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NaPoWriMo 2026 Day 30 https://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
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NaPoWriMo 2026 Day 30 https://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
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NaPoWriMo 2026, Day 29 https://quiltr.com/?p=25343 Wednesday, always a bit weepy
ever since we had to stay home
… #covid19 #dothework #family #memory #NaPoWriMo #painting #pleinair #poetry #process #sonnet #work -
NaPoWriMo 2026, Day 29 https://quiltr.com/?p=25343 Wednesday, always a bit weepy
ever since we had to stay home
… #covid19 #dothework #family #memory #NaPoWriMo #painting #pleinair #poetry #process #sonnet #work -
NaPoWriMo 2026, Day 28 https://quiltr.com/?p=25338 …learn lessons of brief white petals
see today’s hills flipping ahead. #dothework #EgoMower #field #flowers #landscape #mowing #NaPoWriMo #poetry #process #sonnet #spring #TakingTimetoLook -
NaPoWriMo 2026, Day 28 https://quiltr.com/?p=25338 …learn lessons of brief white petals
see today’s hills flipping ahead. #dothework #EgoMower #field #flowers #landscape #mowing #NaPoWriMo #poetry #process #sonnet #spring #TakingTimetoLook -
NaPoWriMo 2026, Day 27 https://quiltr.com/?p=25335 …Petrarch hadn’t heard
of anything like haiku… #challenge #dothework #haiku #NaPoWriMo #poetry #process #sonnet #tanka -
NaPoWriMo 2026, Day 27 https://quiltr.com/?p=25335 …Petrarch hadn’t heard
of anything like haiku… #challenge #dothework #haiku #NaPoWriMo #poetry #process #sonnet #tanka -
NaPoWriMo 2026, Day 26 https://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
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NaPoWriMo 2026, Day 26 https://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
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NaPoWriMo 2026, Day 25 https://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
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NaPoWriMo 2026, Day 25 https://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
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NaPoWriMo 2026, Day 23 https://quiltr.com/?p=25318 …I remember you are gone and good
so my bowl and mug, so starts my day… #coffee #dothework #eggs #food #memory #NaPoWriMo #past #poetry #process #sonnet -
NaPoWriMo 2026, Day 23 https://quiltr.com/?p=25318 …I remember you are gone and good
so my bowl and mug, so starts my day… #coffee #dothework #eggs #food #memory #NaPoWriMo #past #poetry #process #sonnet -
NaPoWriMo 2026, Day 22 https://quiltr.com/?p=25312 …afraid to lose myself in this my work
which only wants all of me or nothing… #art #ArtistLife #dothework #NaPoWriMo #poetry #process #sonnet -
NaPoWriMo 2026, Day 22 https://quiltr.com/?p=25312 …afraid to lose myself in this my work
which only wants all of me or nothing… #art #ArtistLife #dothework #NaPoWriMo #poetry #process #sonnet -
NaPoWriMo 2026, Day 21 https://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 -
NaPoWriMo 2026, Day 21 https://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 -
NaPoWriMo 2026, Day 20 https://quiltr.com/?p=25302 In the quiet yard
a pile of feathers, yellow, black… #birds #crows #dothework #feather #lifearoundus #mourning #NaPoWriMo #poetry #process #sonnet #TakingTimetoLook -
NaPoWriMo 2026, Day 20 https://quiltr.com/?p=25302 In the quiet yard
a pile of feathers, yellow, black… #birds #crows #dothework #feather #lifearoundus #mourning #NaPoWriMo #poetry #process #sonnet #TakingTimetoLook -
NaPoWriMo 2026, Day 17 https://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 -
NaPoWriMo 2026, Day 17 https://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 -
"Invest in your own experience. Do the work." - Futurist Jim Carroll
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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.
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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: https://jimcarroll.com/2026/04/decoding-tomorrow-the-infinite-pivot-series-16-invest-in-your-own-experience-do-the-work/
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"Invest in your own experience. Do the work." - Futurist Jim Carroll
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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.
