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Chris MarquardtPhew, even pro astronomers get photobombed sometimes 😄Sam Lawler <a href="https://mastodon.social/@sundogplanets" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@sundogplanets</a> tells me the story how she pointed her telescope 🔭 at the Kuiper Belt, just to have Saturn 🪐 crash the party with massive overexposure. In the end, this accident helped discover 128 new Saturn moons. Video: <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8DvwzbHTcDo" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank">https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8DvwzbHTcDo</a>Maybe I shouldn’t delete my bad photos after all?<a href="https://chaos.social/tags/astronomy" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#astronomy</a> <a href="https://chaos.social/tags/saturn" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#saturn</a> <a href="https://chaos.social/tags/discovery" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#discovery</a> <a href="https://chaos.social/tags/serendipity" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#serendipity</a> <a href="https://chaos.social/tags/photography" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#photography</a>

Futurist Jim Carroll"The most extraordinary futures often begin with the unplanned detours that happen along the way!" - Futurist Jim CarrollBelieve in serendipity and happenstance, because you never know what might happen! That's because your greatest expertise may not be where you first planted your flag, but where curiosity led you to explore!That's how ChatGPT summarized a profile article about me that just came out. And it's wonderful wisdom that very much seems to match my mindset!The article, "The Accidental Oracle," appears in the spring issue of Pivot Magazine, which goes out to over 220,000 Canadian Chartered Professional Accountants. You can access the PDF here. A few comments: The Family Guide to the Internet is still available on YouTube, and yes, it's embarrassing. Unlike the article suggests, I did 'rock and roll and party all night' - while doing my stint as an auditor while on the road, I served as a DJ at the local pub. I don't know how I ever survived. And yes, I did a short stint with KISS!Enjoy! I did!See the full article in the post.<a href="https://futurist.info/tags/Serendipity" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Serendipity</a> <a href="https://futurist.info/tags/Career" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Career</a> <a href="https://futurist.info/tags/Pivot" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Pivot</a> <a href="https://futurist.info/tags/Future" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Future</a> <a href="https://futurist.info/tags/Opportunity" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Opportunity</a> <a href="https://futurist.info/tags/Journey" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Journey</a> <a href="https://futurist.info/tags/Expertise" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Expertise</a> <a href="https://futurist.info/tags/Adaptability" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Adaptability</a> <a href="https://futurist.info/tags/Unexpected" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Unexpected</a> <a href="https://futurist.info/tags/Transformation" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Transformation</a>Original post: <a href="https://jimcarroll.com/2025/03/daily-inspiration-profile-article-the-most-extraordinary-futures-often-begin-with-the-unplanned-detours-that-happen-along-the-way/" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank">https://jimcarroll.com/2025/03/daily-inspiration-profile-article-the-most-extraordinary-futures-often-begin-with-the-unplanned-detours-that-happen-along-the-way/</a>

Amro has been<a href="https://wandering.shop/@cstross" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@cstross</a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/@bruces" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@bruces</a> Two of my all time favorite SF writers talking about one of my all time favorite bands<a href="https://todon.nl/tags/Music" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Music</a> <a href="https://todon.nl/tags/SciFi" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#SciFi</a> <a href="https://todon.nl/tags/Serendipity" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Serendipity</a> <a href="https://todon.nl/tags/KLF" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#KLF</a>

Robot DiverWas having kind of an out of sorts morning and then I went to the post office and all my seeds had come. While i was on my way into the post office I put my hand in the pocket of my raincoat and found some beautiful little bumblebee earrings in my pocket that I bought last year at Pride and completely forgot about. It was such a surprise. So I got home and planted some heirloom sweet peas from the 1600s that are supposed to be the nicest smelling variety of sweet pea on earth. I didn't even mind that it was pouring with rain while i did. Feeling like a rather serendipitous day. Gardening is hope. <a href="https://starlite.rodeo/tags/goodThings" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#goodThings</a> <a href="https://starlite.rodeo/tags/bloomscrolling" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#bloomscrolling</a> <a href="https://starlite.rodeo/tags/gardening" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#gardening</a> <a href="https://starlite.rodeo/tags/serendipity" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#serendipity</a> <a href="https://starlite.rodeo/tags/growYourOwn" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#growYourOwn</a>

your auntifa liza 🇵🇷 🦛 🦦i think Winnie The Pooh is tryna tell us something about scammy coins and techbros.<a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/serendipity" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#serendipity</a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/crypto" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#crypto</a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/bees" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#bees</a>

