Comments on: Living a good story http://joshuakagi.com/2009/10/living-a-good-story/ professional life generalist Mon, 19 Jul 2010 23:17:46 -0700 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.2 hourly 1 By: Life as story: A way of life in 2010 http://joshuakagi.com/2009/10/living-a-good-story/comment-page-1/#comment-50 Life as story: A way of life in 2010 Wed, 06 Jan 2010 05:33:59 +0000 http://joshuakagi.com/?p=391#comment-50 [...] in a Thousand Years — which is a memoir about attempting to live a better story — I decided, I too wanted to tell a better story with my life, and chose to begin training for a half-Ironman (1.2 mile swim, 56 mile bike, 13.1 mile run) which [...] [...] in a Thousand Years — which is a memoir about attempting to live a better story — I decided, I too wanted to tell a better story with my life, and chose to begin training for a half-Ironman (1.2 mile swim, 56 mile bike, 13.1 mile run) which [...]

]]> By: Barbara Curtis Galbraith http://joshuakagi.com/2009/10/living-a-good-story/comment-page-1/#comment-44 Barbara Curtis Galbraith Wed, 28 Oct 2009 03:39:36 +0000 http://joshuakagi.com/?p=391#comment-44 You are an amazing writer. I am so proud of you. You are an amazing writer. I am so proud of you.

]]> By: Joshua Kagi http://joshuakagi.com/2009/10/living-a-good-story/comment-page-1/#comment-43 Joshua Kagi Tue, 27 Oct 2009 15:54:27 +0000 http://joshuakagi.com/?p=391#comment-43 Thanks Adam.<br><br>I suppose a conclusion that could be reached by a reader of my post would be that daydreaming is inherently bad. I'm not sure it is... but when daydreaming is all you do, and I'll be honest, I do a hell of a lot of daydreaming – one day you will wake up and realize you've lived a boring story. <br><br>I'm not entirely sure my life is a boring story, as you said, it's probably a good story – and you're right, I want to strive for an extraordinary story. Thanks Adam.

I suppose a conclusion that could be reached by a reader of my post would be that daydreaming is inherently bad. I'm not sure it is… but when daydreaming is all you do, and I'll be honest, I do a hell of a lot of daydreaming – one day you will wake up and realize you've lived a boring story.

I'm not entirely sure my life is a boring story, as you said, it's probably a good story – and you're right, I want to strive for an extraordinary story.

]]> By: Adam Sparks http://joshuakagi.com/2009/10/living-a-good-story/comment-page-1/#comment-42 Adam Sparks Tue, 27 Oct 2009 06:56:08 +0000 http://joshuakagi.com/?p=391#comment-42 what makes a "good story" is in the eye of the beholder. i know a lot of people who'd trade you theirs for yours. but you're not looking for a "good" story; you're looking for an extraordinary one...as you should be. most people don't ever stop to take stock of things like that. but living a good story can't simply be predicated on getting the outcomes you want in life...it's gotta be more about the things you do en route to those outcomes. as they say, life is what happens while you're making other plans.<br><br>if you ask me, daydreaming is good. and taking stock is good. and by doing both things, your story is off to a pretty damn good start. what makes a “good story” is in the eye of the beholder. i know a lot of people who'd trade you theirs for yours. but you're not looking for a “good” story; you're looking for an extraordinary one…as you should be. most people don't ever stop to take stock of things like that. but living a good story can't simply be predicated on getting the outcomes you want in life…it's gotta be more about the things you do en route to those outcomes. as they say, life is what happens while you're making other plans.

if you ask me, daydreaming is good. and taking stock is good. and by doing both things, your story is off to a pretty damn good start.

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