Michael Lewarne

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A daily [b]log of work progress

What's this all about?

About this [b]log

At the end of each year I review the past year and start to plan out the following one. Over the last few years I’ve

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The agenda

Daily accountability posts At the end of every day I work I will briefly post about my day. It’s intended to be a quick 5

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2023 Goals

These are the relevant goals for my year, for a level of accountability. They’re a starting point, not so much an end point. I may

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Michael Lewarne

About Michael

Hi I’m Michael and I’m a ‘Rebel’* I’ve questioned how architectural practice can be better throughout my architectural career.Meditated on the rare value of an

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The daily [b]log posts

-FH

Day 39: Friday 3 March Urgh! A disrupted WFH day. With a number of interruptions and a very noisy construction site across the road. Fair

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Too kind and gentle

Day 38: Thursday 2 March So I had my arse kicked last night. In a good way. Sat down with a very smart friend (who’s

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Rad

Day 37: Wednesday 1 March Today I’m feeling a bit scared shitless. Thanks to the big hairy audacious idea I mentioned yesterday. I’ve cooled it

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The return

Day 36: Tuesday 28 February It’s truncated Tuesday and a day of writing and thinking. Drafted the next useletter (to go out tomorrow) where I

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CGL

Day 35: Monday 27 February The question de jour Where’s the tension? Sometimes the thing you set out to do, is not the thing anyone

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The curate’s egg

Day 34: Friday 24 February I was tempted to leave this page deliberately blank. But that would be lazy and hiding. The truth is, today

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Thrash

Day 33: Thursday 23 February Trashing thrashing thrashing Sometimes you have to zoom out or go back to first principles Am I where I want

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Coaching myself

Day 32: Wednesday 22 February Today is a day to pull on some threads Taking the time to see what I’m noticing when I’m doing

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Self compassion

Day 30: Monday 20 February There are always more people who are willing to help than you imagine. It just requires you asking for help.

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There be elephants

Day 29: Friday 17 February It feels easier to stare straight ahead. Safer. Not knowing if there’s an elephant in the room behind you. But

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Down the cul de sac?

Day 28: Thursday 16 February Not so much a day without traction as much as a day with an uncomfortable slowly dawning realisation that traction

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Lost in translation

Day 27: Wednesday 15 February A heady day. All up in my head. Not necessarily in a bad way. Just thinking. Percolating thoughts. Brainstorming workshop

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Traction on

Day 26: Tuesday 14 February One of the remarkable things about iterative creative work, be it design, writing or building something, is that one day

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Bitsy not busy

Day 25: Monday 13 February A day of contemplation and learning. Sometimes you’ve got to give in to the need to be quiet, listen and

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Not covid

Day 24: Friday 10 February Not covid but sick today Not so sick that I was in bed all day, but sick enough that achieving

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