Jon Udell"Some of that basic research looked pretty weird or obscure or even useless at the start. RNA interference, a tool used to create marketed drugs. started out when people had trouble explaining the colors of petunia flowers. I'm sure Elon would have had a good time making fun of these morons wasting public money, trying to figure out why the petunia flowers turned out different than expected. But you never know where this stuff is coming from."<a href="https://social.coop/tags/science" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#science</a> <a href="https://social.coop/tags/serendipity" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#serendipity</a><a href="https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/is-science-in-danger/id1554578197?i=1000691346640" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank">https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/is-science-in-danger/id1554578197?i=1000691346640</a>

Oblomov<a href="https://sociale.network/tags/timeline" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#timeline</a> <a href="https://sociale.network/tags/serendipity" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#serendipity</a>Original posts:<a href="https://infosec.exchange/@catsalad/114053841553967489" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank">https://infosec.exchange/@catsalad/114053841553967489</a> <a href="https://bots.robots.rodeo/@scream/114053803077258703" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank">https://bots.robots.rodeo/@scream/114053803077258703</a>cc <a href="https://mastodon.social/@tess" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@tess</a> <a href="https://infosec.exchange/@catsalad" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@catsalad</a> <a href="https://chaos.social/@karolherbst" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@karolherbst</a>

Canvases By PeterJust looking through my online grocery order for today and noticed I accidentally ordered Apple "pie" lol 😅 <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Serendipity" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Serendipity</a>

Vivian LoboSpecial alignment ✨🌙✈️ A breathtaking moment—Venus shining bright above a crescent moon, with a plane perfectly slicing through the sky. Sometimes, timing is everything. <a href="https://pixelfed.social/discover/tags/MoonAndVenus?src=hash" class="u-url hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#MoonAndVenus</a> <a href="https://pixelfed.social/discover/tags/SkyGazers?src=hash" class="u-url hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#SkyGazers</a> <a href="https://pixelfed.social/discover/tags/EveningMagic?src=hash" class="u-url hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#EveningMagic</a>" <a href="https://pixelfed.social/discover/tags/AviationPhotography?src=hash" class="u-url hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#AviationPhotography</a> <a href="https://pixelfed.social/discover/tags/NatureLovers?src=hash" class="u-url hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#NatureLovers</a> <a href="https://pixelfed.social/discover/tags/NightSky?src=hash" class="u-url hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#NightSky</a> <a href="https://pixelfed.social/discover/tags/Astrophotography?src=hash" class="u-url hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Astrophotography</a> <a href="https://pixelfed.social/discover/tags/Skyline?src=hash" class="u-url hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Skyline</a> <a href="https://pixelfed.social/discover/tags/Serendipity?src=hash" class="u-url hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Serendipity</a>

Code of Amor 💘<a href="https://mstdn.social/@Nickiquote" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@Nickiquote</a> This is extra funny as the first toot on my timeline tonight because I usually only light candles for my meditation practice but... ... and I had to dig the wick out of the wax with a matchstick so the word wick as well as John Wick was close in my mind a few minutes ago. <a href="https://social.codeofamor.net/tags/serendipity" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#serendipity</a>

Lizzy Burnam 🐞that’s what I’m talkin about babieee 🤩🤙 <a href="https://mstdn.party/tags/zines" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#zines</a> <a href="https://mstdn.party/tags/art" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#art</a> <a href="https://mstdn.party/tags/community" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#community</a> <a href="https://mstdn.party/tags/synchronicity" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#synchronicity</a> <a href="https://mstdn.party/tags/serendipity" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#serendipity</a> <a href="https://mstdn.party/tags/whimsy" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#whimsy</a> <a href="https://mstdn.party/tags/love" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#love</a> <a href="https://mstdn.party/tags/artistsonmastodon" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#artistsonmastodon</a>

