Happily Imperfect
Gordon McLean
Hi, I’m G. Father, husband, feminist, ally, skeptic, blogger, book reader, geek. Always sarcastic, imperfect, and too cheeky for his own good. He/him. 🏴
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A weekly recap of the articles and posts I’ve read that I think are worth your time. Re-fueling while cycling made all the difference — After-hours engineering — A good lesson if you are getting into cycling as a hobby-ist. However I do have questions. What’s so bad about gels etc? And why does someone write a post...
Today marks Day 100. Overall I’m happy with how it went. I moved enough everyday to mark is as “complete”, and I’ve lost about 7.5kg (plateau’d a bit as I’ve mentioned). The benefits are the adjustment of routine, building better habits, being more conscious of why I think I feel hungry (usually boredom or...
What song makes you feel like you’re exactly where you’re supposed to be? I am, right now, sitting on the sofa. My best friend, the person who sees me, who gets me, is on the chair. Our son is playing on the floor. When I’m away from them, as I was on Thursday night, I miss them terribly. I am supposed to be here....
Share a song that feels like it’s giving you permission to feel everything. I have a melancholy side. I’ve been through depression. It still sits in the background making me question everything. I now know that I don’t need permission to have feelings and emotions. I know that many people share these thoughts, I am...
What’s your favorite song about patience? I am not patient. I am more patient than I used to be for sure, but my default is not to wait, is to do the thing. Unless there is thinking involved, in which case I have a tendency to over think things. I’m also better at NOT doing that too. A lot of my patience has been...
Watching this movie tonight. Spielberg, Hanks, DiCaprio, Williams soundtrack, hard not to fault. What’s struck me is the other actors, Amy Adams, Jennifer Garner, Ellen Pompeo, Martin Sheen, Elizabeth Banks, all of whom I’d totally forgotten. What a fun movie, sometimes it’s nice just to kick back and chill out....
Emotions are weird things. Dolly Parton’s death was very sad, not seen a single bad word about her, a life lived with love, empathy, and compassion. Aspiring. Tim Curry’s death was also sad, but having been in decreasing physical condition after his stroke, wheelchair bound, there will likely be a sense of sad...
Share a song that captures the feeling of being proud. I have a hard time being proud of myself. I tend to let achievements pass without acknowledging them. But sometimes just getting through is reason to be proud, just making it to the next day. It’s something many take for granted, but I think is a good enough...
What’s a song you’d want to hear while stargazing? I’ve always been mildly fascinated with space, with the moon, with the wonder of the stars. I can’t recall where it started, or when, but as my life settled down I started to look up more and more often. One particular night, not long after my Dad died, I remember...
I’ve journaled in Day One for about 15 years now. Over that time I’ve tried many different approaches; focusing on gratitude (3 things that sparked joy), a Today I Will/How Was Today? duo entries system, through to a return to my preferred brain dump approach. It took me a long time to get to a point that I am...
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