284: Crossroads: Assessing a Life at the Intersection of This Way or That Way

Summary

This week, something different. As we approach Thanksgiving, I find myself in a contemplative mood. So, I'm solo this week, starting what could become a lengthy exercise that will have me unwrapping and considering the package that is my life in 15 crossroad moments. Talk about being curious.

Jeff's Crossroad Topics

1. Punching the clock: newspapers, groceries, and dishes

2. Book of the Month Club

3. Earning my keep at home

4. Neighborhood explorer

5. The U-505: life foreshadowed in a German submarine

6. Montana: killing spiders, stacking wood, and landing on the moon

7. Discovering agency: a sawdust puppet, no more model airplanes, and a road trip

8. The last parking meter

9. Quetico: biting insects, muddy portages, and reflections

10. A vision on a staircase

11. "No" and a box of chocolates

12. Coached

13. Perfection and Da Vinci's "Last Supper"

14. A conversation in a small café in Vermont

15. Death and Decluttering