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  1. NaPoWriMo 2026 Day 30 quiltr.com/?p=25348 We’ve reached the end! May your words continue to flow! Now get out there and get ready for May Day! The Eve of May amid all the ripples of news the ever presence of it all all day every day all night the world stands on a knife the flats along the river’s edge this green yellow burstin out past the dark winter river gra #BeStrong #dance #dothework #intheneighborhood #Joy #mayday #NaPoWriMo #news #poetry #process #sonnet

  2. NaPoWriMo 2026 Day 30 quiltr.com/?p=25348 We’ve reached the end! May your words continue to flow! Now get out there and get ready for May Day! The Eve of May amid all the ripples of news the ever presence of it all all day every day all night the world stands on a knife the flats along the river’s edge this green yellow burstin out past the dark winter river gra

  3. NaPoWriMo 2026, Day 26 quiltr.com/?p=25332 You want an ars poetica? I’ll give you ars poetic! And your little dog too and a host of golden daffodils! #arspoetica #daffodils #dothework #keyboard #NaPoWriMo #pencil #pens #poetry #process #sonnet #words

  4. NaPoWriMo 2026, Day 26 quiltr.com/?p=25332 You want an ars poetica? I’ll give you ars poetic! And your little dog too and a host of golden daffodils!

  5. NaPoWriMo 2026, Day 26 quiltr.com/?p=25332 You want an ars poetica? I’ll give you ars poetic! And your little dog too and a host of golden daffodils! #arspoetica #daffodils #dothework #keyboard #NaPoWriMo #pencil #pens #poetry #process #sonnet #words

  6. NaPoWriMo 2026, Day 26 quiltr.com/?p=25332 You want an ars poetica? I’ll give you ars poetic! And your little dog too and a host of golden daffodils! #arspoetica #daffodils #dothework #keyboard #NaPoWriMo #pencil #pens #poetry #process #sonnet #words

  7. NaPoWriMo 2026, Day 26 quiltr.com/?p=25332 You want an ars poetica? I’ll give you ars poetic! And your little dog too and a host of golden daffodils! #arspoetica #daffodils #dothework #keyboard #NaPoWriMo #pencil #pens #poetry #process #sonnet #words

  8. NaPoWriMo 2026, Day 25 quiltr.com/?p=25326 Sometimes you need to pour the coffee and close the door. I already hear the distractions calling: you need birdseed! you bought soup makings! you said you were going to make and freeze lasagna! The end of april drawing near Christmas a mere eight months away I wanted to stay in bed but there’s so much to do so much feed #cats #distraction #dothework #NaPoWriMo #poetry #process #quilting #sonnet #TakingTimetoLook #time

  9. NaPoWriMo 2026, Day 25 quiltr.com/?p=25326 Sometimes you need to pour the coffee and close the door. I already hear the distractions calling: you need birdseed! you bought soup makings! you said you were going to make and freeze lasagna! The end of april drawing near Christmas a mere eight months away I wanted to stay in bed but there’s so much to do so much feed

  10. NaPoWriMo 2026, Day 23 quiltr.com/?p=25318 …I remember you are gone and good
    so my bowl and mug, so starts my day…

  11. NaPoWriMo 2026, Day 22 quiltr.com/?p=25312 …afraid to lose myself in this my work
    which only wants all of me or nothing…

  12. NaPoWriMo 2026, Day 21 quiltr.com/?p=25307 Shall I write about trees again?
    Another round of people loved and lost?
    Should there be a line about that time we
    loved and wept and hated and wept… #April #cats #coffee #dishes #dothework #NaPoWriMo #poetry #process #routine #snow #sonnet

  13. NaPoWriMo 2026, Day 21 quiltr.com/?p=25307 Shall I write about trees again?
    Another round of people loved and lost?
    Should there be a line about that time we
    loved and wept and hated and wept…

  14. NaPoWriMo 2026, Day 21 quiltr.com/?p=25307 Shall I write about trees again?
    Another round of people loved and lost?
    Should there be a line about that time we
    loved and wept and hated and wept… #April #cats #coffee #dishes #dothework #NaPoWriMo #poetry #process #routine #snow #sonnet

