Joshua Wold

I’ve been thinking a lot about energy output and feedback loops. For the last few days I’ve been reading The Rational Optimist. It’s an old book at this point, and perhaps it’s been greatly refuted in the time since it’s been published. With that said,

I’m eschewing infinity wells. I’m on a two month experiment to reduce my reliance on apps that allow for unlimited scrolling. It’s going mostly ok. If I can I’d like to turn this into a permanent experiment, but we’ll see how it goes. In the

Feeling worn out can come from factors such as sleep, diet, sickness, stages of life, and much more. There’s so many factors that can lead to just feeling plain tired. Also, it’s winter right now in the northern hemisphere. But there’s something else. In work, which is

It’s easy to wish we had more time to get something done. Given more time we could accomplish anything. But this is usually the wrong way to look at something. In the constraints of lacking time we often come up with solutions. I work in software as a product

Early in my career I had a seemingly endless supply of energy to throw at ideas. If I wasn’t sure how to do something I could be sure that through hard work and time I could figure it out. This worked for many things, and was a huge boon

Likes, subscriber numbers, revenue, analytics, these are all proxies for feedback loops. They help give you a sense of whether the thing you’re doing is resonating with people. They’re helpful, worth studying, but also come with a price. Focusing too much on these can drain you, leave you

One day you work with someone on a project. Things go well, the project wraps up, and you go your separate ways. Years later someone asks for their help on something and they remember you, and reach out to see if you’re available. This is how connection happens. Someone

As a followup to my complaints on good editing software for my writing process, I’m wondering if I’m thinking about this whole thing the wrong way. Maybe instead of counting on software, I should listen to my own words and just edit what I’m writing more closely.

Some actors and athletes watch their tapes. They review everything they did to understand and improve. They want to see their performance and find a way to take it forward. That’s a good thing. Others, though, and somewhat famously don’t (until they do). In some areas of my

Something strange is starting to happen as a result of all my writing. I don’t want to naval gaze too much since that’s not why you’re here, but I find this part interesting enough to share. Because I’ve been writing posts on lots of topics that