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The Heartbreak of Being Yourself

August 20, 2021by reluctantarchaeologist 2 Comments

I was half-way through Cal Newport’s New Yorker article “Why Are So Many Knowledge Workers Quitting?” when this video interrupted the text and stopped me in my tracks. A Gay […]

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The Smell of Dead Pig in the Morning

August 4, 2021by reluctantarchaeologist 12 Comments

It isn’t napalm. (Not a bad thing.) I don’t love it. But it’s a part of doing research with dead pigs. Why am I smelling dead pig in the morning […]

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Say ‘Yes’!

May 31, 2021by reluctantarchaeologist Leave a comment

The blog has been quiet. I’ve written few words. Instead, I’ve used a brush (and other odd tools). Flora Bowley and Whitney Freya have been my inspiration. “Just go to […]

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Finding your Passion

May 12, 2021by reluctantarchaeologist 2 Comments

Colleague, Christa Bedwin, interviewed me a while back about finding passion. The interview turned into a chat. The video is a whopping 13 minutes but we touch on some nitty […]

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Online Silent Creativity Group

April 9, 2021by reluctantarchaeologist Leave a comment

Do you crave to carve out some time for you? Do you want to explore your creativity? Do you loathe groups which espouse shared creativity but then share in critiquing […]

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The Trick with Knowledge Mobilization

March 19, 2021by reluctantarchaeologist Leave a comment

“It doesn’t matter how good your work is if nobody knows it exists.” This is a take on a quote I heard years ago, author unknown, that really helped me […]

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Scattered, Episode 5 – Lions, Tigers…..

March 2, 2021by reluctantarchaeologist Leave a comment

It took a while to pull this episode together. There was quite a bit of cold emailing. It’s very likely my emails ended up in junk mail folders, to be […]

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A Dig at “The Dig”

February 5, 2021by reluctantarchaeologist Leave a comment

I recently watched “The Dig” on Netflix. As a former archaeologist, it seemed a bit requisite that I should. I was amazed how cinematography, pacing, and acting could culminate to […]

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In Search of a Fix

January 22, 2021by reluctantarchaeologist Leave a comment

I’m painting. WTF? I may not be writing, but I am painting. I haven’t picked up a brush (for non-walls painting) since I was 14 years old. And it was […]

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A Vote for Remote Work

January 10, 2021by reluctantarchaeologist 3 Comments

I’m going to state something seemingly outlandish here: 2020 was a good year for me. I usually print off my computer calendar, month-by-month, and clip it to the front of […]

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