David Bourne

Practical Ways to Live More Inspired Lives

Feeling Disconnected? Yeah, Me Too

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Hey Folks!

This past week I thought a ton about connection. I’ve been hearing stories of how students are having hard times reconnecting at school this year.

I feel for them. The “New Normal” of the Covid19 Pandemic is not normal at all.

But it’s not just students who struggle.

We are all feeling disconnected in too many ways.

So how do we improve on that? We figure out where we feel the most joy. And we Follow that Bliss.

For me, I feel most connected when I’m with family and friends in the outdoors. I also go out alone, for solace and to find more meaning within the cycles I just can’t find indoors.

That’s why I published another Davo Show episode called Needing Connection Proves We are Disconnected.

While I was recording this five minute clip, there was a happy accident. I got surprised and distracted by a goldfinch eating berries in a nearby hawthorn bush.

The excitement in my voice proved my point better than any words I could have come up. You can hear the connection and joy in my voice shift after my close connection to the bird in the nearby bush.

Where Do You Connect Best?

  • Is it in the outdoors, like me?
  • Or when making something? While being creative? (Also me.)
  • Is it with or without people, or both?
  • Do you make time to just sit and find your quiet center?
  • Do you practice gratitude and write down the best moments of your days?

It may take some work to answer these questions, but the dividends are huge. You will find your bliss and find more joy in life.

I hope you have a great week ahead!

Peace, Dave

PS, I’m thoroughly enjoying the new bio from Nirvana drummer and Foo Fighters front-man, Dave Grohl!

This weekend, I plan on watching the drummer documentary Count Me In an “inspiring rhythmic journey about the power of human connection”. More connection is good!

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Do You Have a Place Where Anything Goes?

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Yes, Nature Has a Place

This past week, I walked and recorded in the woods. I was thinking about Connection and the reasons why I want to do a regular nature-based project.

The new short-form podcast is called the Davo Show (where anything goes) but the new name of the sub series is “The Great Wild Word”. This makes the 8th nature based recording in the series.

And, Music Also Belongs

I also posted a song of sorts and a story of how I’m now making “music” on a regular basis. These recordings are periodically going to live in the Davo Show podcast too. (Because anything goes.)

But, New Struggles Come With New Projects

I’m also struggling with the separate parts of my Self and how I see this new project. In the name of being artistic, I wrote about how in poetry form.

Anything Goes in The Davo Show.

The intention?
Be the Artist.
Discover. Explore. Play. Share.
No words, just flow.
Record for 5 or so.
A light tweak (if any).
Post That Sucker to the Cloud Wranglers
Tweak the Text Template
Press it to the Word Machine
Broadcast far and wide.
Those seeds will fly and fall where they may.
Anything goes in the Davo Show.

But yet!
The Principal with his yardstick,
Measuring,
Wielding reasonable words.
Says wait a minute…
That’s not Right.
That’s not Straight.
Wait.

But No! Anything goes in the Davo Show.

Inspiration kudos this week goes to musician Dave Grohl’s new book and my painter friend Larry Caveney, prolific artist that he is.

Do You Have a Place Where Anything Goes?

Peace to you and yours!

-Dave

PS, this weekend, I’m recording at the beach! Where are you going?

What’s Your Dried Mango?

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Today in my pantry, I grabbed a bag of dried mangoes and realized that life can be like that.

Good but not great.

Don’t get me wrong, I like dried mangoes.

But they’re nothing compared to a real mango. That tropical fresh, dripping with sweet goodness, mango is one of life’s simple joys.

Some People Just Accept Life For What It Is.

They think that things don’t change for the better. They just wait for retirement and think somehow it will work out.
I am not one of those people.

I have realized that life only gets better when I am proactive.

What Part Of Your Life Is Like Dried Mangoes?

What’s good about it but not great?

Take Instagram or web surfing, for example.

There’s tons of good stuff to check out and learn about. It’s entertaining and makes for a nice break sometimes.

But is a screen experience ever as meaningful as an actual experience with a real person, place, or thing?

Fresh Mangos in 5 Minutes

What if you took just 5 minutes a day to do that creative thing you have been putting off?

  • Pick up that old guitar in the corner.
  • Pull out the box of markers that’s hidden back on the basement shelf.
  • Plug in the old Midi piano keyboard to your computer

I picked up my old piano keyboard during the dark days of this past Covid-Winter.

After watching three or four how-to videos on YouTube, I was recording a really bad song. And loving it!

You May Not Even Like Mangos.

No worries. It’s just a metaphor.

Your fresh mango is anything you love, but have let go dry.

I hope you will look in your pantry and find something new that you might learn to love.

David Bourne

David Bourne

I am a nature loving, creative technology-obsessed dad who wants to change the world. I coach independent business owners to tell better stories about themselves and their work. Change Your Story and You Change the World.

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