by Jule Kucera | May 17, 2026 | Blog
Skipping blithely past the standard meaning of the middle finger, we’ll give it our own: Contribute. If the first finger is Create, the work I do for pure joy, the second is the work I do for other reasons. Over the years, the actions I’ve associated with this finger...
by Jule Kucera | May 10, 2026 | Blog
When I was creating the Hand, I had already retired from my corporate job. As I asked, How then shall I live?, I turned to Designing Your Life by Bill Burnett and Dave Evans. It’s based on the course they taught at Stanford, the most popular course at the university....
by Jule Kucera | May 3, 2026 | Blog
There is an area of life that’s important, but I didn’t want a hand with six digits, so I put it with the thumb: Money.* To phrase it in alignment with Be Well, let’s call it Financial Wellness. Sometimes models for designing your life omit financial wellness....
by Jule Kucera | Apr 26, 2026 | Blog
To think about my Be Well thumb, I like to use the Human Compass: It’s overwhelming to try to do everything I think I need to do for my wellness, and honestly, impossible. Can I really: make all my meals at home, from scratch with organic ingredients, get 30...
by Jule Kucera | Apr 19, 2026 | Blog
In junior high, I was on a gymnastics team. We were the New Jersey Junior Olympic state champions. That’s not relevant to the Hand, but it’s a moment of glory I treasure. I placed 5th in vault and 6th in floor exercise. After my floor ex routine, my mom harshly...
