Be Intentional; Be Open

It is 10th grade. I am sitting in the architecture classroom beside the cafeteria of my high school, thoughtfully ruling out straight lines on graphing paper while talking to my friend Bruce. As we chat, we decide that we would both make great hermits when we grow up. As we talk a vision arises of…

Not Exactly Resolutions…

The greatest gift I gave myself this past summer was a weekly “to-do” notebook. Each week is nicely planned out on a single page—appointments I have, things I want to accomplish, even the weekly exercise and dinner calendar and grocery list. As a person who is embarrassingly satisfied by a good list, flipping through the…