Keep a low-pressure, ordinary, daily diary during these days of quarantine-ing and social distancing. Your future self will be glad you did, and your descendants will probably be glad you did, too. "A Quarantine Diary" Google Doc Tsh: Newsletter | Website Pick up a round of drinks & help keep the show going This is a public episode. If you'd like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit thecommon.place/subscribe...
Mar 27, 2020•14 min
There’s one little thing I do in my daily routine that has nothing to do with “getting things done” or being productive. And I recommend it even in “normal” life, when we’re not social-distancing or otherwise going through a global pandemic. Tsh: Newsletter | Website Pick up a round of drinks & help keep the show going This is a public episode. If you'd like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit thecommon.place/subscribe...
Mar 20, 2020•27 min
Right now we need to do our part to love our neighbors as ourselves, and that also looks like taking care of ourselves. Art is a great, soul-filling way to take care of ourselves because the best stuff points us to the true, the good, and the beautiful. Tsh: Newsletter | Website Pick up a round of drinks & help keep the show going This is a public episode. If you'd like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit thecommon.place/subscribe...
Mar 13, 2020•19 min
You need art in your life more than you probably realize, and you need to notice the local art done BY your community, FOR your community, more than you probably realize. This is definitely true for me. Tsh: Newsletter | Website Pick up a round of drinks & help keep the show going This is a public episode. If you'd like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit thecommon.place/subscribe...
Mar 06, 2020•15 min
This isn't about a super-fancy, high-end pen like you’re Mr. Burns and a Bic pen a store-brand pencil are beneath you. It's about finding that pen or pencil in your life that you care about — whatever it is — and enjoying the upgraded version. Tsh: Newsletter | Website Frixion refillable, erasable pen Pick up a round of drinks & help keep the show going This is a public episode. If you'd like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit thecommon.place/subscr...
Feb 28, 2020•21 min
Because life is short; because death doesn’t make life pointless, it makes it purposeful. So what does it look like to take this idea and turn it into a habit? Tsh: Newsletter | Website Pick up a round of drinks & help keep the show going This is a public episode. If you'd like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit thecommon.place/subscribe...
Feb 21, 2020•17 min
This story is about romantic love, but it’s also about familial love: between brother and sister, son and mother, father and son. It’s about the love between friends; about love in all its depths of ordinary life. About Time Tsh: Newsletter | Website Pick up a round of drinks & help keep the show going This is a public episode. If you'd like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit thecommon.place/subscribe...
Feb 13, 2020•16 min
These people are the only ones that matter — and keeping this in mind will probably help you keep the right things, the right things. Plus, Tsh's friend Crystal hops on to share what idea is currently on her Good List. Crystal Ellefsen Tsh: Newsletter | Website Pick up a round of drinks & help keep the show going This is a public episode. If you'd like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit thecommon.place/subscribe...
Feb 06, 2020•26 min
We’re talking about something so common it might seem like it hardly warrants an entire podcast episode. But because they’re so commonplace, there are interesting ways to use them in your work, home, and even spiritual life. This is a public episode. If you'd like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit thecommon.place/subscribe
Jan 30, 2020•17 min
Visiting yours regularly is a passport that opens your eyes and hearts to the world beyond your front door, one of your best hopes against tyranny, xenophobia, hopelessness, despair, anarchy, and ignorance. This is a public episode. If you'd like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit thecommon.place/subscribe
Jan 23, 2020•20 min
Don’t be so immersed in your Important Work that you neglect the side of you that wants a really good story. A Small Fiction on Twitter A Small Fiction , by James Miller This is a public episode. If you'd like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit thecommon.place/subscribe...
Jan 16, 2020•15 min
The more digital our culture becomes, the more it's good to resist with the little things we care about. Like pen and paper. This is a public episode. If you'd like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit thecommon.place/subscribe
Jan 10, 2020•12 min
It doesn’t mean your day is a series of monotony — it's a collection of little gifts that gives you a reason for waking up. This is a public episode. If you'd like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit thecommon.place/subscribe
Jan 10, 2020•16 min
There's a "transcendental Sherlock Holmes" that's well over a hundred years old, and he's a delight for our modern era. Father Brown Mysteries , by G.K. Chesterton Father Brown (the TV show) This is a public episode. If you'd like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit thecommon.place/subscribe...
Jan 09, 2020•14 min
Small is the way to go — tiny, uninteresting, and un-instagrammable. Here’s why. This is a public episode. If you'd like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit thecommon.place/subscribe
Jan 09, 2020•17 min
