Let’s take a moment to name a thing, or better stated, put some words around the thing, the muse, the why I write. One of two things generally happen, either, I’m writing about a thing that’s on my mind, an observation, a struggle, a thing I’m grateful for, and usually this writing comes in prose …
Author: jeff lud
Dad x3. Writer. Lion. @pacbio SCM. One Mission: Make it GOOD | Optimism | Resilience | Fam/Life/Biz | #halffullallgood #goodstuff
Hat Stacks
Hat stacks, a real thing in my world; stacks of hats found in various places in my house. Stacks of hats, usually between three and five lids, waiting for their turn on top of the noggin, All manner of color and logo, collected over six decades, mostly baseball-type hats, with a brim to shade the …
“I Remember Where I Parked“
I remember where I parked when I had this particular conversation. I was on the way home from work, nearly back into my neighborhood, when I got the call, or maybe it was a text first, It was from a good friend of my elder auntie, here was the gist of how it went on …
Good Karma Is An Attitude
Happened the other day. Again. I noticed in myself a silly practice I have. Going through a sort of complicated work process one early morning, I completed the first of say … maybe four steps … of a total of about thirty steps necessary to complete the task. Those first four steps give a pretty …
It Is… Dynamic
Dynamic, this is a word I use to describe in a basic and hopefully neutral manner when there’s a lot going on, a lot of wheels in motion, a lot of plates in the air, pick your idiom, it all equals busy. Often times too busy. And things not going as planned, unexpected additional bits …
Two Mornings, Two Tempos
Tell us about your morning routine. My mornings these days, they break down like this… On work / weekdays, it starts early. Typically between 4am & 5am. I’m one of those that wakes up in anticipation of the alarm, so weekdays I wake up pre-alarm, around 4:15am, getting vertical. I usually feel like I’m behind …
The Silent Slog
Different times, different attitude about the slog, “Oh, just what is ‘The Silent Slog’?”, you might ask. It’s thick, slightly yucky, or a lot, dark, pungent, it mostly happens at night, but can appear during daylight hours as well, it slows me down, progress seems a question, a puzzle to figure, mental quagmire to clear, …
Can’t Versus Won’t
The idea of “can’t” , versus “won’t”, on my mind a lot as a parent, for my kids, and even me as an adult, Ability juxtaposed to Choice, Rick Rubin, renown, music producer, executive, and creative guru, one of his mantras he talks about is,… “Don’t say I can’t… Say I haven’t yet… “, The …
Racket 
Ok, maybe it’s not a racket. All the same, my visceral reaction to learning about this topic makes me think so; regardless of the term, Worth a review and a bit of discussion, shining, the light, a little more brightly from this corner of the universe, This company detailed below, CEO Group, among other things, …
“Don’t Disrupt the Process”
So my son said to me the other morning, "Dad, don't disrupt the process...", as he was getting ready for school and I said, "What ...?! ...", softly to myself, chuckling inside. “Ok ok”, replied to him with a hand raised slightly in silent deference to his better wisdom, Learning when to do that, to …
