Crystal Wong Kruger
@crystalwongkruger.bsky.social
Appreciating the concept of infinity, and finding the gift in every challenge.
Founder of LIOHAN (“Live In Our Here And Now”). Testing Bluesky as a place to share random thoughts and ideas without expectations.
Founder of LIOHAN (“Live In Our Here And Now”). Testing Bluesky as a place to share random thoughts and ideas without expectations.
Thoughts?
Does the (organic) leader always need to be the one who’s most organized?
The one who’s first to speak up and start asking:
Who’s doing what? What can I do? What are our goals, tasks, timelines, etc?
Because for some reason I’ve always hesitated “taking charge.”
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Does the (organic) leader always need to be the one who’s most organized?
The one who’s first to speak up and start asking:
Who’s doing what? What can I do? What are our goals, tasks, timelines, etc?
Because for some reason I’ve always hesitated “taking charge.”
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April 14, 2025 at 3:20 PM
Thoughts?
Does the (organic) leader always need to be the one who’s most organized?
The one who’s first to speak up and start asking:
Who’s doing what? What can I do? What are our goals, tasks, timelines, etc?
Because for some reason I’ve always hesitated “taking charge.”
[1/3]
Does the (organic) leader always need to be the one who’s most organized?
The one who’s first to speak up and start asking:
Who’s doing what? What can I do? What are our goals, tasks, timelines, etc?
Because for some reason I’ve always hesitated “taking charge.”
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Our “big little kid” is out of the country without us for the first time in his life.
And I miss him lots.
And I know he’s having a great time at a concert band festival with his high school. Hanging with the seniors.
And I miss him lots.
And I know he’s having a great time at a concert band festival with his high school. Hanging with the seniors.
April 12, 2025 at 2:02 AM
Our “big little kid” is out of the country without us for the first time in his life.
And I miss him lots.
And I know he’s having a great time at a concert band festival with his high school. Hanging with the seniors.
And I miss him lots.
And I know he’s having a great time at a concert band festival with his high school. Hanging with the seniors.
So here’s the thing….
While I’ve stayed off of social media for most of my life, I can say this with confidence.
It’s always about genuine connections.
Just like how “people got it wrong” when the internet reached the masses, and they said “it’s a new market,” and then…
While I’ve stayed off of social media for most of my life, I can say this with confidence.
It’s always about genuine connections.
Just like how “people got it wrong” when the internet reached the masses, and they said “it’s a new market,” and then…
April 11, 2025 at 4:13 PM
So here’s the thing….
While I’ve stayed off of social media for most of my life, I can say this with confidence.
It’s always about genuine connections.
Just like how “people got it wrong” when the internet reached the masses, and they said “it’s a new market,” and then…
While I’ve stayed off of social media for most of my life, I can say this with confidence.
It’s always about genuine connections.
Just like how “people got it wrong” when the internet reached the masses, and they said “it’s a new market,” and then…
I’m sick with a fever and spent all day in bed.
And all day I knew I had to spend about 90 minutes finishing up some client work.
It’s my startup so I can’t put things off.
Still, with strong relationships, people do understand but I’d already been putting this off for too long.
And all day I knew I had to spend about 90 minutes finishing up some client work.
It’s my startup so I can’t put things off.
Still, with strong relationships, people do understand but I’d already been putting this off for too long.
April 9, 2025 at 11:42 PM
I’m sick with a fever and spent all day in bed.
And all day I knew I had to spend about 90 minutes finishing up some client work.
It’s my startup so I can’t put things off.
Still, with strong relationships, people do understand but I’d already been putting this off for too long.
And all day I knew I had to spend about 90 minutes finishing up some client work.
It’s my startup so I can’t put things off.
Still, with strong relationships, people do understand but I’d already been putting this off for too long.
I’m celebrating with myself here:
Yay! I’m starting to recognize accounts that are liking multiple posts of mine. (on TT, not here. Engagement here so far has been mostly quiet and that’s ok!)
Something is resonating 🙏🏼
Yay! I’m starting to recognize accounts that are liking multiple posts of mine. (on TT, not here. Engagement here so far has been mostly quiet and that’s ok!)
Something is resonating 🙏🏼
April 8, 2025 at 6:33 PM
I’m celebrating with myself here:
Yay! I’m starting to recognize accounts that are liking multiple posts of mine. (on TT, not here. Engagement here so far has been mostly quiet and that’s ok!)
Something is resonating 🙏🏼
Yay! I’m starting to recognize accounts that are liking multiple posts of mine. (on TT, not here. Engagement here so far has been mostly quiet and that’s ok!)