  15. NaPoWriMo 2026, Day 21 quiltr.com/?p=25307 Shall I write about trees again?
    Another round of people loved and lost?
    Should there be a line about that time we
    loved and wept and hated and wept… #April #cats #coffee #dishes #dothework #NaPoWriMo #poetry #process #routine #snow #sonnet

  16. NaPoWriMo 2026, Day 21 quiltr.com/?p=25307 Shall I write about trees again?
    Another round of people loved and lost?
    Should there be a line about that time we
    loved and wept and hated and wept… #April #cats #coffee #dishes #dothework #NaPoWriMo #poetry #process #routine #snow #sonnet

  17. NaPoWriMo 2026, Day 17 quiltr.com/?p=25285 These days some days to get through it
    you have to turn it all off and
    let something else grab your attention
    just for some hours, an afternoon… #blackcat #Cat #coping #dothework #landscape #NaPoWriMo #news #poetry #process #sewing #sonnet

  18. NaPoWriMo 2026, Day 17 quiltr.com/?p=25285 These days some days to get through it
    you have to turn it all off and
    let something else grab your attention
    just for some hours, an afternoon…

  19. NaPoWriMo 2026, Day 17 quiltr.com/?p=25285 These days some days to get through it
    you have to turn it all off and
    let something else grab your attention
    just for some hours, an afternoon… #blackcat #Cat #coping #dothework #landscape #NaPoWriMo #news #poetry #process #sewing #sonnet

  20. NaPoWriMo 2026, Day 17 quiltr.com/?p=25285 These days some days to get through it
    you have to turn it all off and
    let something else grab your attention
    just for some hours, an afternoon… #blackcat #Cat #coping #dothework #landscape #NaPoWriMo #news #poetry #process #sewing #sonnet

  21. NaPoWriMo 2026, Day 17 quiltr.com/?p=25285 These days some days to get through it
    you have to turn it all off and
    let something else grab your attention
    just for some hours, an afternoon… #blackcat #Cat #coping #dothework #landscape #NaPoWriMo #news #poetry #process #sewing #sonnet

  22. "Invest in your own experience. Do the work." - Futurist Jim Carroll

    --
    Futurist Jim Carroll is writing a series, The Art of the Infinite Pivot, based on 36 lessons from his 36 years as a solo entrepreneur, working as a nomadic worker in the global freelance economy. The series is unfolding here, and at pivot.jimcarroll.com.
    --

    Yesterday, I told you to waste time on frivolous things.

    I encouraged you to play with the "toys" that others dismiss, because that’s where the future hides. But once you find a "toy" that hums with the signal of a major disruptive trend, you have to make a choice: do you stay a spectator, or do you become a practitioner?

    The Infinite Pivot requires you to move from "playing" to "doing," and in doing so, developing the critical skills and insight you need to successfully pivot into your next version of you.

    A key philosophy I’ve followed throughout my 36-year voyage is that if I’m going to speak or write about a disruptive trend, I’ve got to have hands-on experience with it. I refuse to be a "slideshow strategist" who simply repeats what they read in a trade magazine. If I haven't touched it, I don't feel I have the right to talk about it.

    It's one thing to see the "frivolous" potential of a trend; it's another to understand its soul.

    So with that being the case, I learn through doing.

    Linux as a foundation? I didn't just read about it; I became a Linux geek, building and managing the very server infrastructure that powers my digital presence. Smart home trends? I didn't just buy a hub; I built a living laboratory of interconnected sensors and complex logic. Self-driving cars? I didn't just watch the videos; I invested ten grand in Tesla's FSD. (The hands-on "phantom braking" moments taught me more about the reality of AI than any white paper ever could, and the fact it won't be real for quite some time. DNA-based preventative medicine? I didn't just track the news; I had my 23andMe done and took a deep dive into my personal healthcare genome to see the future of personalized wellness firsthand.

    Do you get the point? I can’t go on stage and speak about future trends if I don't have a deep, visceral understanding of those trends.

    In an era of shallow, AI-generated summaries and surface-level takes, your greatest competitive advantage is tactile truth. While everyone else is talking about the future, you are busy wiring it. Putting it together.Making it real. Getting into the weeds with it.

    Don't just watch the future happen.

    Get your hands dirty.

    Put in the work.

    ----
    Futurist Jim Carroll believes that learning is what most of us are doing for a living.

