Author: jeff noel

Retired Disney Institute Keynote Speaker and Prolific Blogger. Five daily, differently-themed personal blogs (about life's 5 big choices) on five interconnected sites.

Glacier checklists, mind

Glacier National Park - The Crown of the Continent
Glacier National Park – The Crown of our Continent.

Glacier checklists.

Have a bunch.

Some organized and written down.

Some intuitive and only in my head.

i’d like to sort them out and document them.

Why?

To easily share them, if needed or wanted.

The catalyst for “why now” after all these years?

Later this month we head to Glacier for (only) a month.

And…

The third week we’re there, friends and first-time Glacier visitors will be joining us for eight nights.

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July 1, 2026, mind

Garden state parkway sign
Heading East, then South. Sometimes my patience ‘heads South’ when i don’t (never) want it to.

What’s one thing that’s surprised you about summer 2026?

How my patience seems to be more easily tested at this life-stage. Would have thought all my mental control would make it nearly impossible to get rattled by any number of things.

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Wildcard day, mind

AMC Theater theater number two
Our theater to watch Toy Story 5 premiere. Two. Two blogs in one day. No problem. Child’s play.

What’s a blogging challenge few, if any, know about?

The administrative stuff behind the scenes.

Which probably doesn’t exist for bloggers not writing and linking five daily, differently-themed blog posts.

Today’s posts are entitled: Wildcard day.

Why?

Because i’m writing two posts today, June 30th. One will publish August 30 and the other August 31.

This happens every year. It’s a detail i’m writing about to remind myself when this day comes.

When June 30 arrives, i need to get to write two posts in a single day.

This helps me stay on track with the writing and publishing calendar.

Note: This will correct itself on July 23 (and 24).

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June 30, 2026, mind

från lebowitz quote about books
Give a person a fish, feed them for a day. Teach them to fish, feed them forever.

Give someone a fish, feed them for one meal. Teach them to fish, feed them forever. – dad

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Blogging memories day 7, mind

jeff noel think differently
Flattered that Disney Institute was using my brand (lower right: .think .differently). Screenshot is post-2014.

What are some of your earliest blogging memories?

A blinding flash of the obvious (BFO), creative, writing framework.

To wake up daily and have plenty to write about eventually gets challenging if you can’t scale it.

The BFO, creative writing idea-generation framework is just three things:

  1. What i learned yesterday.
  2. What i get to do today.
  3. What i hope for tomorrow.

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This website is about our MIND. To read today’s post about our BODY, click here.