Sara Lobkovich, J.D., NBC-HWCI blew it and missed the “sign up with mastodon” option … so if I have any mutuals on <a href="https://thinkydoers.social/tags/pixelfed" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#pixelfed</a> , please find me at:<a href="https://pixelfed.social/saralobkovich" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank">https://pixelfed.social/saralobkovich</a>It’ll be beginner <a href="https://thinkydoers.social/tags/watercolor" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#watercolor</a> messes, <a href="https://thinkydoers.social/tags/AmWriting" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#AmWriting</a> and <a href="https://thinkydoers.social/tags/AtWork" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#AtWork</a> stuff, <a href="https://thinkydoers.social/tags/motorcycles" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#motorcycles</a> (mostly <a href="https://thinkydoers.social/tags/motorcycleracing" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#motorcycleracing</a> ) , random <a href="https://thinkydoers.social/tags/travel" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#travel</a> shots (usually either pretty or weird), and handmade social posts made on my <a href="https://thinkydoers.social/tags/hermes3000" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#hermes3000</a> <a href="https://thinkydoers.social/tags/typewriter" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#typewriter</a> , with my <a href="https://thinkydoers.social/tags/photography" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#photography</a>, and at my painting table. Plus other <a href="https://thinkydoers.social/tags/serendipity" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#serendipity</a> .

LukeToday’s chaos magic: zip tie stabilising my rear mudguard gave up up on the way in this morning. Just as I was wondering where I might source one at work I saw one on the floor on the way back from the showers. Perfect length and sorted the problem - just happened to be looking down at the right moment. <a href="https://c.im/tags/serendipity" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#serendipity</a> <a href="https://c.im/tags/synchronicity" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#synchronicity</a> <a href="https://c.im/tags/ChaosMagic" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#ChaosMagic</a> <a href="https://c.im/tags/cycling" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#cycling</a> <a href="https://c.im/tags/BikeTooter" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#BikeTooter</a> <a href="https://c.im/tags/BicycleRepair" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#BicycleRepair</a>

jan Langhammer"Serendiptiy featuring Konrad Behr - Teil 2"Jetzt auf Mixcloud zum Nachhören:>>> <a href="https://www.mixcloud.com/radiyan/serendipity-featuring-konrad-behr-teil-2" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank">https://www.mixcloud.com/radiyan/serendipity-featuring-konrad-behr-teil-2</a>Sendungsbeschreibung: Im zweiten Teil der Sendung schließen wir nahtlos an den Ersten an und sprechen über Konrad Behrs Studienzeit an der Bauhaus-Universität in Weimar, mit dem besonderen Fokus auf inspirierende Aspekte, Methoden und Begegnungen. In diesem Zusammenhang darf natürlich "mobile radio" (Sarah Washington und Knut Aufermann) nicht unerwähnt bleiben. Und da der erste Teil der Sendung mit einem Hörspiel endete, das sich mit dem aktuellen Zeitgeschehen beschäftigt, diskutieren wir ausführlich die gesellschaftlichen Verschiebungen und Verwerfungen unserer Zeit. Außerdem besprechen wir eine Vielzahl von Konrads aktuellen Projekten, die sich in dem weiten Feld der experimentellen Medienkunst bewegen.>>> <a href="https://konrad-behr.de" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank">https://konrad-behr.de</a> >>> <a href="https://mobile-radio.net" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank">https://mobile-radio.net</a> >>> <a href="https://bauhaus.fm" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank">https://bauhaus.fm</a> >>> <a href="https://sonicimpulses.org/rundfunkorchester" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank">https://sonicimpulses.org/rundfunkorchester</a> >>> <a href="https://www.clongclongmoo.org" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank">https://www.clongclongmoo.org</a> >>> <a href="https://tommyneuwirth.de" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank">https://tommyneuwirth.de</a> >>> <a href="https://www.derkleinegruenewuerfel.de" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank">https://www.derkleinegruenewuerfel.de</a> >>> <a href="https://aufzeichnensysteme.net" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank">https://aufzeichnensysteme.net</a> >>> <a href="https://noisio.de/de/blog/funkstern-plus" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank">https://noisio.de/de/blog/funkstern-plus</a>Vielen Dank für's Zuhören und auf Wiederhören! 😎 🎧 ✨ <a href="https://sonomu.club/@knrd" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@knrd</a> <a href="https://social.bau-ha.us/@clongclongmoo" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@clongclongmoo</a> <a href="https://social.bau-ha.us/@bauhaus_fm" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@bauhaus_fm</a> <a href="https://mastodon.radio/@mobile" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@mobile</a> <a href="https://defcon.social/tags/radio" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#radio</a> <a href="https://defcon.social/tags/audio" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#audio</a> <a href="https://defcon.social/tags/experimental" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#experimental</a> <a href="https://defcon.social/tags/electronic" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#electronic</a> <a href="https://defcon.social/tags/music" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#music</a> <a href="https://defcon.social/tags/musik" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#musik</a> <a href="https://defcon.social/tags/serendipity" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#serendipity</a> <a href="https://defcon.social/tags/mobile" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#mobile</a> <a href="https://defcon.social/tags/radioart" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#radioart</a> <a href="https://defcon.social/tags/rundfunkorchstra" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#rundfunkorchstra</a> <a href="https://defcon.social/tags/soundart" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#soundart</a> <a href="https://defcon.social/tags/funkstern" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#funkstern</a> <a href="https://defcon.social/tags/diy" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#diy</a> <a href="https://defcon.social/tags/konradbehr" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#konradbehr</a> <a href="https://defcon.social/tags/art" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#art</a> <a href="https://defcon.social/tags/future" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#future</a>

