Four Days Out…

Spent the morning leading two workshops at the Popular Culture Association’s annual meeting (in Indianapolis!).  Both are workshops I plan to do in Pakistan on the Fulbright Specialist grant: Improvisation in the Classroom and Improvisation and Mental Health.  I over-planned and under-breathed and had a wonderful time.  The participants dove in and took risks and offered insight after insight that brought the material to life.  A glorious morning.

I leave for Islamabad in four days.  Today was evidence, yet again, that an improvisational mindset–one that focuses on saying “yes,” aspiring to radical non-judgment, and discovering the power in each moment–can be liberating from the tyranny of dread and worry.  Being ready is a good idea; projecting into the unknown is something else.

Still, I really hope I get a window seat.

(The limitations of planning?  See link below):

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