Ideasmyth 2015 Themes
JANUARY: EPIPHANIES
Epiphanies are gift revelations that can shazam into our lives in many ways–a lightning bolt of insight from an app! a self-help book exercise! a serendipitous encounter! This month, Ideasmyth celebrates epiphanies in all their glory!
FEBRUARY: LOVING YOUR WORK
To be an adult is to have a primary relationship with our work–the activity that dominates our waking hours. This month’s stories detail what we love most about this most intimate of relationships–in all its complexities.
MARCH: DIFFERENT DRUMMERS
This March, is all about those bold enough to choose the most black sheep of beats–be it a conga kid in a bongo burgh or someone who won’t get caught with a snare. Over-beaten metaphors aside, we think bravery is the best kind of beauty.
APRIL: BRAVING STORMS
Yes, in the midst of those dreadful downpours, the floral fireworks may seem long in coming…and yet don’t the ingenuity and endurance that get us through life’s toughest tornadoes always make for the best stories?!
MAY: GRADUATION
Graduations are always big personal milestones whether our role is to trip up the stage stairs, to share what we’ve learned in a speech or to transition into another role with far less pomp and circumstance. This month, we commemorate those big definitive transformations–cap and gown not required.
JUNE: GORDIAN KNOTS
Some knots help–keeping your shoes on, tethering the dingy to the dock. Some are downright delicious, like garlic knots. Then there are the majorly irksome, like hair knots or infernal earpod wires. This June, we’re looking at Gordian knots–and the ingenious work-arounds that free us from those seemingly impossible snarls.
JULY: INTERDEPENDENCE
Riffing off of Independence Day, this July we’re exploring interdependence–the symbiotic ecosystem of relationships that create the pockets of peace we would like to see spread to the rest of the world.
AUGUST: DOG & PONY SHOWS
This month, we’re putting on the dogs–but the ponies are stealing the spotlight. And also looking at those times when showboating sank the ship. We’re having fun mixing our metaphors here as we look at the bold plays that got us where we wanted to be–and the epic fails that should never be repeated.
SEPTEMBER: REFIRING
September is when we re-stoke ourselves for the end-of-year hustle. This month’s posts are all about reconnecting with our passions and sharing what lights us up–be it a new job, a new stage of life or a new hobby.
OCTOBER: DISCOVERIES
This month, we’re picking up where Columbus left off in the discovery department and featuring posts on new theories, new inventions, new clues to old mysteries and finding the new in the familiar–!
NOVEMBER: PILGRIMAGES
Pilgrimages don’t have to be to a new continent to be powerful–some meditations in your own bedroom can be even more transporting. This month celebrates quests of all stripes, be they Odyssian voyages to new worlds or that time when you came upon exotic places you never knew existed within your own inner world.
DECEMBER: JUBILATION!
Problem-solving and stressing for the year is DONE–time to celebrate all that is good and makes us truly happy!
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