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Joshua Wold

iPad Pro 10.5" designer mini-review part 1

This is a 3 part mini-review of the new iPad Pro 10.5". Read part 2 and part 3. Over the past few weeks I've scoured the internet for reviews of the new iPad Pros. Last week Apple announced a new 10.5" screen size,

Flight of the Fallen

Krehin held his ear to the door and listened to the sounds coming from outside. Rain beat against the wood, drowning out anything except for the constant thudding against the tree branches. He bent his head down and let out a sigh. “Waiting around won’t make it stop.” His

Embracing New Life and Enjoying the Summer

Wow, what an amazing and fun filled year this has been. I haven't added a post to my blog since last September. I'll see if I can blaze through and share what has been happening in the Wold family in a few words. As of May

Don't Waste Your Life, Always Read

About a year ago I woke up. There was a reason for this, which I've written [https://joshuawold.com/the-power-of-reading/] about before. Now I can't shut up about it. I've been reading as much as I can get my hands on. I'm constantly buying new books. Yesterday I was at a second hand store and picke

When Not Requiring a Down Payment Taught Me a Valuable Lesson

I landed my first paid design project when I was 13 years old. I will protect the guilty by changing the name of the owner, we'll call him Bob. My job was to create several hundred icons for an online kids gaming website. Designing icons was fun for me. So when Bob contacted me, it was a dream come

Update

It's been a little over a year since I've updated this blog. Originally it was an attempt to write on the topic of minimalism every day. I had a good four month span and then felt overwhelmed and stopped writing. Since then I've thought

Ups and downs

Our society is full of tired people. We overwork ourselves to the point of exhaustion. We don't get enough sleep. To combat this we take caffeine in many forms, all to keep us more alert and awake. It starts in the teen years and progresses throughout adulthood, if

Passion vs process

Some days I am passionate about writing. Other days I don't write at all and end up falling behind on this blog. I'm realizing that a year long project like this isn't about being passionate every day. It's about breaking the project

Busy work

Working on a project or part of a project that doesn't add to the bottom line is busy work. It's staying busy for the sake of being busy. This is nonsense and a waste of time. Ask yourself why you're checking your email so

Flooding

I live in the Midwest, as a result I've been privileged to enjoy the benefits of liquid sunshine. The place where my wife and I store our extra belongings flooded last week. A lot of our stuff was ruined with water damage. We had to chuck stuff out.