Author Archives: Garrick van Buren
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Standing Desk II: The Chair Returns
For the past 4+ years I’ve lacked an office chair – at my $20 standing desk. Over that time, the only significant change was upgrading the monitor. Over that time, my work has shifted to more paper-based and whiteboard-based work (less screen work). The standing desk setup, while fantastic for keeping me from being sedentary …
Not My Children
The clock hangs over the kitchen door interrupting every thought. The refrigerator blocks the path humming inappropriately loud. The ice maker feeling left out collapses onto the floor. Two mismatched Crocs under the dishwasher conspire.
My Ideal Day
5:00a: Awake, brush, floss, situps, pushups 5:15a: 5-mile run 6:00a: 20-minute meditation 6:20a: Start coffee, shower, shave, dress well 6:30a: High-protein breakfast 6:45a: Morning ideation 7:00a: Breakfast with the kids 8:30a: Write for 30 minutes 9:00a: Do the most important work of the day 1:00p: Lunch meeting w/ a coaching client @ a new restaurant …
Garrick’s Recommended Reading List – 2014 Edition
Rebuilding Blocks: How the Game of Kubb Put My Life Back Together — Garrick van Buren The Home Brewer’s Guide to Vintage Beer: Rediscovered Recipes for Classic Brews Dating from 1800 to 1965 — Ronald Pattinson The Gifts of Imperfection: Let Go of Who You Think You’re Supposed to Be and Embrace Who You Are …
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knuckles
mother has a hard time texting i can see it in her knuckles she wants someone else to handle these things
Morning Breath
This morning I found hidden on the coarse carpeting of a fashionable hotel room’s floor between the taxi horn’s bleats between the police siren’s wails between Broadway and 8th Avenue between inhale and exhale one still moment.
Have a Better Day
I don’t need to tell you this winter was cold. You were there. Simultaneously grateful and baffled that you’re living through month-long stretch of highs below 0°F. Highs below 0°F. My car, parked in the open air stopped turning over. Each morning, it would cry as I turned the key. Wahhh Wahhh Wahhh Wahhh. On …
Garrick Talking Burnout with Lean Startup Twin Cities on May 16, 2014
On Friday May 16th @ 3pm I’ll be discussing burnout at the monthly meeting of Lean Startup Twin Cities. We’ll be covering the early signs, techniques to avoid it, and ways to bounce back from it. More info here: Lean Startup Twin Cities