CrossingsSeth Barnes
  • The Book
  • Name Your Crossing
  • The Map
  • Forays
  • Groups
  • The Company
  • Field Notes
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The practices

One exercise for every chapter.

Each of these is concrete and short. None of them asks you to understand anything. They ask you to write something down, or go somewhere, or say something to a person.

Stage
  • 01Name your crossing15 minutes
  • 02Two prices15 minutes
  • 03The reason15 minutes
  • 04Map a crossing you finished20 minutes
  • 05Realm, not destination20 minutes
  • 06Ten honest lines20 minutes
  • 07Your people, listed10 minutes
  • 08Walk the neighborhood25 minutes
  • 09Where you belong15 minutes
  • 10The yes10 minutes
  • 11Plan or leap15 minutes
  • 12Say the promise10 minutes
  • 13A described future20 minutes
  • 14Fear inventory20 minutes
  • 15Name the enemy15 minutes
  • 16Two voices20 minutes
  • 17First across15 minutes
  • 18People audit20 minutes
  • 19Design a foray25 minutes
  • 20Outside and inside10 minutes
  • 21Name the kind15 minutes
  • 22Go where they are20 minutes
  • 23Ask someone20 minutes
  • 24Three deposits15 minutes
  • 25Update the map15 minutes
  • 26One failure, read again25 minutes
  • 27The shortcut you want10 minutes
  • 28Learner's list10 minutes
  • 29Character check20 minutes
  • 30Where you have been15 minutes
  • 31Say it to yourself15 minutes
  • 32Practice on purpose10 minutes
  • 33Realm or crossing15 minutes
  • 34The cost of stuck15 minutes
  • 35Itch or treadmill20 minutes
  • 36The argument20 minutes
  • 37Lean forward10 minutes
  • 38From the other shore25 minutes
  • 39Who is behind you15 minutes
  • 40Go and look15 minutes
  • 41Permission structure15 minutes
  • 42Practicing the last one20 minutes
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Crossings

A companion to the book by Seth Barnes

  • The Book
  • Name Your Crossing
  • The Map
  • Forays
  • Groups
  • The Company
  • Field Notes

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