Don’t Rush – On Books, Late Bloomers, and Leisurely Thought
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Much of our world slips by us, a list of posts ephemerally floating past our eyes where we dip in to a flow without taking ownership of what we consume. To counteract that we can take ownership by saying no to a digital existence and instead seeing how valuable the physical is and embracing it.
Chase Jarvis and the Myth of the Self-Made Creator
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Next month’s book is The Case Against the Sexual Revolution. Join the book club to get all the posts. This month we read Never Play it Safe by Chase Jarvis. Jarvis’ premise is that the best stuff in life lives just outside your comfort zone. While comfort isn’t bad, and can lead to a good
Writing Tools, Boredom Wins, and Average is Okay
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While one may want to write quickly with ideas flowing from a never ending well that is revolutionary, this is not the case for anyone. This week we’ll take a short look at some tools for publishing books, why boredom matters if you want to have good thoughts, and how mediocrity is likely far better
Bridging Analogue and Digital Notes
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The Obsidian Note Codes plugin does an interesting thing to bridge your digital and physical notes by producing a 4 letter code for a note which you can write down to reference that note in a notebook.
Make Blogging Easy
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I’m banging this drum again, your threads should be a blogpost and you should be blogging. If you’ve thought about it here are some tips from a 20 year blog veteran to help you get started.
Constraints are the Antidote to the Toxicity of Hustle Culture
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We live in an age of abundance. An age where you can order almost anything you want online and have it delivered in a few days to your doorstep. If you live in a major city you don’t even have to wait a few days, your momentary desire for longer metal straws can be fulfilled
Writing in the Age of Endless Options and Bad Advice on how to be Productive
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The abundance we live in should mean that we have time to write, read, or do whatever we want. For many though under the abundance lurks the truth that they want to be a famous author, not go through the pain and sacrifice of writing. When the rubber meets the road, doom scrolling is what
Librarians are Superheroes
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Yes, this can be America because some Americans like fascism and only want you to have the freedom to do the things that they approve of.
Focus on What You Want to Build, Not Who Notices
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By many metrics we live in an attention economy now, where every big company wants to monopolize every moment of our lives so that we spend that moment enthralled in whatever makes them money. They don’t care about what you want to spend your time on. In fact this attention economy is all about ensuring
It’s just a phone and I just don’t care
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Today I found out that Apple has new iPhones because Chris wrote about it. Now I’ve looked at them and I just don’t care. My 13 Mini still serves its purpose without issue. I don’t care about Apple Intelligence and I’d rather have a mirrorless camera if I’m looking for a better camera. My wife
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