Matt Cohen

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  • Now Here

    Now Here

    At times, we’ve all felt lost. Confused. Uncertain. Perhaps even a combination of all three. At times, we feel stuck. Stuck between thoughts. Between feelings. We’re stuck between where we’ve been, and where we’re going. At times, we feel as though we are “nowhere”. No where. In these moments, our thoughts and feelings begin to […]

    1st April, 2021
  • Enjoy

    Enjoy

    To enjoy something or someone carries with it such a pronounced and clear meaning in today’s world. The dictionary definition of “enjoy”, described below, uses words such as “receive”, and “have”. Possessive words, often associated with material objects, things, possessions, and personal fulfillment. en·joy  (ĕn-joi′) v.en·joyed, en·joy·ing, en·joys v.tr. To receive pleasure or satisfaction from. […]

    1st March, 2021
  • Meditation: Health & Clarity

    Meditation: Health & Clarity

    Continuing the practice of meditating on annual word themes (here’s the meditation for 2021 on “kindness” and “positivity”), below is 2020’s meditation, working backwards to fill in meditations for previous annual word themes. Our words for 2020 were “health” and “clarity”.

    5th February, 2021
  • Meditation: Kindness & Positivity

    Meditation: Kindness & Positivity

    Each year, my partner and I choose one word each. These words combined will be our theme for the year, woven into the fabric of everything we do, and attracted by our thoughts and focus on them. Our words for 2021 are “kindness” and “positivity”. This year, I decided to evolve our process, and externalize […]

    13th January, 2021
  • Open source thinking and opening up opportunities

    Open source thinking and opening up opportunities

    As a creative, I like to identify interesting combinations of thoughts, and believe there is a connected-ness to all things. Thus, two seemingly unrelated topics, thoughts, or items can be combined based on the ways in which they are the same, and which they are different. Finding the common ground between two things, to my […]

    11th December, 2020
  • Identifying root causes for fun and sustainability

    Identifying root causes for fun and sustainability

    It seems to be that there are themes and patterns across several areas of life at the same time. What is seen as a recurrence in one area of life seems to come up in others. I’ve noticed this for several months, and this time around the concept of “identifying root causes” is coming up. […]

    8th December, 2020
  • Creating and consuming- a pathway to clearing the mind

    Creating and consuming- a pathway to clearing the mind

    There is an interesting tension for me, between creating something new, and consuming something which exists. I find this in email (the emails I send, versus the emails I read), blog posts (those I write, versus those I read), and in many other areas such as todo list items, code pull requests, etc. The principle […]

    24th November, 2020
  • Atomic thinking and scaling teams

    Atomic thinking and scaling teams

    I’ve been thinking a lot, lately, about different ways of thinking and focus, the impact potential of a particular focus, and how even the smallest change/adjustment can have a significant impact upstream. Examples which come to mind are how rowing teams all row together, optimize each row, and work as a team to balance on […]

    23rd September, 2020
  • Stoic Journaling

    Stoic Journaling

    I explore stoicism, as it relates to journaling and self-observation, as well as using the stoic mobile app to encourage and build the habit.

    17th August, 2020
  • Allow other people to read your mind

    Allow other people to read your mind

    When growing a team, implementing new processes, or even when scoping a new project where you feel you have a clear outcome you’d like to see, it can be so tempting to tell yourself that you “just wish the team could read your mind”, or that the team would just “know how to follow the […]

    5th May, 2020
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