Author: Travis Packer
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When Life Happens (Life is Always Happening)
I had big plans to do a bunch of writing this week! And other things—I had been doing so well at working out, meditating, reading—and all of it went to shit this week. We have a puppy, Rosie, and she is the sweetest thing in the world but also she got sick this week. So…
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What I’m Looking Forward to This Week
Well, the first thing I noticed this morning is that I don’t have a very heavily scheduled week, so I guess I’m looking forward to seeing what emerges, and to having space for that. Still…this list feels a little light and it has me wondering if I need to manufacture more things to look forward…
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Friday Wrap-up
I don’t know if it’s because it’s already been an awesome year for music, or because I’m consciously seeking it out, but I’m starting to enjoy the release of new music like I used to. Today I’m excited to hear Spoon’s Lucifer on the Sofa (listening to it as I type these words), and Big…
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Mythic Quest and the Responsibility of Television
SPOILERS follow for: Ted Lasso, The Sex Lives of College Girls, and Mythic Quest The last month was some of the best TV-watching my wife and I have had in a while, a string of Station 11 (which I think is my favorite show I’ve seen since season 1 of True Detective), The Sex Lives…
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Learning From Failure
I’m currently closing out a project at work that…well, no other way to say that than it didn’t work. It wasn’t a disaster or a complete failure, but I think the most judicious way to talk about it is that it didn’t achieve its potential. I’m not going to diagnose the why of that here,…
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What I’m Looking Forward to This Week
Listening to the new Animal Collective record (I think my favorite song so far is Strung With Everything), new Spoon record Friday Super Bowl Sunday! Seeing Zach & Daniel Wednesday I’m reading a really lovely book right now called Under the Whispering Door and it’s kind of like a warm hug right before I go…
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Regret is (also) a Choice
Something that came up in a coaching session last week: Regret is a choice. I think I’d amend that now to say: Regret is also a choice. It was in the context of making decisions, ones that visibly alter the trajectory of a life, and the fear that comes with that. For me the common…
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Living Well in 2022
What does it mean, for me, to live well this year?[1] I find myself coming back to basics: things close to me that I have the most influence (really trying hard not to say control here) over. I cannot predict or influence the spread of covid, but I can do the following: Recommit to sleep…
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Reflections #5 Mondays, Cont’d
Until I can safely go have a croissant and latte at a coffee shop, my Monday routine includes my Monday Morning Playlist and making a list of what I’m looking forward to this week. It was a pleasant surprise to notice that there was, when I sat down and thought about it, way more that…
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Friday Wrap-up
A friend sent me this email: Subject: reflection for travis “3 weeks off and student loan forgiveness[1] has you feeling pretty pretty pretty good.” Why yes, Jim, it does…kind of. There’s other good stuff too! We didn’t lose power last weekend, and I just received my executive coaching certification from the International Coaching Federation. And yet,…
The Minimum Blues 