Small Habits
Wherein I discuss some of my strategies for developing new habits of behavior.
Category: Self Discipline
Writing Update for October 18
Wherein I discuss the latest status of my self imposed writing challenge.
Entropy is Easy
I waste time. Lots of it. I waste time by surfing the web, making sure I am caught up on the latest status updates on Facebook, reading blogs, watching shows on Hulu, tinkering with my computer’s desktop and settings. If there’s a television around, I am good at wasting time by channel surfing and watching …
500 Words for 50 Days
When I was in MD a couple of weeks ago, I spent some time with Jo Cose and at one point I was urging him to just sit down and write the book he’s been wanting to write for a number of years. I said, “500 words, just make time for 500 words a day. …
Change
We do not grow absolutely, chronologically. We grow sometimes in one dimension, and not in another; unevenly. We grow partially. We are relative. We are mature in one realm, childish in another. The past, present, and future mingle and pull us backward, forward, or fix us in the present. We are made up of layers, …
Distraction is the Enemy of Thought
Lately I’ve been reflecting on my computer habits and the ways in which I waste time. For quite a while now my home page on my browser has been Netvibes and I have had five pages of various RSS feeds. Recently I even put together a page of 10 feeds that were all Apple news …