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05/23/2026

🧘🏻‍♀️Leisure is OK!, Stillness IS The Key by Ryan Holiday, Re-read Saturday, 21, Find a Hobby

"This is the main question, with what activity one’s leisure is filled." Aristotle Leisure restores, idleness degrades. Why it matters: Leisure, defined as engaging in activities that are meaningful in themselves, helps you to find stillness. It is a path to fulfillment, not just time to doomscroll on your phone. Context: Why leisure and work are different. The easy answer is the difference between a paycheck and the couch....

“This is the main question, with what activity one’s leisure is filled.” Aristotle Leisure restores, idleness degrades. Why it matters: Leisure, defined as engaging in activities …

05/16/2026

💤 Die If You Don’t Sleep, Stillness IS The Key by Ryan Holiday, Re-read Saturday, 20, Go to Sleep

Sleep when you die OR die if you don’t sleep? The grind HAS a high cost! Why it matters: Much of our physical well-being depends on moderating the urge to work ourselves to exhaustion. It is a constant struggle to balance the "always-on" demands of modern life and the biological necessity of regeneration. Personal context: I can recall several stretches of my career spent working without sleep—fifty to sixty hours without going home, months of 120-hour weeks, and relentless RFPs consisting of twenty-hour days punctuated only by a quick shower and a twenty-five-minute nap....

Sleep when you die OR die if you don’t sleep? The grind HAS a high cost! Why it matters: Much of our physical well-being depends on moderating the urge to work ourselves to exhaustion. It is a cons…

05/09/2026

🔛Alone Is Not Lonely, Stillness IS The Key by Ryan Holiday, Re-read Saturday, 19 Seek Solitude and Being Human

Body - Seeking Solitude "I never found a companion that was so companionable as solitude."Henry David Thoreau "All of humanity's problems stem from man's inability to sit quietly in a room alone."Blaise Pascal Creativity and self-knowledge REQUIRE solitude. Why it matters: Continuously operating in a high state of arousal impedes memory consolidation and creativity. Solitude provides a “reset” for the mind....

Body – Seeking Solitude “I never found a companion that was so companionable as solitude.”Henry David Thoreau “All of humanity’s problems stem from man’s inabili…

05/02/2026

😭I Like My Stuff, Stillness IS The Key by Ryan Holiday, Re-read Saturday, 18, Build a Routine and Get Rid of Your Stuff

Body - Build a Routine "I write only when inspiration strikes. Fortunately, it strikes every morning at nine o'clock sharp." W. Somerset Maugham Extraordinary results are built on "boring" foundations. Why it matters: Habits and routines provide certainty that fosters stillness and flow. Holiday states, “We buy room for peace and stillness, and thus make good work and good thoughts accessible and inevitable.”...

Body – Build a Routine “I write only when inspiration strikes. Fortunately, it strikes every morning at nine o’clock sharp.” W. Somerset Maugham Extraordinary results …

04/25/2026

🧘🏻‍♀️Stillness Is More Than Sitting Still, Stillness IS The Key by Ryan Holiday, Re-read Saturday, 17, Take a Walk

Body - Take a Walk “Stillness is not the absence or negation of energy, life, or movement. Stillness is dynamic. It is unconflicted movement, life in harmony with itself, skill in action." Erich Schiffmann Stillness is not just sitting quietly and repeating a mantra. Why it matters: You can find stillness while interacting with the world around you. Repeated motions can generate stillness....

Body – Take a Walk “Stillness is not the absence or negation of energy, life, or movement. Stillness is dynamic. It is unconflicted movement, life in harmony with itself, skill in action.& #82…

04/18/2026

⛔Yes Is The Root Of All Evils, Stillness IS The Key by Ryan Holiday, Re-read Saturday, 16, Say No

Body - Say No “Focusing is about saying no.”Steve Jobs If you can’t say no, you will not find stillness. Why it Matters: The word “yes” is at the root of all distractions and work intake issues....

Body – Say No “Focusing is about saying no.”Steve Jobs If you can’t say no, you will not find stillness. Why it Matters: The word “yes” is at the root of all distractions and work intake issu…

04/11/2026

🏋️ The Body Enables Stillness, Stillness IS The Key by Ryan Holiday, Re-read Saturday, 15, Section 3 – Domain of the Body

Part III: Body The third leg of the stillness stool is the body. You need a strong mind, a strong soul, and a strong body. Holiday uses Winston Churchill as a model to show the value of balancing. Quoting Paul Johnson, a biographer of Churchill, “The balance he maintained between flat-out work and creative and restorative leisure is worth studying by anyone holding a top position.”...

Part III: Body The third leg of the stillness stool is the body. You need a strong mind, a strong soul, and a strong body. Holiday uses Winston Churchill as a model to show the value of balan…

04/04/2026

🧩Our Universe Is A Jigsaw Puzzle, Stillness IS The Key by Ryan Holiday, Re-read Saturday,14, All Is One

Spirit – All Is One "Meditate often on the interconnectedness and mutual interdependence of all things in the universe." Marcus Aurelius Our universe is a jigsaw puzzle; everything is interconnected. Why it Matters: A tiny change in an initial condition can lead to huge differences in outcomes– Chaos Theory. The author introduces the Greek concept of sympatheia: “The kind of mutual interdependence and relatedness of all things, past, present, and future.” Combining the two concepts links philosophy and physics....

Spirit – All Is One “Meditate often on the interconnectedness and mutual interdependence of all things in the universe.” Marcus Aurelius Our universe is a jigsaw puzzle; everythin…

03/29/2026

SPaMCAST Grand Finale

Welcome to the Software Process and Measurement Cast’s final podcast. Today we have a treat, a radio play titled, Navigating the Silos or Playing a Game with House Rules written by David Herron and me. Over the years, Mr. Herron has been a boss, colleague, mentor, and most of all, a friend. The story unfolds in the aftermath of the late 1990s tech boom....

Welcome to the Software Process and Measurement Cast’s final podcast. Today we have a treat, a radio play titled, Navigating the Silos or Playing a Game with House Rules written by Dav…

03/28/2026

Stillness And Relationships Are Intertwined, Stillness IS The Key by Ryan Holiday, Re-read Saturday, 13, Enter Relationships and Conquer Your Anger

Spirit - Enter Relationships “There is no enjoying the possession of anything valuable unless one has someone to share it with.” Seneca Stillness and relationships are intertwined. Why it matters: Connections keep us grounded. Connections provide:...

Spirit – Enter Relationships “There is no enjoying the possession of anything valuable unless one has someone to share it with.” Seneca Stillness and relationships are intertwined. Why it mat…

03/21/2026

🌳Forest Bathing With Clothes, Stillness IS The Key by Ryan Holiday, Re-read Saturday, 12, Bathe In Beauty and Accept A Higher Power

Spirit - Bath In Beauty "In the woods, we return to reason and faith. There I feel that nothing can befall me in life— No disgrace, no calamity—which nature cannot repair." — Ralph Waldo Emerson Why it matters: Nature is calming because it reduces stress hormones, lowers blood pressure, and allows the brain to rest. A walk in nature fosters an effortless, gentle attention that engages the mind....

Spirit – Bath In Beauty “In the woods, we return to reason and faith. There I feel that nothing can befall me in life— No disgrace, no calamity—which nature cannot repair.” — Ralp…

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