    **#DoTheWork** **#Experience** **#HandsOn** **#Practice** **#Learning** **#Investment** **#Authenticity** **#Tactile** **#Mastery** **#Pivot** **#Depth** **#Practitioner** **#Skills** **#Insight** **#Future** **#Trends** **#Freelance** **#Lessons** **#Effort** **#Building** **#Understanding** **#Authority**

    Original post: jimcarroll.com/2026/04/decodin

  23. "Invest in your own experience. Do the work." - Futurist Jim Carroll

    --
    Futurist Jim Carroll is writing a series, The Art of the Infinite Pivot, based on 36 lessons from his 36 years as a solo entrepreneur, working as a nomadic worker in the global freelance economy. The series is unfolding here, and at pivot.jimcarroll.com.
    --

    Yesterday, I told you to waste time on frivolous things.

    I encouraged you to play with the "toys" that others dismiss, because that’s where the future hides. But once you find a "toy" that hums with the signal of a major disruptive trend, you have to make a choice: do you stay a spectator, or do you become a practitioner?

    The Infinite Pivot requires you to move from "playing" to "doing," and in doing so, developing the critical skills and insight you need to successfully pivot into your next version of you.

    A key philosophy I’ve followed throughout my 36-year voyage is that if I’m going to speak or write about a disruptive trend, I’ve got to have hands-on experience with it. I refuse to be a "slideshow strategist" who simply repeats what they read in a trade magazine. If I haven't touched it, I don't feel I have the right to talk about it.

    It's one thing to see the "frivolous" potential of a trend; it's another to understand its soul.

    So with that being the case, I learn through doing.

    Linux as a foundation? I didn't just read about it; I became a Linux geek, building and managing the very server infrastructure that powers my digital presence. Smart home trends? I didn't just buy a hub; I built a living laboratory of interconnected sensors and complex logic. Self-driving cars? I didn't just watch the videos; I invested ten grand in Tesla's FSD. (The hands-on "phantom braking" moments taught me more about the reality of AI than any white paper ever could, and the fact it won't be real for quite some time. DNA-based preventative medicine? I didn't just track the news; I had my 23andMe done and took a deep dive into my personal healthcare genome to see the future of personalized wellness firsthand.

    Do you get the point? I can’t go on stage and speak about future trends if I don't have a deep, visceral understanding of those trends.

    In an era of shallow, AI-generated summaries and surface-level takes, your greatest competitive advantage is tactile truth. While everyone else is talking about the future, you are busy wiring it. Putting it together.Making it real. Getting into the weeds with it.

    Don't just watch the future happen.

    Get your hands dirty.

    Put in the work.

    ----
    Futurist Jim Carroll believes that learning is what most of us are doing for a living.

    **#DoTheWork** **#Experience** **#HandsOn** **#Practice** **#Learning** **#Investment** **#Authenticity** **#Tactile** **#Mastery** **#Pivot** **#Depth** **#Practitioner** **#Skills** **#Insight** **#Future** **#Trends** **#Freelance** **#Lessons** **#Effort** **#Building** **#Understanding** **#Authority**

    Original post: jimcarroll.com/2026/04/decodin

  24. "Invest in your own experience. Do the work." - Futurist Jim Carroll

    --
    Futurist Jim Carroll is writing a series, The Art of the Infinite Pivot, based on 36 lessons from his 36 years as a solo entrepreneur, working as a nomadic worker in the global freelance economy. The series is unfolding here, and at pivot.jimcarroll.com.
    --

    Yesterday, I told you to waste time on frivolous things.

    I encouraged you to play with the "toys" that others dismiss, because that’s where the future hides. But once you find a "toy" that hums with the signal of a major disruptive trend, you have to make a choice: do you stay a spectator, or do you become a practitioner?

    The Infinite Pivot requires you to move from "playing" to "doing," and in doing so, developing the critical skills and insight you need to successfully pivot into your next version of you.

    A key philosophy I’ve followed throughout my 36-year voyage is that if I’m going to speak or write about a disruptive trend, I’ve got to have hands-on experience with it. I refuse to be a "slideshow strategist" who simply repeats what they read in a trade magazine. If I haven't touched it, I don't feel I have the right to talk about it.

    It's one thing to see the "frivolous" potential of a trend; it's another to understand its soul.

    So with that being the case, I learn through doing.

