Field Notes

What AFL Football taught me about Experience

When I was studying in the US, after my friends went to bed on Friday nights, I would head to…

1 week ago

What Alone Australia taught me about Experience

Ten people arrive in Arctic Finland. Before the first episode even begins, I started trying to predict who will win. I…

2 weeks ago

What Travel Taught Me About Experience

Several decades ago I was on a bus trip winding through the Black Hills of South Dakota on the way…

3 weeks ago

What Mick Jagger Taught Me About Experience

I was listening to David Marchese interview Mick Jagger for The New York Times Interview when one word stopped me:…

4 weeks ago

What an Assassin taught me about Experience

In The Bourne Identity, Jason Bourne has no idea who he is. He has amnesia, which means he doesn’t remember his…

1 month ago

What a Doctor taught me about Experience

Most people think experience gives us answers, but what happens when our experience fails to answer our questions? When it…

1 month ago

What My Parents taught me about Experience

During the last few years of Dad’s dementia, when Mum and I would visit him in the Aged Care centre,…

2 months ago

What Dementia Taught Me About Experience

My Dad died a couple of years ago after living with dementia. He went from someone who was sharp, practical and…

2 months ago

What a Mindfulness Teacher taught me about Experience

We often expect our experience to predict what will happen. But, what if it doesn’t? I started practicing mindfulness to…

2 months ago

What Rambo Taught Me About Experience

We often think experience accumulates into value automatically. But Rambo shows it doesn't work that way. I recently rewatched Rambo:…

2 months ago