Nothing is ever finished. Really. You can pretend, “oh, phew… I got that done!” but come on! The world revolves around change. Everything is changing and will continue to do so - that’s how it works. You don’t so much finish as get it close enough - for now. Then, maybe you get back to it and maybe you don’t.
I know what you’re going to say:
“What about {insert something that gets completed - like making dinner}?”
And I have to respond:
You’re right. I’ve exaggerated the effects of everything changes. Sorry. Let me re-define.
All meaningful pursuits are ever-changing. Like this business plan I’m working on for my nonprofit - it won’t ever really be done! I will always learn more and the environment that I’m working in will change, and the expectations of the people I’m providing a solution for, etc…
How about relationships or creating a better life for yourself? What was it John Lennon said?
“Life is what happens when you’re making other plans.”
Yeah. It all keeps changing, so I’m giving up on the completion and going to move it into a format that is ever-evolving and easy to change. You know, a wiki or Google Doc or something - then the whole history is captured so that I can go back and retrieve what I thought I wouldn’t need but now realize that I do.
Anyway, ’nuff babbling - ciao.
This is the big debate in my head.
You see, I’m working on something - the beginning of this nonprofit that I’m setting up. And the potential ramifications of it are, well, staggering.
Or maybe I just think that ’cause it’s my baby. More…
I know - it sounds a little woo-woo (new agey, if you will), but listen for a minute. A dear friend of mine sent me a link to some audio files from the website of a couple of Buddhist teachers in New York City who did a series of teachings on this subject - and frankly, it’s fantastic. More…
And so it goes. . . life, that is - ever evolving and changing.
This is perfectly descriptive of my current state of affairs. As you may know, I came to DC looking for work in the field of US foreign policy, but apparently that was not to be!
I have taken to jokingly saying that I’m no good at finding a job and so I’ve given up. The truth of the matter is that I’m much more comfortable being entrepreneurial than trying to convince someone to allow me to work towards their vision of how the world should be. Consequently, I’m setting off to do just that!
I’m in the process of forming a nonprofit organization and am terribly excited about it. The first project will solve both sides of a large problem in our country - communication between elected officials and their constituents. How will I do this, you may wonder? Stay tuned and it will all become clear.
See you in the back alleyways of the InterTubes!
What is this crazy thing called love?
No. Seriously. What is that about? We all talk about it and want it and chase after it, but what is it? What is it really? Bear with me, I’ve been working on this… More…
This post is way past due. I know.
You see, on April 14th around 8pm, I was sick of job hunting for the previous year, a little depressed, and going through my email, when I was suddenly struck with an idea - a concept - a new direction! More…
What is a boy to do — nay, what is a man to do given boyish characteristics and a fool’s heart of gold?
What is the value of this much-hyped interaction intended to get us ahead in our careers and social lives?
I have been pondering this question recently as I have been evaluating my success in finding the perfect job in Washington, DC — ie, I haven’t had much luck and wonder why. More…
I have been familiar with this bizarre sight from having wandered by it previously, but yesterday it struck me as particularly bizarre. You see, I had just left the House Committee on Foreign Relations meeting and was pondering the reason for such meetings — the seemingly strange way that both Congresspeople and the viewers act, and why the entire field of politics is viewed as unseemly by so many.
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Wow! Talk about exciting. I attended a full meeting of the House Committee on Foreign Affairs yesterday morning and got a good taste for how Congress runs. While there was plenty on the agenda for the meeting, it really all came down to discussion of saving the 
President’s Emergency Plan for AIDS Relief (PEPFAR). Well, this was quite a thing, so it seems. You see the original plan was enacted in 2003 to provide $15 billion over five years to a select group of countries. More…