    Linux as a foundation? I didn't just read about it; I became a Linux geek, building and managing the very server infrastructure that powers my digital presence. Smart home trends? I didn't just buy a hub; I built a living laboratory of interconnected sensors and complex logic. Self-driving cars? I didn't just watch the videos; I invested ten grand in Tesla's FSD. (The hands-on "phantom braking" moments taught me more about the reality of AI than any white paper ever could, and the fact it won't be real for quite some time. DNA-based preventative medicine? I didn't just track the news; I had my 23andMe done and took a deep dive into my personal healthcare genome to see the future of personalized wellness firsthand.

    Do you get the point? I can’t go on stage and speak about future trends if I don't have a deep, visceral understanding of those trends.

    In an era of shallow, AI-generated summaries and surface-level takes, your greatest competitive advantage is tactile truth. While everyone else is talking about the future, you are busy wiring it. Putting it together.Making it real. Getting into the weeds with it.

    Don't just watch the future happen.

    Get your hands dirty.

    Put in the work.

    ----
    Futurist Jim Carroll believes that learning is what most of us are doing for a living.

    **#DoTheWork** **#Experience** **#HandsOn** **#Practice** **#Learning** **#Investment** **#Authenticity** **#Tactile** **#Mastery** **#Pivot** **#Depth** **#Practitioner** **#Skills** **#Insight** **#Future** **#Trends** **#Freelance** **#Lessons** **#Effort** **#Building** **#Understanding** **#Authority**

    Original post: jimcarroll.com/2026/04/decodin

  25. "Invest in your own experience. Do the work." - Futurist Jim Carroll

    --
    Futurist Jim Carroll is writing a series, The Art of the Infinite Pivot, based on 36 lessons from his 36 years as a solo entrepreneur, working as a nomadic worker in the global freelance economy. The series is unfolding here, and at pivot.jimcarroll.com.
    --

    Yesterday, I told you to waste time on frivolous things.

    I encouraged you to play with the "toys" that others dismiss, because that’s where the future hides. But once you find a "toy" that hums with the signal of a major disruptive trend, you have to make a choice: do you stay a spectator, or do you become a practitioner?

    The Infinite Pivot requires you to move from "playing" to "doing," and in doing so, developing the critical skills and insight you need to successfully pivot into your next version of you.

    A key philosophy I’ve followed throughout my 36-year voyage is that if I’m going to speak or write about a disruptive trend, I’ve got to have hands-on experience with it. I refuse to be a "slideshow strategist" who simply repeats what they read in a trade magazine. If I haven't touched it, I don't feel I have the right to talk about it.

    It's one thing to see the "frivolous" potential of a trend; it's another to understand its soul.

    So with that being the case, I learn through doing.

    Linux as a foundation? I didn't just read about it; I became a Linux geek, building and managing the very server infrastructure that powers my digital presence. Smart home trends? I didn't just buy a hub; I built a living laboratory of interconnected sensors and complex logic. Self-driving cars? I didn't just watch the videos; I invested ten grand in Tesla's FSD. (The hands-on "phantom braking" moments taught me more about the reality of AI than any white paper ever could, and the fact it won't be real for quite some time. DNA-based preventative medicine? I didn't just track the news; I had my 23andMe done and took a deep dive into my personal healthcare genome to see the future of personalized wellness firsthand.

    Do you get the point? I can’t go on stage and speak about future trends if I don't have a deep, visceral understanding of those trends.

    In an era of shallow, AI-generated summaries and surface-level takes, your greatest competitive advantage is tactile truth. While everyone else is talking about the future, you are busy wiring it. Putting it together.Making it real. Getting into the weeds with it.

    Don't just watch the future happen.

    Get your hands dirty.

    Put in the work.

    ----
    Futurist Jim Carroll believes that learning is what most of us are doing for a living.

    **#DoTheWork** **#Experience** **#HandsOn** **#Practice** **#Learning** **#Investment** **#Authenticity** **#Tactile** **#Mastery** **#Pivot** **#Depth** **#Practitioner** **#Skills** **#Insight** **#Future** **#Trends** **#Freelance** **#Lessons** **#Effort** **#Building** **#Understanding** **#Authority**

    Original post: jimcarroll.com/2026/04/decodin

  26. "Invest in your own experience. Do the work." - Futurist Jim Carroll

    --
    Futurist Jim Carroll is writing a series, The Art of the Infinite Pivot, based on 36 lessons from his 36 years as a solo entrepreneur, working as a nomadic worker in the global freelance economy. The series is unfolding here, and at pivot.jimcarroll.com.
    --

    Yesterday, I told you to waste time on frivolous things.

