Category: Freelance Friday
Escapist Thoughts and Fantasy Jobs – Friday Notes 100
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> His experience at the monastery had freed him from the escapist thoughts of fantasy jobs that had once dominated his mind. He was able instead to focus on the tasks he was given and on accomplishing them well. He was free from the constant, draining comparisons he used to make between his current work…
Amazon’s Failure Impacts More Than You Think – Friday Notes 099
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While I could complain that Amazon won’t deliver me books in a timely fashion anymore, or that I’m waiting months for new slippers, there are others that have come to rely on the delivery service that are in far more dire straights than I am. [Take this email to my post from a few weeks…
Amazon Fails and Supporting Local Stores – Friday Notes 098
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[As I read Justin Jackson’s recent post about bringing back Main Street first](https://justinjackson.ca/fight-amazon), I could hear and feel the pain he’s feeling. I was even the catalyst for a (https://youtu.be/CYWR0_wYQ1w), as I linked to Amazon for a book first. The funny thing is, I don’t even mainly purchase books through Amazon anymore. I almost always…
Friday Notes 097 – April 3 2020
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Recently, Justin Tadlock, [wrote an excellent post about the little things he’s been missing while practicing social distancing](https://wptavern.com/finding-balance-in-these-uncertain-times-remote-work-and-sharing-our-struggles). Yes many of us WFH people had little change. My kids were going to be home the first two weeks anyway with spring break. My days are spent largely in my office typing away, much as they…
Friday Notes 096 – March 27 2020
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This week I’ve received a bunch of emails from people that know I did homeschooling for 4-years with my oldest and are wondering what they can do now that kids are home. I don’t profess to be an expert, but I guess I’m the one that some of you know that has done homeschool. Well,…
Friday Notes 095 – March 20 2020
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So, I was going to write about other stuff but given the fact that many of you are likely to have your kids at home instead of wherever you thought they’d be I figured I’d give you some tips on keeping them busy. ### Let Them Work Stuff Out When I was 9 my parents…
Friday Notes 094 – March 13 2020
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While my kids were sick for a few weeks with a fever, it’s now our regular caregiver’s turn. What that has meant for me is about 5 less hours of work a week for the last month. In some ways these constraints are great because they force me to focus **only** on the few things…
Friday Notes 093 – March 6 2020
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Today no “special” content for email subscribers only. If you want this type of content every week [subscribe](https://curtismchale.ca/subscribe). > Scarcity captures our attention, and this provides a narrow benefit: we do a better job of managing pressing needs. But more broadly, it costs us: we neglect other concerns, and we become less effective in the…
Friday Notes 092 – February 28 2020
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While one can hope that the kids in fact do get better, they did not. The weekend away was great though. Bought about 12 books and spent a lot of great time with Cynthia just hanging out. Some good skiing in and a bit of pool time at the hotel. > We all make mistakes.…
Friday Notes 091 – February 21 2020
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Ultimately, you’re luck you got an email last week because I did it early. After I had the email prepped I buckled in for a regular night of handling kids, and then one of them got sick enough that I spent until 2am in the hospital. She’s fine, but that was a long 20 hour…
