I’m on my third week of Interstitial Journaling and I’m still at it. I’m a bit impressed with myself. I get distracted easily from important but non-urgent stuff. I mostly tend to do what needs to be done now than what needs to be done consistently. And usually, these urgent tasks are for other people, […]

I swore this month that I was going to go to bed early, like 9-o’clock early or somewhere close. It hasn’t happened yet. It’s been closer to midnight, either a bit before or a bit after. And what day is it today? Ok, we’re a week in. I can still do this. Good night, buddies.

Some Toby guy asked Cal Newport: “How do I improve my discipline? I have a problem sticking to my long-term plans.” Mr. Newport addressed this question on his YouTube channel after pausing for a bit. “I think of discipline as more of an identity that you develop, then I do an approach to a particular […]

My weekend went by again too fast. I didn’t get much done yesterday, Sunday, but I had a productive day on Saturday. Well, I worked out at home with weights. Then I walked outside alone, in the rain, for over 45 minutes. On my wet walk, I listened to a few podcasts for a few […]

I started Interstitial Journaling last week. I first read about it in Tony Stubblebine’s article on Medium. It’s reasonably easy to do: ”During your day, journal every time you transition from one work project to another. Write a few sentences in your journal about what you just did, and then a few more sentences about […]

[Or “Fuck you, holidays. I’m getting my life back!] I read somewhere a few days ago that Americans get ridiculous around the holidays. We start with too many sweets on Halloween. Then we stuff ourselves on Thanksgiving Day. We feast some more on Christmas and then get smashed on New Year’s Eve. This two-month binge […]