The Duality of Purpose and Work
Posted: September 25, 2020 |#Purpose #Inspiration
PART ONE: HAVING FAITH IN GRAND DREAMS. Understanding the why of the work is the most important thing that’s needed when starting out. It’s so easy to become discouraged when you’re in the the thick of the weeds, when you need to do difficult or tedious. Motivation and discipline to... Read more!
My Writing Process
Posted: August 27, 2020 |#Productivity #Planning #Writing
Five Steps to Go From Brainstorming to Completed Work Let’s get down to the bare bones to start with: Prepare yourself and focus. Brainstorm and allow yourself to have bad ideas. Outline a thesis. Draft and edit. Cut the non-essential. Now, let’s expand on these ideas… Today is the third... Read more!
Disrupting the Attention-based Economy
Posted: July 26, 2020 |#Productivity #Habits
When you wake up in the morning and get out of bed — or even before you get out of bed — what’s the first thing that grabs your attention? Whatever it is, it’s going to be responsible for your first thoughts of the day. Throughout the rest of your day, you’ll be faced... Read more!
Creating a Contingency Plan
Posted: June 28, 2020 |#Planning #Productivity #Writing
Failure is Important Last month, I had the idea to write an article each day for the month. How long did that last? Only five days. No matter how you look at it, that is failure. And it’s not just about the fact I didn’t manage to beat the challenge,... Read more!
6 Ways to Achieve New Things
Posted: May 29, 2020 |#Goals #Habits #Inspiration
Getting back on your horse, no matter how many times you’ve fallen off. Project Journal Bar In my last post, I talked about the struggles and failures I’ve faced the past few years. I’ve been thinking about how to tackle my short-comings and problems to solve a single, relatively-simple issue... Read more!
Getting Unstuck for Creatives
Posted: October 30, 2019 |#Creativity #Inspiration #Habits
Taking a novel approach to life and breaking routines Okay, let’s be real. I’ve found myself totally trapped in the habitual daily acts that’ve sprung up thanks to COVID-19, and I’m sure that I’m not alone in that. The lack of travelling different places, meeting new people, having any sort... Read more!
Markdown Syntax Preview
Posted: October 1, 2019 |#Jekyll #Markdown
Philosophy Markdown is intended to be as easy-to-read and easy-to-write as is feasible. Readability, however, is emphasized above all else. A Markdown-formatted document should be publishable as-is, as plain text, without looking like it’s been marked up with tags or formatting instructions. While Markdown’s syntax has been influenced by several... Read more!
Markdown Test
Posted: April 28, 2018 |#Jekyll
You can write regular markdown here and Jekyll will automatically convert it to a nice webpage. I strongly encourage you to take 5 minutes to learn how to write in markdown - it’ll teach you how to transform regular text into bold/italics/headings/tables/etc. Here is some bold text Here is a... Read more!