Archive

Reading is a mainstay in my life. But the truer verb to use might be listening. I love stories, and I’ll always listen to a good story—most of which is now via a podcast or Audible book. Recently I’ve been re-re-experimenting with physical reading. The result so

When I am motivated to make new things, my whiteboard becomes a living space. I jot down notes day and night: things I want to do, ideas I want to explore, phrases that come to mind. The ideas I am ready to turn into reality — wireframes, essay ideas, website thoughts

If you spend your day working on priorities that others have set for you (email) then you aren’t really focused on moving ahead with your own goals and priorities. Email is letting others control your time. I like how Hailley encourages checking email a few times a day. My

Recently I had to prepare peanut butter sandwiches for an outing. I watched in confusion as a friend slabbed peanut butter on both pieces of their bread, then added jelly betwen the layers. My first guess was they really liked peanut butter—something I would never fault a person for.

It’s easy to assume that you’re the only person in the room not understanding what’s going on. While that can absolutely be the case—for most of my career I’ve worked with incredibly intelligent people with technical abilities far surpassing my own—sometimes you’re simply

We’re in a new world. And I’m excited, despite my reservations. Everyone is asking ChatGPT (and the like) to help them write. We’re using it to apply to jobs, finish proposals, fire employees, breakup relationships, respond to bosses, and write obituaries (maybe). Inspired by a chat with

Inspired by this fantastic post by Seth Godin on yoyu, where you leave space for surprise and delight, the same can be said for finding time to dig deep into projects and allowing time for ideas to sit. Often I’ll reach the end of a workday with a mostly-finished

Sorting puts our options into two piles. One pile is the don’t-like, not-good-enough or wrong stack. These are the flavors we don’t enjoy, the paths that are dead ends and the people we simply don’t want to hang out with. The other pile meets spec. The other

One thing I realised when moving to an analog productivity system was I didn’t do as many tasks or feel like I had a lot to do. I’m not sure if it’s just me or the ADHD but if something is out of sight, it’s definitely