Futurist Jim CarrollDaily Inspiration: "Shape your own path!" - Futurist Jim CarrollHappy New Year!Start the year with some great success - by shaping your path!Let me inspire you with a story of where my previous 23 posts on ideas that we can take into 2025, will allow us to shape our path in 2025.....-----Chapter 1: The Path Less Traveled"System check complete. All parameters nominal."Dr. Elena Chen exhaled slowly, studying the banks of servers humming in Quantum Horizons' development lab. Behind her, Marcus Rodriguez tapped commands into his console. It was 3 AM on January 1, 2026 - mere moments after the New Year's Eve celebrations of 2024 into 2025 wound down. A small group of slightly inebriated team members looked on, cautious and wondering. And then, everyone, glancing at each other, came to the sudden realization that after eighteen months of forging their unique path, they now stood at the threshold of something extraordinary.Dr. Chen's eyes lingered on the framed article above her desk – Jim Carroll's final post of 2024, "Shape Your Own Path" from a year earlier. They'd found it so inspiring that it had become their company manifesto. Below it hung their mission statement: "In a world where everyone follows, we choose to lead."She was determined that this should be the guidance to carry them into a volatile and unpredictable year because she knew they had a path they could own.Their own.To shape."They all said we were crazy," Marcus said, glancing up from his screen. "Taking the unconventional route, refusing the buyout offers, developing something entirely new instead of following the standard playbook."Elena smiled, remembering Carroll's words about how true innovators must "reverse their setbacks sooner and find redemption faster." They'd faced plenty of setbacks, but each one had only strengthened their resolve to stay on their chosen path.(read the full post...)---<a href="https://futurist.info/tags/Creativity" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Creativity</a> <a href="https://futurist.info/tags/Innovation" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Innovation</a> <a href="https://futurist.info/tags/Distraction" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Distraction</a> <a href="https://futurist.info/tags/Growth" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Growth</a> <a href="https://futurist.info/tags/Exploration" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Exploration</a> <a href="https://futurist.info/tags/Success" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Success</a> <a href="https://futurist.info/tags/Curiosity" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Curiosity</a> <a href="https://futurist.info/tags/Serendipity" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Serendipity</a> <a href="https://futurist.info/tags/Discovery" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Discovery</a> <a href="https://futurist.info/tags/Focus" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Focus</a>Original post: <a href="https://jimcarroll.com/2025/01/daily-inspiration-25-things-for-2025-25-shape-your-own-path/" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank">https://jimcarroll.com/2025/01/daily-inspiration-25-things-for-2025-25-shape-your-own-path/</a>