Something is resonating 🙏🏼
I’ve been enjoying this quiet corner of the internet.
Some things I’ve been reflecting on lately include:
- someone’s online presence (or lack of) does not reflect their worth
- a post with zero engagement does not mean it contains no value
- we should…
Some things I’ve been reflecting on lately include:
- someone’s online presence (or lack of) does not reflect their worth
- a post with zero engagement does not mean it contains no value
- we should…
April 7, 2025 at 1:01 AM
I’ve been enjoying this quiet corner of the internet.
Some things I’ve been reflecting on lately include:
- someone’s online presence (or lack of) does not reflect their worth
- a post with zero engagement does not mean it contains no value
- we should…
Some things I’ve been reflecting on lately include:
- someone’s online presence (or lack of) does not reflect their worth
- a post with zero engagement does not mean it contains no value
- we should…
Things that I want to start practicing to articulate publicly with ever more clarity.
My dear earthlings: hardly anything is ever fully what it seems. When we react with fear to things we read and see, we enter a downward cycle of filtering out ever more information.
My dear earthlings: hardly anything is ever fully what it seems. When we react with fear to things we read and see, we enter a downward cycle of filtering out ever more information.
April 6, 2025 at 12:04 PM
Things that I want to start practicing to articulate publicly with ever more clarity.
My dear earthlings: hardly anything is ever fully what it seems. When we react with fear to things we read and see, we enter a downward cycle of filtering out ever more information.
My dear earthlings: hardly anything is ever fully what it seems. When we react with fear to things we read and see, we enter a downward cycle of filtering out ever more information.
Can you relate?
Every time I start doing well with a new practice, the negative self talk begins:
That was a fluke.
The next time they’ll see you’re an imposter.
The next is going to suck.
Then I remembered…
Every time I start doing well with a new practice, the negative self talk begins:
That was a fluke.
The next time they’ll see you’re an imposter.
The next is going to suck.
Then I remembered…
April 5, 2025 at 5:31 PM
Can you relate?
Every time I start doing well with a new practice, the negative self talk begins:
That was a fluke.
The next time they’ll see you’re an imposter.
The next is going to suck.
Then I remembered…
Every time I start doing well with a new practice, the negative self talk begins:
That was a fluke.
The next time they’ll see you’re an imposter.
The next is going to suck.
Then I remembered…
I’ve been experimenting here in public.
Mostly, it’s when I feel compelled by a thought that I share it.
Sometimes, it’s just to hold myself attached to the habit of daily posting.
What’s one thing you’ve been doing more consistently lately?
Mostly, it’s when I feel compelled by a thought that I share it.
Sometimes, it’s just to hold myself attached to the habit of daily posting.
What’s one thing you’ve been doing more consistently lately?
April 3, 2025 at 9:21 PM
I’ve been experimenting here in public.
Mostly, it’s when I feel compelled by a thought that I share it.
Sometimes, it’s just to hold myself attached to the habit of daily posting.
What’s one thing you’ve been doing more consistently lately?
Mostly, it’s when I feel compelled by a thought that I share it.
Sometimes, it’s just to hold myself attached to the habit of daily posting.
What’s one thing you’ve been doing more consistently lately?
A regret I’d rather live with:
Why didn’t I start this sooner?
VS never starting and wondering
Where did the time go?
Why didn’t I start this sooner?
VS never starting and wondering
Where did the time go?
April 2, 2025 at 5:07 PM
A regret I’d rather live with:
Why didn’t I start this sooner?
VS never starting and wondering
Where did the time go?
Why didn’t I start this sooner?
VS never starting and wondering
Where did the time go?
Time “management” challenges, and me experimenting in real time and in public:
I designate Wednesdays for my “deep work”. 👩🏻💻
Because there’s no external force that requires me to start “on time,” I often let myself get distracted by random things. 😫
So here’s what I’m going to try today…
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I designate Wednesdays for my “deep work”. 👩🏻💻
Because there’s no external force that requires me to start “on time,” I often let myself get distracted by random things. 😫
So here’s what I’m going to try today…
[1/3]
April 2, 2025 at 1:14 PM
Time “management” challenges, and me experimenting in real time and in public:
I designate Wednesdays for my “deep work”. 👩🏻💻
Because there’s no external force that requires me to start “on time,” I often let myself get distracted by random things. 😫
So here’s what I’m going to try today…
[1/3]
I designate Wednesdays for my “deep work”. 👩🏻💻
Because there’s no external force that requires me to start “on time,” I often let myself get distracted by random things. 😫
So here’s what I’m going to try today…
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Living with a teenager who’s a drummer - with a full acoustic drum kit on the main floor no less! - is a constant practice in recognizing our feelings are not our thoughts.
