what's in this email:

If you want to reply to this email, you should.

does "it wasn't meant to be" , ever really make you feel better?!

Greetings Thinkers,

I had a couple extra lovely emails in my inbox to reply to today. Emails from you, from this.

A couple things from there that I want to pass along to all of you.

1. you can reply to this email

You can and you "should".

If you want to reply, you should reply. There is an OPEN INVITATION to reply to this email, every single time, every single day.

I know this is buried at the end of this email, and for those of you who are reading everyday, or most days, or often, I suspect you don't read the repeat / reference text at the bottom, but this is there:

I say what I mean and I mean what I say.

There really is an open option for you to reply and engage and I will engage back. Really.

This is not your standard newsletter, where when you reply it goes nowhere or you get an automated reply back that says anything from "undeliverable" because it came from an address you can't even reply to or a "thank you for your response, someone will get back to you shortly". This is really me over here on the other end giving a crap about what you think. Really.

So if you ever want to share your thoughts to my thoughts, even if you aren't clear WHY (remember clarity comes from action, not before), you can.

AND you always "CAN" . You alway can because there are no can'ts. And you also have my permission and invitation to do so. That's different than sharing with someone you don't know where they stand on receiving your stuff.

And, I have thought about this. What if one day my list gets bigger, more people engage, is that sustainable will I still want to do that? I don't know the answers to all of that but right now, this is what it is.

And, (yes I know a lot of ands here.) for those of you who have done a Guided Challenge with me, you know what it's like to have this email back and forth. I send, you reply, I reply and it could go on forever. We find a cadence. But the thing is, you can reply and I will reply back. That can be counted on.

2. you can also share my work

This is also in the text at the bottom: If you know someone you think would enjoy or appreciate this Work, please pass it on by forwarding this email. It's one of the ways, and best ways, you can support me and this Work. Spread it.

Sometimes I get asked ~ "would you mind if I sent this to a friend. I think they should read this." My answer to this is ALWAYS YES. My perspective of my Work is that it is PUBLIC. Sure it might seem like I share personal stuff here sometimes and you're right, I do. And I Exhibit for the REASON OF potential. What it could do for someone, that someone could USE IT. So if you know a someone like that, please always feel free to share, pass it along, copy and paste it over whatever you think I best for what you want to do. Sure I'd prefer you didn't copy my words as your own or monetize this in a way I haven't figured out for myself, but beyond that, this is for the using however you see fit.

Also, while I'm not doing a good job of passing my work along, if you did it, that would only help me with that pending problem.

3. belaboring over the greeting line

Do you know how long I have belabored over how to start these emails? It's been "Hey Y'all" , "Greetings Challenge Workers" (when addressing a Guided Challenge Group), it's been Hey, Hi, and maybe even Yo for a few.

It's not something I have under thought. In these email programs there's even an option to address you by your first time, a tool that will fill in your name I want it to. I always think that's a little creepy and inauthentic so I don't do that one.

Anyway, recently it's been "Greetings Thinkers" and I've been liking this one and leaving it.

Today I received this:

"SIDE NOTE: You’re a thinker. I really like “Greetings Thinkers”, total compliment to me."

The reader went on to say ~ I really enjoy your reads! And they always give me something to ponder (which I suppose is the purpose). " - Yes, it is!

So I think I'll be keeping "Greetings Thinkers" for the time being and I hope you read me when I invite you to think and to reply with those thoughts. When it becomes "to much" I'll change something, like rearranging the house.

one more thought bc it just happened

does "it wasn't meant to be"
ever really make anything feel better?

Actually, I'll leave this for tomorrow its already nearly noon.

And last, this image is an AI rendering of what I'm trying to do with the outside of my space at Young Lucketts. I'm looking for some install help as well as materials - free old brick, metal landscaping trim stuff, and crusher run in this sand color. If you know any of this stuff, keep an eye out for me?

Energy to you to again, the house is you.

🔺

KG

standouts / other thoughts

currently (NOT) reading:

Books:

• Kitchen Things
• Let Them
• The Tibetan Book of Living and Dying
• Plato The Last Days of Socrates
• Forgotten Home Apothecary

word of the day

dross: something of low value or quality

I seem to have a theme in the word department right now, but it's not intentional.

use it: what's one person's dross can be another person's treasure.

quote to consider

This one sent to be from a friend and reader yesterday .

