by Matthew Rehrl MD | Writing, Writing Habits
Slack is an interesting word with multiple meanings, but when it’s about creating slack in my blogging schedule, I like the following definition: An interval of comparative inactivity; a lull in business or in action of any kind.O.E.D. This last week I went on...
by Matthew Rehrl MD | Philosophy, Photography, Writing
Each day I try to spend approximately one hour on a continuing education class outside of my areas of expertise. Usually this is a formal class. For example, I just finished a Philosophy of Mind course through the University of Oxford’s Continuing Education...
by Matthew Rehrl MD | Ikigai
My first ikigai misfire was the selection of my undergraduate major: Mechanical Engineering. I was the youngest of three children. All of us were exceptionally good students, all with 4.0 GPAs. My sister, four years my senior, went on to law schools in both England...
by Matthew Rehrl MD | Writing, Writing Habits
Twice a year my habit is to take a week off for something I call Deep-Think Week, but this year I’m modifying it to include several days of Deep-Writing. I have a current writing project which has yet to turn the corner, but what do I need to turn this corner?...
by Matthew Rehrl MD | Ikigai, Writing Habits
Look around your bathroom and your bathtub (perhaps next to your soap or bubble bath?). Those dogeared books and magazines you read in the tub? There is a good chance they have got something to do with your ikigai.
