Topic - Inspiration

Models to learn from:

• W-, for his curiosity and thoughtfulness, for his level-headedness and ability to talk me down from fretting, and for his wordplay
• A+, for the confidence she sings with and her joy in what she can do
• My dad, for his resourcefulness, contagious enthusiasm, and irrepressible humour
• Kathy, for playful parenting, and for dealing with an unfair hand with equanimity, resilience, and humour
• Mrs. Wong, for her front-yard urban farm
• Protesilaos Stavrou, for his thoughtfulness in making and thoroughly documenting Emacs packages, and for sharing his thoughts on Emacs and other topics
• Jon Snader, for his appreciative Emacs commentary on Irreal
• Ms. Lesley, for calm and kind and joyful early childhood learning and a great model on how to talk to kids. She feels a little like Calypso from Bluey.
• From Bluey: Bandit and Chilli, for their playfulness and willingness to commit to the game
• John Wiegley and Carsten Dominik, for making tools that have become part of my life (Planner Mode, Ledger, Org Mode)
• Maja: I like the way she kept pulling people together
• Mike Rohde and a bunch of other sketchnoters
• Maggie Appleton: I like her notes and sketches
• Oliver Burkeman: I like the way he thinks and writes
• Epictetus and Marcus Aurelius: I like that their teachings resonate with me, thousands of years later, and I appreciate the formulations that help me clarify my thoughts
• The people I see in the parks and libraries and bike lanes
• Bob Monsour, who is 70ish and compiles the 11ty bundle newsletter