Futurist Jim CarrollDaily Inspiration: 2024 Wrapup post!!!“Be spectacularly misfocused and gloriously distracted!” – Futurist Jim CarrollSo let me be gloriously distracted for a moment. Here’s my year-end wrap-up list – a series of random thoughts about cool things from the year!24 Highlights for 2024 by Futurist Jim Carroll1. Ireland! After literal decades of flying over the country with European and Middle East trips, I finally got to visit the country not once, but twice, both involving keynotes in Dublin. My wife and I had the chance to explore the region – and notably, I had the chance to visit the home of my ancestors, Kilmacthomas in County Waterford. Magical!2. The YMCA! I keynoted the national conference of this organization in 2015 but finally joined it as a member in early November. For almost two decades, I worked out at a local gym with a trainer, and then the pandemic hit. I built a home gym, but finally found it limited – I needed to get out! I have absolutely zero regrets and am using the time wisely. I’m using a wonderful exercise app as my trainer – Fitbod. Check it out! (This is some pretty impressive data for Christmas week!)3. A car accident. Not a highlight of the year, but it certainly was a major event. My Tesla got hit and had $24,000 of damage, but I got to use the video the car captured automatically in a talk I did about the potential for AI-based video fraud for an insurance conference! How’s that for lemonade from lemons?4. Niche Farming! I visited a vanilla bean farm! My wife and I ventured to one on the Big Island. The Hawaiian Vanilla Company spoke to me deeply about ideas involving innovation and reinvention, and so it was a wonderful visit. I thrive on visiting unique places and seeing unique stories, and this was one of the best.5. Frogs in Texas! In 2004, I spoke at the Woodlands Resort in Dallas at an event – and at the location, the idea for my book, What I Learned from Frogs in Texas: Saving Your Skin with Forward Thinking Innovation was launched. I was booked at the same location again in 2024, and it was magical to be in the exact spot on the road where the idea for the book first emerged. I wrote the story about the visit here....read more! <a href="https://futurist.info/tags/Creativity" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Creativity</a> <a href="https://futurist.info/tags/Innovation" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Innovation</a> <a href="https://futurist.info/tags/Distraction" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Distraction</a> <a href="https://futurist.info/tags/Growth" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Growth</a> <a href="https://futurist.info/tags/Exploration" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Exploration</a> <a href="https://futurist.info/tags/Success" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Success</a> <a href="https://futurist.info/tags/Curiosity" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Curiosity</a> <a href="https://futurist.info/tags/Serendipity" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Serendipity</a> <a href="https://futurist.info/tags/Discovery" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Discovery</a> <a href="https://futurist.info/tags/Focus" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Focus</a>Original post:<a href="https://jimcarroll.com/2024/12/daily-inspiration-25-things-for-2025-24-be-spectacularly-misfocused-and-gloriously-distracted/" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank">https://jimcarroll.com/2024/12/daily-inspiration-25-things-for-2025-24-be-spectacularly-misfocused-and-gloriously-distracted/</a>

Sir Rochard 'Dock' Bunson<a href="https://pawb.fun/@ErgonWolf" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@ErgonWolf</a> check out the post directly below yours. 😂 <a href="https://universeodon.com/tags/Serendipity" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Serendipity</a> <a href="https://universeodon.com/tags/Excitement" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Excitement</a>

Awe & Wonder & Dream media<a href="https://russian-world-citizens.blogspot.com/2023/01/awe-new-science-of-everyday-wonder-and.html" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank">https://russian-world-citizens.blogspot.com/2023/01/awe-new-science-of-everyday-wonder-and.html</a> AiArt + Nature Photography - reposts from Mastodon.social/@omdaru Download 187 recent pictures - Скачать 187 недавних изображений-Mastodon 07.09-23.11.2024-Awe & Wonder & Dream media.zip<a href="https://drive.google.com/file/d/1YB7bVYnK983-4iv8-JJ5hm9RTv6MsjaE/view" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank">https://drive.google.com/file/d/1YB7bVYnK983-4iv8-JJ5hm9RTv6MsjaE/view</a> - <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/awe" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#awe</a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/wonder" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#wonder</a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/creativity" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#creativity</a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/serendipity" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#serendipity</a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/spirituality" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#spirituality</a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/SilentSunday" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#SilentSunday</a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/naturephotography" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#naturephotography</a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/aiart" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#aiart</a>

Ben Royce 🇺🇦game recognizes game<a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/fashion" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#fashion</a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/serendipity" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#serendipity</a>

KennethSipping essential (sic) and feeling accomplished. Baby Boomer House is being deep-cleaned; I'll be handing the keys over soon rather than later, methinks.<a href="https://social.linux.pizza/tags/DeepClean" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#DeepClean</a> <a href="https://social.linux.pizza/tags/Serendipity" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Serendipity</a> <a href="https://social.linux.pizza/tags/BabyBoomerHouse" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#BabyBoomerHouse</a>

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