Category: Blog
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Positive
I’ve been working on telling my son this: positive thoughts will bring positive results. I believe my wife was the one that said it in those words, but the lesson is the same. We all can run towards negative thoughts. It’s easy. Criticism is easy. Doubt is easy. Turning towards fear and anger is easy.…
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Less & Less Phone Time

It’s been one of my bigger goals of late. Being on my phone less. Cell phones, while a great tool, have ended up being a major, disappointing distraction. As I’ve written about before, I’ve sought to lessen these and other devices’ influence over me. And I’ve been successful. To a point… Over the past few…
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This Careless Writer

The difference between being a careless writer and one who is working towards growing as a writer is precisely the latter. Until recently, I was pretty sure that I was growing. Maybe I was, but I feel now that I was more the former, rushing to get work out into the world before it was…
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The Rubberband Trick
I am all about hacks… so long as they work. Put more clearly I like hacks that work for me. Part of any process is finding the tools that work well for what you are trying to do. And what works for one person or process might very well not work for you. But…
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My Favorite Podcasts
I’ve always wanted to do a podcast. I have no idea what theme I would produce it on, or how I’d get the time to do it, but I wanted to. Instead, I just listen to them as one of my primary forms of being entertained. Podcasts are great ways to be entertained, challenged, or…