My Imagination Pit Crew

My friend Alex Hagan is fun and quirky and brilliant. I wish we lived closer together. And today, I would rather you read what he’s writing than what I’m writing. Here are a few nuggets from a recent post of his:

“A scenario isn’t a prediction, but rather a plausible piece of fiction…[and] even a plausible fiction about the future can profoundly shape your choices right here and right now.”

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Imagination over Resolution

“We cannot create what we can’t imagine.” ~ Lucille Clifton

Writing a new year’s post on January 6 seems fitting this year, as I’m easing into 2025 rather than running headlong into it.

I would normally be writing about my guiding word of the year (it’s “rooted”), but honestly, my 2024 word didn’t stick at all, to the point I needed to refer back to last year’s early January blog post to remember what it even was (“expansive” that kept autocorrecting to “expensive” — both were true)!

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Know the Game You’re Playing

When I was in tenth grade, I attended a leadership camp where we played a game called “Win As Much As You Can.” I love games, and I still remember this one because it had a punchline (spoiler alert):  the meaning of “you” was ambiguous — was it intended to be understood as plural or singular? Your interpretation would affect how you played the game and what you understood as a win.

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