This is the second installment in my path to enlightenment via the Five Karate Moves to Success. Maybe enlightenment is overselling it a bit. This is just my review of the previous week, which highlights my attempts to follow the framework of the … [Read more]
My Switching to Dvorak Experiment: Week 1, Ooph
Well, I've been playing around with switching from a Qwerty to Dvorak keyboard for about a week now, and I think the results speak for themselves. I'm just not certain what they're saying yet. In my unscientific, 3 min typing test, I'm currently at a … [Read more]
Writer’s Block: How to move beyond “I don’t know what to write.”
I don't know what to write. I don't know what to write. I don't know what to write. This is how my writing sessions usually begin, unless I am already in the middle of a project. It's how this started. Usually, I go back and take that out once I've … [Read more]
Thoughts from Theo: Beware the law of diminishing returns
Theo and I play a game where we flop around while making sounds that are hard to describe. Some of them might be compared to a slide whistle, while others are closer to a fire engine or honking horn. If you time the sound with the flopping just … [Read more]
Celebrating Small Victories: Like Twelve Consecutive Blog Posts
I know, it's not a big deal to write twelve blog posts, and it's not a big deal to write them twelve days in a row. But I am celebrating because it's a new record for me. It is important to recognize that small steps can still get you a long way if … [Read more]
Understanding Happiness: Goals and Achievement
XXXV A man saw a ball of gold in the sky; He climbed for it, And eventually he achieved it- It was clay. Now this is the strange part: When the man went to the earth And looked again, Lo, there was the ball of gold. Now this is the strange … [Read more]
Dvorak Experiment Week 0: I Contain Multitudes
I recently (like just a few days ago recently) wrote about how Qwerty vs Dvorak isn't really a productive discussion when it comes to writing. Because typing is only one, somewhat insignificant aspect of the process, if you even type at all. But then … [Read more]
Week in review (March 1-7) : Five Karate Moves to Success
A few weeks ago, Parks and Recreation dedicated an entire episode of its final season to Andy Dwyer's cable network kids show, The Johnny Karate Super Awesome Musical Explosion Show! If you don't know what any of that means, it's okay. Just know that … [Read more]
On inertia and mowing: Time as an enemy
When I mowed the lawn for the last time in the fall, it was pretty ugly. We were just at the edge of the growing season, when the grass still grew but not very quickly, and I had been putting it off because I was thinking it would probably be the … [Read more]
Money, Mastery, Meaning: What’s your compensation?
I recently listened to an interview with Adam Braun, founder of Pencils of Promise and author of A Pencil and a Promise, and among the many great details and stories he had about starting a successful nonprofit organization (or for-purpose as the … [Read more]