    I encouraged you to play with the "toys" that others dismiss, because that’s where the future hides. But once you find a "toy" that hums with the signal of a major disruptive trend, you have to make a choice: do you stay a spectator, or do you become a practitioner?

    The Infinite Pivot requires you to move from "playing" to "doing," and in doing so, developing the critical skills and insight you need to successfully pivot into your next version of you.

    A key philosophy I’ve followed throughout my 36-year voyage is that if I’m going to speak or write about a disruptive trend, I’ve got to have hands-on experience with it. I refuse to be a "slideshow strategist" who simply repeats what they read in a trade magazine. If I haven't touched it, I don't feel I have the right to talk about it.

    It's one thing to see the "frivolous" potential of a trend; it's another to understand its soul.

    So with that being the case, I learn through doing.

    Linux as a foundation? I didn't just read about it; I became a Linux geek, building and managing the very server infrastructure that powers my digital presence. Smart home trends? I didn't just buy a hub; I built a living laboratory of interconnected sensors and complex logic. Self-driving cars? I didn't just watch the videos; I invested ten grand in Tesla's FSD. (The hands-on "phantom braking" moments taught me more about the reality of AI than any white paper ever could, and the fact it won't be real for quite some time. DNA-based preventative medicine? I didn't just track the news; I had my 23andMe done and took a deep dive into my personal healthcare genome to see the future of personalized wellness firsthand.

    Do you get the point? I can’t go on stage and speak about future trends if I don't have a deep, visceral understanding of those trends.

    In an era of shallow, AI-generated summaries and surface-level takes, your greatest competitive advantage is tactile truth. While everyone else is talking about the future, you are busy wiring it. Putting it together.Making it real. Getting into the weeds with it.

    Don't just watch the future happen.

    Get your hands dirty.

    Put in the work.

    ----
    Futurist Jim Carroll believes that learning is what most of us are doing for a living.

    **#DoTheWork** **#Experience** **#HandsOn** **#Practice** **#Learning** **#Investment** **#Authenticity** **#Tactile** **#Mastery** **#Pivot** **#Depth** **#Practitioner** **#Skills** **#Insight** **#Future** **#Trends** **#Freelance** **#Lessons** **#Effort** **#Building** **#Understanding** **#Authority**

    Original post: jimcarroll.com/2026/04/decodin

  27. NaPoWriMo 2026, Day 16 quiltr.com/?p=25282 along the driveway, in the woods
    yellow daffodils here and there
    a few are gifts left by the folks
    who lived here before, and who died #daffodils #dothework #garden #legacy #memories #NaPoWriMo #poetry #process #sonnet #spring #TakingTimetoLook

  28. NaPoWriMo 2026, Day 16 quiltr.com/?p=25282 along the driveway, in the woods
    yellow daffodils here and there
    a few are gifts left by the folks
    who lived here before, and who died

  29. NaPoWriMo 2026, Day 14 quiltr.com/?p=25270 Today i set up a text replacement shortcut that replaces the letters “h a ha h a” (no spaces, just three ha’s strung together – couldn’t type them without spaces or it would trigger the shortcut ha ha ha) with a long string of ha ha ha’s. #birds #birdsong #dothework #geekystuff #NaPoWriMo #poetry #process #sonnet #TakingTimetoLook #tech #touchgrass #weather

  30. NaPoWriMo 2026, Day 14 quiltr.com/?p=25270 Today i set up a text replacement shortcut that replaces the letters “h a ha h a” (no spaces, just three ha’s strung together – couldn’t type them without spaces or it would trigger the shortcut ha ha ha) with a long string of ha ha ha’s.

  31. NaPoWriMo 2026, Day 14 quiltr.com/?p=25270 Today i set up a text replacement shortcut that replaces the letters “h a ha h a” (no spaces, just three ha’s strung together – couldn’t type them without spaces or it would trigger the shortcut ha ha ha) with a long string of ha ha ha’s. #birds #birdsong #dothework #geekystuff #NaPoWriMo #poetry #process #sonnet #TakingTimetoLook #tech #touchgrass #weather