๐ค "What are you babbling about?" On trying something because it feels good to try, without getting too caught up in the desired outcome.
๐๏ธ (Un)productive Hobbies The arc of my life, in terms of productivity, is a strange one. I think I've been missing something along the way. A comfortable upbringing found me apathetic, happy enough with average grades and better than average friendships that I felt little ambition to really try. Then I
๐ง Where Is My Mind With your feet on the air and your head on the ground, try this trick and spin it, yeah Your head will collapse, if there's nothing in it, and you'll ask yourself Where is my mind? It's safe to assume Pixies (I really wanted
๐ Let Yourself Get Distracted One of the most common words I use in these pages is "focus," so what I'm about to say might sound odd: I firmly believe that you should let yourself get distracted (sometimes). The Global Obsession with Focus At bottom, I use this blog to explore
๐ Optimizing for Profit When you create, when you introduce parts of your weird and unique self into the world, can you avoid the temptation to immediately optimize your content for profit? An important thing to state at the outset: there is nothing inherently wrong about making money through a creative pursuit. Much of
Cross-Pollinating Productivity What can we learn from going outside our industry and examining how folks in very different fields get things done? Iโm starting to think that the answer is: quite a bit. It's common to talk about breakdowns in communication and workflow within an organization. If sales isnโ