A Return to the Past—A Piece of Paper

Getting Back to Paper The point of the journey is not to arrive. -Neil Peart, from the song "Prime Mover" off the album Hold Your Fire It started as a complex query to Claude AI, from Anthropic. It ended with a piece of paper. And while I appreciate

Gentle Refinement Month 2—A Nightly Routine

Habits are like the entrance ramp to a highway. They lead you down a path and, before you know it, you’re speeding toward the next behavior.James Clear February has arrived, and with it, it is time for me to look at my next gentle refinement for the year.

Weekend Wrap 02/01/2026

Each weekend, I like to pause, reflect, and look back on the past week. This isn't a deep dive or grand reflection—just a quick review of a handful of things that brought me joy, made me think, or challenged me. Music My Kreator kick continues. And with

Weekend Wrap 1/25/2026

Each weekend, I like to pause, reflect, and look back on the past week. This isn't a deep dive or grand reflection—just a quick review of a handful of things that brought me joy, made me think, or challenged me. Music Holy crap, have I been asleep

Weekend Wrap 1/18/2026

Each weekend, I like to pause, reflect, and look back on the past week. This isn't a deep dive or grand reflection—just a quick review of a handful of things that brought me joy, made me think, or challenged me. Music Soen came to my attention with

Gentle Refinement Month 1: Exercise

Everything starts with vision. You have to see it before you can achieve it. You will never regret the time you spend to develop a very clear vision. -Arnold Schwarzenegger That is a yearly theme—a vision. A vision of where you see yourself in a month, a quarter, a

Weekend Wrap 1/11/2026

Each weekend, I like to pause, reflect, and look back on the past week. This isn't a deep dive or grand reflection—just a quick review of a handful of things that brought me joy, made me think, or challenged me. Music Sometimes I forget I added an

Replacing Resolutions with Themes

Linear goals breed competition and isolation. -Anne-Laure Le Cunff I've been forever scarred by the term "New Year's Resolutions." It’s true, I hate it. I hear the phrase, and I am instantly transported to cold Monday nights of my youth, gathered as a

End of Year Break

As the year wraps up, we all seem to get more and more busy. For many, it is a time of fun, family, and joy. For others, it is a difficult time, often bittersweet at best, and painful for many. For me, it is somewhere in between, but most certainly

The Myth of the Extraordinary Life

This week, I am skipping the Weekend Wrap and focusing on just one part of that. There hasn't been any new music, I'm playing the same games and reading the same books. But this quote, well, it demanded a little more than usual. “I’m so

Weekend Wrap 12/07/2025

Each weekend, I like to pause, reflect, and look back on the past week. This isn't a deep dive or grand reflection—just a quick review of a handful of things that brought me joy, made me think, or challenged me. I’ll blame it on coming off

Building a Database of Wisdom: Why Readwise is Invaluable

"Knowing is not enough; we must apply. Willing is not enough; we must do."Johann Wolfgang von Goethe We are surrounded by information. It comes at us from every angle. It is a boon of our modern era. It is also often a fallacy, a lie. And because

Weekend Wrap 11/30/2025

Each weekend, I like to pause, reflect, and look back on the past week. This isn't a deep dive or grand reflection—just a quick review of a handful of things that brought me joy, made me think, or challenged me. This past week was Thanksgiving. Over the

Weekend Wrap 11/23/2025

Each weekend, I like to pause, reflect, and look back on the past week. This isn't a deep dive or grand reflection—just a quick review of a handful of things that brought me joy, made me think, or challenged me. As the temperature drops and Christmas decorations

Weekend Wrap 11/16/2025

Each weekend, I like to pause, reflect, and look back on the past week. This isn't a deep dive or grand reflection—just a quick review of a handful of things that brought me joy, made me think, or challenged me. It was odd being back. Not bad

Seeking Task Management Utopia

The 80s were a weird time. Individualism and consumerism weren’t just growing; they were growing like a cancer—completely unchecked. If you wanted to keep up, you needed to have your act together. There was one sure-fire tool to help you do that: The Franklin Planner. That’s what

Weekend Wrap 11/09/2025

Each weekend, I like to pause, reflect, and look back on the past week. This isn't a deep dive or grand reflection—just a quick review of a handful of things that brought me joy, made me think, or challenged me. This past week involved a lot of

Weekend Wrap 11/02/2025

Each weekend, I like to pause, reflect, and look back on the past week. This isn't a deep dive or grand reflection—just a quick review of a handful of things that brought me joy, made me think, or challenged me. Lately, life seems to be unsteady. I

Weekend Wrap 10/26/2025

Each weekend, I like to pause, reflect, and look back on the past week. This isn't a deep dive or grand reflection—just a quick review of a handful of things that brought me joy, made me think, or challenged me. Music I have a complicated relationship with

Weekend Wrap 10/19/2025

Each weekend, I like to pause, reflect, and look back on the past week. This isn't a deep dive or grand reflection—just a quick review of a handful of things that brought me joy, made me think, or challenged me. This week, it's really starting

Weekend Wrap 10/12/2025

Each weekend, I like to pause, reflect, and look back on the past week. This isn't a deep dive or grand reflection—just a quick review of a handful of things that brought me joy, made me think, or challenged me. I feel drained these days. And I

Imperfect Progress: Finishing the 30-Day Habit Challenge

Habits are the entry point, not the end point. They are the cab, not the gym. —James Clear, in Atomic Habits Thirty days can pass in an instant. Before it begins, it seems like a reasonably long amount of time. Once done, it barely seems like anything at all. When

Weekend Wrap 10/05/2025

Each weekend, I like to pause, reflect, and look back on the past week. This isn't a deep dive or grand reflection—just a quick review of a handful of things that brought me joy, made me think, or challenged me. Music I became aware of Raphael Weinroth-Browne

Training to Write My Next Novel

As I read that, it seems obvious to me. But it wasn’t. My job forces lifelong learning. It’s part of what we do, with good reason. I have numerous resources available to help with my ongoing medical education. I don’t want just to learn medicine. There is

Weekend Wrap 9/28/2025

Each weekend, I like to pause, reflect, and look back on the past week. This isn't a deep dive or grand reflection—just a quick review of a handful of things that brought me joy, made me think, or challenged me. This week was one of challenges. The