“If an obligation is taking up too much time: I quit. No one really cares what you do on a small scale. In the end, you’re judged on your large-scale...
Happiness—we’re all after it, but how do we really find it? Related post: Life Without Envy I recently came across this study and want to summarize it—mainly for myself, but...
I recently came across a fascinating concept Cal Newport calls the “notebook fallacy.” It’s the idea that professional thinkers don’t obsessively track their ideas because the real work, the real...
Lately, I’ve been thinking about the usability of my notes, especially since I’ve started moving my personal content over to Day One, as I mentioned here and here. My knowledge...
Over the past three weeks of vacation, I’ve poured a lot of energy into organizing my journal in Day One. I wrote about this before , but my journey with Day...
Previous Log: November 2024 I plan to continue these logs in 2025. They’ve become a useful way to gather everything I’ve read, watched, and how I’ve spent my time in...
I think I may start logging what I’ve watched and read on a monthly basis as a record. I’ll keep it as simple as possible—a straightforward log of everything I’ve...
Previous Log: October 2024 I’m adding this a few days late, but thankfully, Pika allows us to adjust dates, so I can keep this log just the way I want...
For years, I’ve had this pattern, and it wasn’t until recently that I truly recognized it. It started when we were renting and living internationally. Each time we moved into...
Lately, I’ve been reflecting on our (my) obsession with capturing ideas, especially in an age where it's easier than ever to jot down notes, snap screenshots, and save articles for...
As I wrote in this post,at the end of every year, I sit down to reflect and prepare for the next. It’s a tradition I started years ago, and it...
Recently I read a book called Storyworthy by Matthew Dicks. The idea of Homework for Life really stuck with me. The concept is simple: at the end of every day,...
“Jealousy is always a mask for fear: fear that we aren’t able to get what we want; frustration that somebody else seems to be getting what is rightfully ours even...
(last updated: Dec 2024) Recently, I stumbled upon this list of people posting their app defaults and realized it might be nice to create a more concise version of my...
(Oct 2024 Edition) I use a range of tools for different tasks because, let’s face it, no single tool does everything perfectly. After years of experimenting with various tools, organizing...
This is probably the fifth iteration of my blog, where I’m moving some of the old posts. I feel the need to share this, even if it’s a bit embarrassing....
As 2025 draws near, I’ve been focusing on consolidating my online life—what I’m doing, writing, and where I’m spending/investing my energy. Ideally, I’d love this blog to be like those...
And some of my favorite self-help books. I spent years deep in the world of self-improvement books, reading everything from productivity hacks to guides on how to shape a better...
These precious, normal days…they are comforting and predictable, and sometimes I wonder if we are doing enough, if we should be doing more - if there should be more adventure or...
Lately, I found myself drifting back toward personal essays and nonfiction that isn’t trying to “fix” me. I even picked up fiction again—and joined two book clubs at that. Even...
I’ve had Day One on and off since its beginning. At first, I used it briefly, but it felt clunky, and I didn’t like being limited to one photo per...
The scarcity mentality has held me back from so much I’ve wanted to do. I act from a place of scarcity when I take a job that doesn’t match my skills...
“"If we would only give, just once, the same amount of reflection to what we want to get out of life that we give to the question of what to...
“But the child does not want to get anywhere; he just wants to walk, and to help him truly the adult must follow the child, and not expect him to...