0041: 10 things I’ve learned in 10 years of Improve Something Today

A reading of two short passages, one from The Art of Public Speaking, by John Rippingham (1814), and the other from Ralph Waldo Emerson’s ‘The Comic’ (1875). By way of Wikipedia on the ‘sad clown paradox’ as shared on Mastodon by John Overholt.

A reading and discussion of this, from 2022: 5 ways to approach goal-setting. Only one is worth a damn

Two passages from the architect and writer on the fourth anniversary of his passing. A reading of https://improvesomething.today/remembering-christopher-alexander/

Readings of two passages on the subject of wooden chairs, as seen in the Wooden chair as exemplar of emptiness section of the Quote barn.