This read is part of Community, an intended series of essays where I share my thoughts and experiences about communities emerging from PKM (personal knowledge management endeavors) and cohort-based courses (CBCs).

TL;dr. When finding out that BASB’s Tiago Forte enrolled in the next LYT Workshop, I shared thoughts with the BASB community platform (using Circle) - about how BASB and LYT co-exist for me. I was introduced to BASB before LYT. Below I’ve edited and updated excerpts from a few of my BASB Circle posts.

Thank you for being part of this journey, Community, an intended series of essays where I share my thoughts and experiences about communities emerging from PKM (personal knowledge management endeavors) and cohort-based courses (CBCs).

I consider this PKM Interplay - where I have cobbled the various sources of approaches, methods, and philosophies about PKM - directly, indirectly, and even seemingly unrelated.

Upcoming essays will be repurposed from content I have shared within CBCs, emails to friends, and excerpts of transcribed conversations (thanks Otter!).

Interacting in an environment where distinct or disparate entities meet. ~ Shirley F. Rivera
A person engages in brackish swimming when commingling among different entities.

Familiar with this? Entities can be people from different generations - think family gatherings. Entities can be those with opposing views and beliefs - think political parties.

Heck!

Why not a combination of all of the above?!

Below is my repurposed essay which served as my story at Ada Cheng’s monthly Pour One Out storytelling event on September 8. In March, I wrote a personal essay, I am a Brown Asian with Smooth Skin, in response to the March 17 Atlanta, Georgia killings of spa workers. My essay was subsequently published by Visible Magazine.

How can you all live with yourself?" - a community member at a government meeting asked, with a tone of disgust. If words were hand gestures, she was definitely flipping us off. This was in the 1990s. I was seven years into my career - specializing in air quality, energy projects, and environmental communications.

The following is an overview of my CliftonStrengths assessment. It is one of several professional and personal development assessments (e.g., DISC, Myers-Briggs, 360 Feedback, etc.) administered throughout my career.

“When I dare to be powerful - to use my strength in the service of my vision, then it becomes less and less important whether I am afraid.” ~ Audre Lorde The throughline that weaves together how I can understand and navigate my lived experiences is Belief, 7 among my 34 strengths. . . .

My 12 Favorite Problems.

1. How can trust and transparency be cultivated among the public, government, and businesses toward environmental justice? 2. How can I self-regulate my reactions to those who are dishonest and hurtful to others? 3. How can I help people discover their ikigai as part of their self-reflection, habits formation, and movements in life? 4. …

Thank you for being part of this journey, Feral Improviser, a sporadic series of essays where I discover my made-up thoughts on the improviser diaspora. Here, you can agree, disagree, and debate. Truth. Fiction. Semi-Fictional. Does it matter? You tell me.

If cats can be categorized based on their needs and emerging lifestyle, why not improvisers?