Practical traction after a hard hit—field notes and tools for rebuilding without performative positivity
Hey there, Ledgewalkers. This is Day Six of using the tools in real life. Not discussing them as abstract ideas. Not pretending they are magical solutions. Actually taking them out of the toolbox, applying them to the day in front of me, and seeing what happens. Over the last few days, I have been dealing … Continue reading Day Six: The Practice of Trying Again
Using the Money Triage tool when there is little room for error Hey there, Ledgewalkers. How are you doing today? This should be Day Five of using the tools. I took yesterday off from dealing with things, so this is not the fifth consecutive day. That is okay. The point of using these tools is … Continue reading Day Five: The Budget Is Done, Even If It Isn’t Pretty
Hey there, everybody at Standing on the Ledge. How are you today? If you are looking for Day Four of using the tools, guess what? So am I. Seriously, though, my day got away from me, and I did not get the post made. Day Four was pretty much a complete, one-hundred-percent wash. That happens. … Continue reading Day Four and a half of using the tools
Hello again, my dear Ledgewalkers. This is Day Three of actually using the tools instead of simply writing about them. Today did not go according to plan. I had intended to sit down and start working through my personal budget. I need to identify what bills are coming out, which days they are due, which … Continue reading Day 3: The budget has to include Sleep
Welcome back, my dear Ledgewalkers. This is day two of deliberately using the tools from Walking the Ledge and showing you how they work in real life. Not in a perfect life. Not in a quiet life. Not after everything has already been fixed. I am using them while I am tired, working, dealing with … Continue reading Day Two of Using the Tools: Put It on Paper, Then Put It down
There comes a point where the tools have to become more than words on a page. I have to be willing to use them on myself. I am tired. Not the satisfying kind of tired that comes after finishing something. This is the sore, restless, frustrated kind of tired where I know I need sleep, … Continue reading When the Rebuild Slips Out of Rhythm: Using Low Capacity Mode
A reflection on Individual and Community Responses to Trauma and Disaster: The Structure of Human Chaos There are some books that teach you something new, and there are others that give a name to something you have already lived through. Individual and Community Responses to Trauma and Disaster: The Structure of Human Chaos, edited by … Continue reading Giving Chaos a Shape
A reflection on Great Thinkers: Simple Tools from Sixty Great Thinkers to Improve Your Life Today, published by The School of Life Introduction Great Thinkers is not easily confined to one academic subject. It brings together philosophy, political theory, sociology, psychology, Eastern thought, art, architecture, and literature. Its purpose is not simply to explain what … Continue reading Learning Journal: Great Thinkers
Standing on the Ledge — A Reflection on the Entire Body of Work A reflection on collapse, recovery, agency, systems, communication, power, and what remains after the entire archive is viewed as one developing body of work. When I began Standing on the Ledge, I did not have a framework. I had a collapse. I … Continue reading What the Ledge Became
Module focus Conflict, conflict sources and management styles, negotiation, BATNA, and third-party dispute resolution LensConflict is information. The task is to keep disagreement attached to the issue before it becomes damage between people. Topic Focus This learning journal examines conflict as a normal feature of organizational life rather than an automatic sign of failure. It … Continue reading Module 9 Learning Journal Conflict, Negotiation, and the Work of Resolution
Standing on the Ledge 