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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: https://jimcarroll.com/2026/04/decoding-tomorrow-the-infinite-pivot-series-16-invest-in-your-own-experience-do-the-work/
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NaPoWriMo 2026, Day 16 https://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 -
NaPoWriMo 2026, Day 16 https://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 -
NaPoWriMo 2026 Day 15 https://quiltr.com/?p=25274 wrinkled with sleep I am waiting,
listening to the crescendo —
water coming to a quick boil… #coffee #dothework #frenchpress #kettle #lifearoundus #NaPoWriMo #poetry #process #sonnet #TakingTimetoLook -
NaPoWriMo 2026 Day 15 https://quiltr.com/?p=25274 wrinkled with sleep I am waiting,
listening to the crescendo —
water coming to a quick boil… #coffee #dothework #frenchpress #kettle #lifearoundus #NaPoWriMo #poetry #process #sonnet #TakingTimetoLook -
"We must work as one people for our common good and our common goals."
Harold Washington
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NaPoWriMo 2026, Day 14 https://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
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NaPoWriMo 2026, Day 14 https://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
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NaPoWriMo 2026, Day 13 https://quiltr.com/?p=25263 …a stream of hungry mouths, hungry
for green, for sweetness, for that first
delicious bite of soon-summer… #clover #coffee #dothework #food #grroundhog #NaPoWriMo #poetry #process #rabbit #sonnet -
NaPoWriMo 2026, Day 13 https://quiltr.com/?p=25263 …a stream of hungry mouths, hungry
for green, for sweetness, for that first
delicious bite of soon-summer… #clover #coffee #dothework #food #grroundhog #NaPoWriMo #poetry #process #rabbit #sonnet -
NaPoWriMo 2026, Day 12 https://quiltr.com/?p=25251 As I got down my dinner plate
As I grabbed a jar of gherkins
I realized that my kitchen had
an overwhelming memory… #dothework #family #food #hamburger #NaPoWriMo #poetry #process #sonnet #taketimetolook -
NaPoWriMo 2026, Day 12 https://quiltr.com/?p=25251 As I got down my dinner plate
As I grabbed a jar of gherkins
I realized that my kitchen had
an overwhelming memory… #dothework #family #food #hamburger #NaPoWriMo #poetry #process #sonnet #taketimetolook -
NaPoWriMo 2026 Day 10 https://quiltr.com/?p=25241 …We used to stare at our TVs
space launches, breaking news stories
a shooting, a woman in pink
then in black, veiled, as we all grieved… #artemisiII #dothework #grief #JFk #NaPoWriMo #poetry #process #sonnet #space -
NaPoWriMo 2026 Day 10 https://quiltr.com/?p=25241 …We used to stare at our TVs
space launches, breaking news stories
a shooting, a woman in pink
then in black, veiled, as we all grieved… #artemisiII #dothework #grief #JFk #NaPoWriMo #poetry #process #sonnet #space -
Self-love isn't a bubble bath. It's doing the hard work when no one's clapping.
#SelfLove #DoTheWork #InnerStrength #SelfDiscipline #NoValidationNeeded #RealSelfCare #PersonalGrowth #Quotes #ShareInspireQuotes
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NaPoWriMo 2026, Day 9 https://quiltr.com/?p=25232 Oh Oatmeal, oh bowl of oatmeal,
you cook up while the coffee brews
two scoops of flattened grain slide in
to just one cup boiling water #coffee #dothework #food #NaPoWriMo #oatmeal #process #sonnet #uwd #welsh -
NaPoWriMo 2026, Day 9 https://quiltr.com/?p=25232 Oh Oatmeal, oh bowl of oatmeal,
you cook up while the coffee brews
two scoops of flattened grain slide in
to just one cup boiling water #coffee #dothework #food #NaPoWriMo #oatmeal #process #sonnet #uwd #welsh -
NaPoWriMo 2026, Day 8 https://quiltr.com/?p=25224 late day, opening the front door
the door gleams so white, afternoon
the floor is awash with puddles
white pools which fill with three black cats #blackcat #cats #dothework #NaPoWriMo #process #sonnet #sunlight -
NaPoWriMo 2026, Day 8 https://quiltr.com/?p=25224 late day, opening the front door
the door gleams so white, afternoon
the floor is awash with puddles
white pools which fill with three black cats #blackcat #cats #dothework #NaPoWriMo #process #sonnet #sunlight -
NaPoWriMo 2026 Day 7 https://quiltr.com/?p=25215 you might be asking yourself
what does one do now while waiting
for things to fall apart today
while we are waiting to declare
just how crazy we’ve let things get #currentevents #dothework #makegoodart #NaPoWriMo #process #sonnet -
NaPoWriMo 2026 Day 7 https://quiltr.com/?p=25215 you might be asking yourself
what does one do now while waiting
for things to fall apart today
while we are waiting to declare
just how crazy we’ve let things get #currentevents #dothework #makegoodart #NaPoWriMo #process #sonnet -
NaPoWriMo 2026 Day 6 https://quiltr.com/?p=25207 know what I mean? – I’m trying to
do whatever I can, today. #AIslop #currentevents #dothework #NaPoWriMo #poetry #sonnet -
NaPoWriMo 2026 Day 6 https://quiltr.com/?p=25207 know what I mean? – I’m trying to
do whatever I can, today. #AIslop #currentevents #dothework #NaPoWriMo #poetry #sonnet -
Procrastination isn’t laziness it’s a story your brain tells to avoid discomfort.
