FM (Friday Morning) Reflection #30 | In this special edition of Do Good by Doing Better, I reflect on one year of writing Friday Morning Reflections—what I’ve learned, the themes that emerged, and why showing up weekly has become a meaningful practice. I share the story behind the Photo Bonus, and recommit to thinking big, starting small, acting now, and measuring results together with you.
Writing has been sitting in my Kanban backlog for far too long, waiting for the moment I finally pull it into the “In Development” column and bring it to life.
Your post– especially the point on pairing writing with photography– just brought back a memory—of a poem I once saw printed on a board at a metro station in Newcastle, UK. It stopped me in my tracks. It read:
“Writing is a form of travel, lifting the mind out of its darkening.
The neat margins of ploughed land translating a field into a page;
the sense of a book unfolding its uneven daily narrative;
this large picture of sky, clean as a window,
its weight flattening the horizon into a poorly ruled line on which I read the early morning sun, re-learning what it has to say
I love that Hany, thank you so much for sharing. One thing that I have learned here is that, as the poem alludes, writing is discovery. It’s not neat or tidy, and it does not always happen on schedule. But in the practice of writing rough edges are formed into the lines of thought that guide us forward. Please share when your writing card makes it into dev.
Congrats on hitting this milestone, Eric! Sticking with anything for a year is a big deal. Plus, it’s awesome that you’ve found your voice and a way to share your thoughts, insights, and lessons. It’s been great to see you grow and evolve. Cheers to year two!
Writing has been sitting in my Kanban backlog for far too long, waiting for the moment I finally pull it into the “In Development” column and bring it to life.
Your post– especially the point on pairing writing with photography– just brought back a memory—of a poem I once saw printed on a board at a metro station in Newcastle, UK. It stopped me in my tracks. It read:
“Writing is a form of travel, lifting the mind out of its darkening.
The neat margins of ploughed land translating a field into a page;
the sense of a book unfolding its uneven daily narrative;
this large picture of sky, clean as a window,
its weight flattening the horizon into a poorly ruled line on which I read the early morning sun, re-learning what it has to say
I love that Hany, thank you so much for sharing. One thing that I have learned here is that, as the poem alludes, writing is discovery. It’s not neat or tidy, and it does not always happen on schedule. But in the practice of writing rough edges are formed into the lines of thought that guide us forward. Please share when your writing card makes it into dev.
Congrats on hitting this milestone, Eric! Sticking with anything for a year is a big deal. Plus, it’s awesome that you’ve found your voice and a way to share your thoughts, insights, and lessons. It’s been great to see you grow and evolve. Cheers to year two!
Thanks Mark! I appreciate the encouragement and, as I’ve shared, your work here is a great example to follow!