by tashmcgill | Dec 6, 2015 | Culture & Ideas, Strategy
As I wrote last week, there’s a post-it note on my desk with the quote, “Everything I’ve ever let go of has clawmarks in it.” David Foster Wallace. Letting go of anything means change. Change is constant and uncomfortable. Very few human beings...
by tashmcgill | Nov 10, 2015 | Culture & Ideas
I think they should tell you, coming out of the womb, that nothing will turn out like you expect. To avoid expectations at all cost. Expectations are the most dangerous indulgence of the human existence. In every facet of our lives, expectations have the ability to...
by tashmcgill | Nov 6, 2015 | Culture & Ideas
Dear Self. It’s no wonder you’ve waited every year for birthday magic to appear. When the sky lights up the night before, fireworks soaring over the horizon, it’s no surprise your heart beats with expectation, you dare to hope for a little wonder in...
by tashmcgill | Oct 7, 2015 | Culture & Ideas
I can hardly breathe when she’s in the room. I’m overwhelmed with a sense of envy and admiration for this woman. She is intoxicating, infuriating, complex and yet astonishingly simple. A walking paradox. She is loved – loved so hard, and by so many....
by tashmcgill | Aug 19, 2015 | Culture & Ideas, Spirituality
On the corner of my street there’s a street lamp shining bright on the intersection of suburban roads. There’s barely a car parked in sight; from the end of my driveway I can count just three. But there under the spotlight, is the corner dairy (a 7-Eleven...