Energy to you.

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Below here is an area of reference. Explanations of things commonly referred to in the emails.

Index: references, keys, and definitions

What does any of this have to do with you?
You tell you.

SOC = Stream Of Consciousness

When to Which / When is it Which: a Kymology philosophy that every single thing has its equal and opposite true and good side. Every single thing is literal here.

Exhibit. When I say the word Exhibit it's my way of saying a post or a share. I exhibit my life by posts and publishings on social media and blog spaces. These are my Exhibits.
My life is my work, my work is my life. I Exhibit my work.
like to exhibit art in a gallery. Show, put on a wall for experience, interoperation, comment, and ultimately USE.

A Year of Inspiring, The Kymology Daily - what it is: daily emails about whatever I'm thinking about and writing out. Not quietly. Not maybe. Not sometimes. Not irregularly. Not in silence until it's done. Daily. A Year of Inspiration, the Kymology Daily Email is for and about getting my stuff written out and down. Catalogged and Exhibited. And practicing. Practicing regular exhibiting, and writing, writing, writing.

"It's been awhile since I've been called inspiring." Then be inspiring again.

Don't break commitments you make to yourself.

You never say "you're human" to a huge success.

Coordinating to get the thing done, is not not doing the thing.

How you arrange your details matters.

A list of words to remember and use "more":

• polymath
• sundries
• short shrift
• gimassive
• apricity
• remonstrate- to argue against something to change it, to present and urge reasons in opposition, expostulate

Everyone's nothing is different.
Everyone's everything is different too.

is it worth it, is it worth it, is it worth it - saying this to everything!

Things you could know about me:

I'm not a cherry picker of anything. I like to use things that exist rather than start from new or scratch. I am typically an ostrich about politics, news, current events, pop culture and media. I dislike under thought things like cliches and commonly said quotes and phrases. Don't tell me what to do, or say "how how are you?" or "I'm sorry for your loss" unless you want to annoy me or you really, really mean it. And know it can be hard to tell which it is, and I'm wrong not infrequently.

I have a tendency to make things every day things. This is where 30 Day Challenges come from!
​Challenges as a framework are what my body, mind, and soul gravitate toward. (That's the everydayness thing.)

Like yourself. Know yourself. Express that self.
Think about things. Don't feel like you have to dance in the rain to have a good life.
Don't have a plan. Stand for what matters. Read when you want to. Don't smile when people tell you to.
Don't have goal. Tend plants. Leave marks. Do what you say. Change YOUR world. And your mind!
Be a friend and a daughter and a partner and a sister and a dog mom.
In a world full of "accept who you are" messages, don't forget to be a "work on that" kind of person. Don't put kindness above truth. Try new things. Be honest. Live by ideals. Have some whimsy. What you do for money matters; strive to like what you do for money. (job) If you have a hobby you need a life. Use what attracts you and make what you want, matter!

Peepers are my favorite sound.

Triangle is my favorite shape.

54 is my number.

I never need to talk.

why I do what I do:

to "make you" THINK. I don't mind if your experience and perception of me "makes you" be more mindful, use your brain more, "think too much" or consider something more carefully, or differently, or moves you to be (more) thoughtful or intentional or authentic. All of these things are reasons why I do what I do and why I am the way I am. I consider these things good things, so if I'm the catalyst for anything like this, so far I think that's a good thing.

I mean my hugs

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SOC life - what you allow in, turns into what you spend your time on. Can you see it?

Resources

A link list for quick and easy clicking.

• Exhibit: the: "how do you decide what you do and don't express" doozy
• ​Kymology Website
• ​Substack​
• ​Kymology on Youtube​

If you want to let me know your thoughts to my thoughts, when you reply to this email, it comes directly to my inbox.
And I'll tell you a secret fact: I respond. Really, and every time.

If you know someone you think would enjoy or appreciate this Work, please pass it on by forwarding this email. It's one of the ways, and best ways, you can support me and this Work. Spread it.

Thank you for being here.

Energy to you. 🔺
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Ciao for now!

KG

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