How?…
How?…
March 31, 2025 at 12:25 AM
Living with a teenager who’s a drummer - with a full acoustic drum kit on the main floor no less! - is a constant practice in recognizing our feelings are not our thoughts.
How?…
How?…
It took me 11 years to learn that today is World Bipolar Day.
I struggled with Bipolar Type II for years though I’m only now starting to share more about this, not just publicly, but with anyone.
It’s been so well under control now that I’m no longer officially diagnosed with this “disorder” yet…
I struggled with Bipolar Type II for years though I’m only now starting to share more about this, not just publicly, but with anyone.
It’s been so well under control now that I’m no longer officially diagnosed with this “disorder” yet…
March 30, 2025 at 8:16 PM
It took me 11 years to learn that today is World Bipolar Day.
I struggled with Bipolar Type II for years though I’m only now starting to share more about this, not just publicly, but with anyone.
It’s been so well under control now that I’m no longer officially diagnosed with this “disorder” yet…
I struggled with Bipolar Type II for years though I’m only now starting to share more about this, not just publicly, but with anyone.
It’s been so well under control now that I’m no longer officially diagnosed with this “disorder” yet…
I got some deep, delicious sleep last night and woke up early and refreshed to drive my 14-year-old to band practice. 🥁
As he’s packing up his overstuffed backpack, and we need to LEAVE NOW, His Zipper Broke 😳
As he’s packing up his overstuffed backpack, and we need to LEAVE NOW, His Zipper Broke 😳
March 28, 2025 at 2:59 PM
I got some deep, delicious sleep last night and woke up early and refreshed to drive my 14-year-old to band practice. 🥁
As he’s packing up his overstuffed backpack, and we need to LEAVE NOW, His Zipper Broke 😳
As he’s packing up his overstuffed backpack, and we need to LEAVE NOW, His Zipper Broke 😳
Do you have songs in your family that span generations?
This is the moment I realized the significance of one across 50 years and 3 generations:
I love (The) Carpenters and, unbeknownst to my parents, it’s because they listened to them a lot…
This is the moment I realized the significance of one across 50 years and 3 generations:
I love (The) Carpenters and, unbeknownst to my parents, it’s because they listened to them a lot…
March 26, 2025 at 2:01 AM
Do you have songs in your family that span generations?
This is the moment I realized the significance of one across 50 years and 3 generations:
I love (The) Carpenters and, unbeknownst to my parents, it’s because they listened to them a lot…
This is the moment I realized the significance of one across 50 years and 3 generations:
I love (The) Carpenters and, unbeknownst to my parents, it’s because they listened to them a lot…
Guilt-free working day as the kids are hanging out at home with their friends.
I hear my teenager say to his friend as they're jamming on instruments:
"Bro! You know Counting Crows?!"
And all I can think is "yeah....YOU know Counting Crows“ because… 🥰
I hear my teenager say to his friend as they're jamming on instruments:
"Bro! You know Counting Crows?!"
And all I can think is "yeah....YOU know Counting Crows“ because… 🥰
March 23, 2025 at 11:07 PM
Guilt-free working day as the kids are hanging out at home with their friends.
I hear my teenager say to his friend as they're jamming on instruments:
"Bro! You know Counting Crows?!"
And all I can think is "yeah....YOU know Counting Crows“ because… 🥰
I hear my teenager say to his friend as they're jamming on instruments:
"Bro! You know Counting Crows?!"
And all I can think is "yeah....YOU know Counting Crows“ because… 🥰
I've been in startup mode for almost 7 years, and this quote just finally sunk in at a way deeper level:
"If you are not embarrassed by the first version of your product, you've launched too late." - Reid Hoffman
means...
"If you are not embarrassed by the first version of your product, you've launched too late." - Reid Hoffman
means...
March 22, 2025 at 7:14 PM
I've been in startup mode for almost 7 years, and this quote just finally sunk in at a way deeper level:
"If you are not embarrassed by the first version of your product, you've launched too late." - Reid Hoffman
means...
"If you are not embarrassed by the first version of your product, you've launched too late." - Reid Hoffman
means...
One thing I’m learning right now as an entrepreneur and parent:
Embracing the Chaos with calmness allows us to appreciate the magic of how things unfold.
Out of our control.
Beyond our imagination.
With humbling gifts of helping each other along the way.
Embracing the Chaos with calmness allows us to appreciate the magic of how things unfold.
Out of our control.
Beyond our imagination.
With humbling gifts of helping each other along the way.
