The first day of the new year should feel more exciting and big. But it never has for me. Nothing of consequence has ever happened. It’s always just another day in my life. I do stay up until midnight, whether I’m at home or out with friends, but it seems I’m missing out on the […]
The winter rains are finally over, and summer’s peeking around the corner. We don’t do spring in Northern California, or at least I skip it in my head. The coldest month here is usually February, and the chill bleeds into March, sometimes through April. Then the kids are out of school in what May, then […]
My father-in-law came over to visit yesterday, and funny how that works; we got the house pretty clean in no time! Throughout the week, the house has been a mess. Especially so, since the kids were home for spring break. There was more than the regular clutter of stuff where nothing gets put away in […]
The kids are back to school tomorrow after being home for ten days for their spring break. TEN. I need a break now. We did some fun stuff with them on some days. I felt a little guilty that I couldn’t take time off but I was just in Mexico last week for a work […]
And I’m back. Getting back on the ship and writing for another 30 days straight. The last time I succeeded was in 2021, and I did three stints of this. It felt really good. I’ve been meaning to get back to writing and publishing again. I do write to myself – I journal or randomly […]
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 […]