many times I’ve hit the reset button.
On writing.
On running or building out a full workout routine.
On meditation.
Or on any form of daily routine in general.
It’s all gone to shit, everything I’ve tried, even methods of starting small and building gradually. I always seem to start strong then waver off after a short period. I’ve had a few successes, most notably with certain elements mentioned in books like Hal Elrod’s The Miracle Morning (for general routine building) or Jerry Cleaver’s Immediate Fiction (for writing). And for the record, those are two fantastic books, and I’ll get into great inspiring reads in another post soon, but for time-saving purposes, let’s get to the point . . .
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A couple of new ones to add to the shelf this week.
The first here is Thug Kitchen’s new cookbook. I’ve actually been waiting for this one for a while. Don’t be fooled by the humorous, foul-mouthed recipes in this gem of a collection; all of them are based on a really healthy diet and there’s some incredible-looking stuff in here that I’m pretty excited to try out. If you want a good idea of the sense of humor that’s woven into this book, check out the commercial.
Next up is one I found unexpectedly while picking up the cookbook: The Haunted Life And Other Writings by Jack Kerouac. This is a new archival collection of what is considered to be a long-lost manuscript Kerouac had written in 1944. I’m personally excited about this for two reasons. First, I’m excited anytime a new collection of Kerouac’s work comes out, and second, this looks to be a really good look at what he was working on prior to the writing and publication of The Town and the City, which, if you haven’t read, I highly recommend it, even if you’re not much of a Kerouac fan.