Independence

Is your soul suffocating?  Is it stifled by work place bureaucracy?  Is it sickened by micro managers?  Does it crave a whisper of fresh air...a whisper of freedom?

I have endured complete soul suffocation at work.  It was so deplete of oxygen that the environment was in a vacuum.  To cope I turned to the self-help authors.  I've got all the books.  But in the end it was two gentlemen not known to be self-help authors who came through for me.  Both were POW's.  Viktor in Germany and Jim in Vietnam.  Between the two, it is Jim's advice that sticks with me:

You must never confuse faith that you will prevail in the end which you can never      afford to lose with the discipline to confront the most brutal facts of your current reality, whatever they might be.

My main problem through those turbulent years was in realizing that I was not a prisoner.  The only walls that imprisoned me at the time were in my mind.  I should have left that company.  If you find yourself in such a situation, take a hard look at management.  If you see no hope of change, leave. 

If you like to journal, if you value design, if you love the unique smell of an intoxicating book, if you delight in the tactility of smooth and rich paper, if you appreciate creativity and if you'd like to track your journey towards independence, then please allow me to turn you on to something that is beyond cool.

   

   

The Book of Independence  I discovered this packaged book of sensory overload in the magazine HOW.  It took first place in HOW's 2007 International Design Awards.

Encased in a bright red cover, this piece of art is a book, a journal, a design-your-own-calendar, a sticker-holder and a way to communicate with yourself on your own journey to Independence.
 

Comments

[Debra Estep]

Dave

The beauty of it all is that you have learned from your 'turbulent years' .....

AND you are sharing your wisdom
with the world.!

~ write on ~

xo xo
Debs

[dave]

Right on Deb!