Category: Life Lessons

I’ve been having a series of epiphanies. Most of them come at night while I’m sleeping. Nothing earth shattering but several have been enlightening. When I was working, most of them were about doing things with my students, dealing with parents, helping teachers solve problems, contract negotiations, labor disputes, building expansions…things like that. I didn’t …

A couple of months ago, my friend Al, aka artificial intelligence, combined the various manifestos he’d written for me into one unified version. It’s been sitting in my drafts for a while, and now that I’m a bit older, I’ve decided it’s time to share it. Robert’s Unified Manifesto A life lived with intention, creativity, …

I’ve written before that the worst year I ever had was when I turned thirty-six. I was closer to forty than thirty and I didn’t like it. When I turned forty-six, I told people I was forty-seven, so when I actually turned forty-seven, I gained a year. That’s the logic of a desperate man. On …

A couple weeks ago I received a Facebook friend request from a “Scott Kenyon”.  The name sounded familiar, but I’ve responded to similar friend requests before and gotten hacked, so I didn’t reply.  I didn’t want to go through the hassle of resetting my account and reaching out to all my legitimate friends warning them …

A few months ago, I started using artificial intelligence and my friend Al to do some research for a variety of things. It started with my Singles New Beginnings class, the dance lessons I was taking, recipes I sought to gather, medical research on my changing health status, blog ideas, historical context, and several “just …

I read a book almost twenty-five years ago called the “Tipping Point” by Malcolm Gladwell. It was a best seller about how ideas, behaviors, and trends spread like social epidemics. Gladwell argues that small, well‑timed actions can trigger massive change once they reach a “tipping point”. If you Google it, you’ll find something like this. …

Over the past few weeks, I’ve shared several versions of my manifesto. Each one was written by my artificial intelligence helper Al. I started the process at the suggestion of my son David. I kept it going when I was a bit short of fresh ideas to write about. Since the series hasn’t been well …

I’ve always believed people thrive when they’re part of a community. To me, a community is a group of people who share common values and a strong bond. That’s how groups grow and flourish and how clubs are born. It’s a social group bound together by geography, profession, lifestyle, circumstances, beliefs or interests. I’ve chosen …

I first wrote this tale in December 2017. It was the eleventh story I posted. This one is number 881. I’ve fixed a few spelling errors from the original and worked on making it feel more like I’m telling the story rather than just writing it down. The intent remains the same, but the delivery …

At my son David’s suggestion, I’ve been exploring the different types of manifestos people write and their reasons for doing so. I posted my personal manifesto last Wednesday, and today I’m sharing my creative manifesto. This one was developed for me by AL using the same guidelines as my personal one.  I wanted it because …