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We Need to Support People That Quit Stuff
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[Justin Jackson on the importance of quitting stuff](https://justinjackson.ca/moving-on). > For most people, It will take multiple attempts to find something that works. If you keep doing what’s not working, how will you ever find what does work? I think another key idea to remember is that whatever you’re doing now was a commitment you made
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Ben Brooks on Why You Should Ditch Your Laptop for an iPad Pro
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[Ben Brooks on Why You Should Ditch Your Laptop for an iPad Pro](https://brooksreview.net/2019/11/why-you-should-ditch-your-laptop-for-ipad-pro/). Here are a few of my highlights. > Why do people care about battery life? Who needs to carry a charger? These are the basic questions I find myself thinking about now that I have been on an iPad Pro for four
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Lightweight Hack to Get Attention Back When You Need It
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[Nice lightweight hack to get some attention back from your devices when it’s crucial you focus](https://www.calnewport.com/blog/2019/12/06/the-advice-i-gave-my-students/). > I suggested that my students try this for one week while studying for their exams. I further suggested that they actually record on a calendar or in a journal whether or not they succeeded in following the rule
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Friday Notes 082 – December 6 2019
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Last Friday I got a new 4K monitor in after 10 years with an HD Dell UltraSharp. I figured it was a good investment as I have been doing more video work and that’s all in 4K. I also had a child spill hot chocolate all over themselves while wearing white…twice in the same night.
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Good Things Are Hard and Have High Failure Rates, We Should Still Try
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If we made all our decisions based on the actually odds of success, we’d rarely attempt anything risk or achieve anything significant. – Late Bloomers 212 Many of the freelancer’s that were my “peers” when I started aren’t freelancing anymore. Sure we see a few that have built companies instead, but I’m not counting them
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Add WHY to Your Bullet Journal Tasks
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I like the why question in this Bullet Journal video. Do you ever ask yourself why you’re doing the things you do in the day?
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Ryder Carroll on Adding Journaling to Your Bullet Journal
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I use a Bullet Journal and include long form journaling right inline with my tasks for the day. In fact, it’s mostly a log of what I’ve done that day and how I felt about it. If you’re interested in doing some journaling in your notebook here is a good video one way to do
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On Getting Kids Out Playing
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Lena Aburdene Derhally writing for Washington Post Because we have become such a work- and results-driven society, free, unscheduled play for children has taken a back seat. In fact, since 1955, free play has been declining. She goes on to talk about some good tips for getting your kids outside. One thing I think she
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Keychron K2 Review With iPadOS
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In my quest for a new keyboard the Keychron K2 is my second stop, with the Akko 3068 being the first attempt at finding a nice mechanical keyboard. After making a mistake about operating system support in the Akko purchase, I wanted to be sure that whatever my second purchase was, I knew without a
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Notifications Slice Into the Family Cocoon
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Although the barrier between work and the-rest-of-life has been eroding steadily, it’s taken the smartphone to shatter it altogether. Her incessant buzzing — Check me! Check me! It just might be important! — slices into our family cocoon. – For Better or for Work I’m starting to do research into a new book project and
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