https://de320.isrefer.com/go/LUYDFREE/Stuartn/
#Procrastination #MindsetShift #Productivity #SelfAwareness #DoTheWork #ThinkandGrowEducation #RayBehan #Procrastination #Mindset -
"Be of good cheer, for sadness cannot heal the national wounds."
Dorothea Dix
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NaPoWriMo 2026 Day 4 https://quiltr.com/?p=25200 Is there such a thing as live-reporting in sonnet form? I guess there is now! I rode high in the bright tow truck looking around my neighborhood while the tattooed driver drove on watching messages popping up we descended from the plateau and below willows were gold and maples threw flowers before us a red carpet we passed over we chatted about his new truck his first new a #dothework #flattire #NaPoWriMo #process #sonnet
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NaPoWriMo 2026 Day 4 https://quiltr.com/?p=25200 Is there such a thing as live-reporting in sonnet form? I guess there is now! I rode high in the bright tow truck looking around my neighborhood while the tattooed driver drove on watching messages popping up we descended from the plateau and below willows were gold and maples threw flowers before us a red carpet we passed over we chatted about his new truck his first new a #dothework #flattire #NaPoWriMo #process #sonnet
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NaPoWriMo 2026 Day 3 https://quiltr.com/?p=25195 for years I’ve sewn yards of fabric
many miles of thread all colors
enough to explore space I guess
I’ve counted the days in bobbins #dothework #machine #NaPoWriMo #process #quilting #sonnet -
NaPoWriMo 2026 Day 3 https://quiltr.com/?p=25195 for years I’ve sewn yards of fabric
many miles of thread all colors
enough to explore space I guess
I’ve counted the days in bobbins #dothework #machine #NaPoWriMo #process #quilting #sonnet -
NaPoWriMo 2026 Day 2 https://quiltr.com/?p=25188 dad’s face outlined in fire orange •
where all backyard fades to history #dad #dothework #memory #NaPoWriMo #process #sonnet -
NaPoWriMo 2026 Day 2 https://quiltr.com/?p=25188 dad’s face outlined in fire orange •
where all backyard fades to history #dad #dothework #memory #NaPoWriMo #process #sonnet -
Self-love isn't a bubble bath. It's doing the hard sh*t when no one's clapping.
#SelfLove #HardWork #NoOneIsWatching #KeepGoing #Discipline #RealSelfCare #GrowthMindset #DoTheWork #Unbothered #GrindInSilence #MotivationDaily #DeepThoughts #FYP #InstagramReels #TruthHurts #Quotes #ShareInspireQuotes
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"The noblest service comes from nameless hands; and the best servant does his work unseen."
Oliver Wendell Holmes, Jr.
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📎 Let’s all just clean up our corner of the world.
Change doesn’t happen because of one angry video.
It happens because thousands of us show up and DO THE WORK.
Real change only happens when we all contribute.
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https://youtu.be/9-QDbZZYIxk #RightToRepair #ClippyArmy #DoTheWork -
@heiglandreas @eq My guy, this is real icky.
The progress we have made[1] has not been because the oppressed got better attitudes. It's because they wouldn't take bullshit anymore and fought back.
How about getting off your easy-mode high horse and #dothework of learning what it's like for someone else?
[1]"if any!" I hear some cry
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For those ready to do more than “mean well,” Life Beyond the Supremacy Myth is where you start learning how to live differently, not just think differently.
The myth shaped you.
Repair is how you free yourself and stop its harm from being carried out in your name.#LifeBeyondTheSupremacyMyth #MythOfWhiteSupremacy #MythOfWhiteMaleSupremacy #BeyondMediocre #ProfitWithoutOppression #PWOCommunity #KimCrayton #RepairTheHarm #DoTheWork
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"Democracy isn't a gift. It's a responsibility."
Dalton Trumbo