March 20, 2025 at 3:58 PM
One thing I’m learning right now as an entrepreneur and parent:
Embracing the Chaos with calmness allows us to appreciate the magic of how things unfold.
Out of our control.
Beyond our imagination.
With humbling gifts of helping each other along the way.
Embracing the Chaos with calmness allows us to appreciate the magic of how things unfold.
Out of our control.
Beyond our imagination.
With humbling gifts of helping each other along the way.
Just putting this out there…
Anyone else with a history of (diagnosed) bipolar disorder notice a nudge towards hypomania when spring is in the air?
Anyone else with a history of (diagnosed) bipolar disorder notice a nudge towards hypomania when spring is in the air?
March 20, 2025 at 1:28 AM
Just putting this out there…
Anyone else with a history of (diagnosed) bipolar disorder notice a nudge towards hypomania when spring is in the air?
Anyone else with a history of (diagnosed) bipolar disorder notice a nudge towards hypomania when spring is in the air?
It’s taken me 17055 days (that’s how long I’ve been alive) to realize:
My bipolar tendencies and my ambivertness are essentially one and the same.
My bipolar tendencies and my ambivertness are essentially one and the same.
March 9, 2025 at 3:32 AM
It’s taken me 17055 days (that’s how long I’ve been alive) to realize:
My bipolar tendencies and my ambivertness are essentially one and the same.
My bipolar tendencies and my ambivertness are essentially one and the same.
Happiness is when your teenager texts you, while they’re on break at a high school jazz music festival, to share their excitement about a hearing a song that you’ve been working on together.
March 7, 2025 at 3:24 PM
Happiness is when your teenager texts you, while they’re on break at a high school jazz music festival, to share their excitement about a hearing a song that you’ve been working on together.
the feeling after
listening to beautiful music that moves you to tears
while facing the brilliant sun
rising into a cloudless sky
How are you starting your day?
It’s a privilege to be alive, my friends. And we are all friends.
Even if we’ve never met.
Even if we believe the opposite is true.
listening to beautiful music that moves you to tears
while facing the brilliant sun
rising into a cloudless sky
How are you starting your day?
It’s a privilege to be alive, my friends. And we are all friends.
Even if we’ve never met.
Even if we believe the opposite is true.
March 7, 2025 at 12:15 PM
the feeling after
listening to beautiful music that moves you to tears
while facing the brilliant sun
rising into a cloudless sky
How are you starting your day?
It’s a privilege to be alive, my friends. And we are all friends.
Even if we’ve never met.
Even if we believe the opposite is true.
listening to beautiful music that moves you to tears
while facing the brilliant sun
rising into a cloudless sky
How are you starting your day?
It’s a privilege to be alive, my friends. And we are all friends.
Even if we’ve never met.
Even if we believe the opposite is true.
So I’ve hardly spent anytime in here and while I see interesting photos of “here’s another mushroom” and stars…I guess there’s just a lot of anger suddenly in my feed. Blue skies are supposed to cheer us, no? I think I’ll get more comfortable talking quietly to myself in my invisible corner :-)
March 7, 2025 at 3:20 AM
So I’ve hardly spent anytime in here and while I see interesting photos of “here’s another mushroom” and stars…I guess there’s just a lot of anger suddenly in my feed. Blue skies are supposed to cheer us, no? I think I’ll get more comfortable talking quietly to myself in my invisible corner :-)
50 days into my countUP to my next 1000 days of being alive. 5% of the way there.
It feels fast. It feels like I’m way behind on completing my tasks on my path to accomplishing my desired outcomes.
It feels fast. It feels like I’m way behind on completing my tasks on my path to accomplishing my desired outcomes.
March 3, 2025 at 1:39 PM
50 days into my countUP to my next 1000 days of being alive. 5% of the way there.
It feels fast. It feels like I’m way behind on completing my tasks on my path to accomplishing my desired outcomes.
It feels fast. It feels like I’m way behind on completing my tasks on my path to accomplishing my desired outcomes.
When I said this on a radio show today, the host made me stop:
“If we’re not showing our authentic selves to our kids, who do they actually love? A version of us that isn’t even real?”
That hit harder than I expected.
“If we’re not showing our authentic selves to our kids, who do they actually love? A version of us that isn’t even real?”
That hit harder than I expected.
March 3, 2025 at 1:59 AM
When I said this on a radio show today, the host made me stop:
“If we’re not showing our authentic selves to our kids, who do they actually love? A version of us that isn’t even real?”
That hit harder than I expected.
“If we’re not showing our authentic selves to our kids, who do they actually love? A version of us that isn’t even real?”
That hit harder than I expected.