Essays
Manipulating the Environment: A Key to New Habits
Small changes have a significant impact. Sometimes, we just need to remove or add some friction to our day, and good things follow.
Peter Jones
Weekend Wrap
Weekend Wrap: When Life Gives you a Brick Wall
Sometimes life is tough. Sometimes we can't even pinpoint why. And so we persevere.
Weekend Wrap
Weekend Wrap: A Day Late, a Crushing Album Short
Each weekend, I like to pause, reflect, and look back on the past week. This isn't meant to be a deep dive or sweeping life philosophy—just a collection of things that caught my attention, made me think, brought me joy, or stayed with me in some way.
The Foundation
Social Isolation in a World of Maximum Connection
Social isolation is the next epidemic wreaking havoc on our lives. Or is it? Maybe we should connect with others for the right reasons: not because we have been frightened into it.
Weekend Wrap
Weekend Wrap: Fast Cars and Family Time
A family trip to Vegas: family time, an unexpected concert, and the fastest car I’ve ever driven. It’s Weekend Wrap time.
Weekend Wrap
Weekend Wrap: Loneliness Assuaged by Dungeons and Dragons
Each weekend, I like to pause, reflect, and look back on the past week. This isn't meant to be a deep dive or sweeping life philosophy—just a collection of things that caught my attention, made me think, brought me joy, or stayed with me in some way.
Weekend Wrap
Weekend Wrap: A Time of Change, a Time to Balance
Summer is an interesting and somewhat difficult time of change, of balance, of evolution, and I'm finding myself feeling pulled in multiple directions.
The Well
A Half-Century of Life
50 years is a long time. I feared it, but have decided to embrace it. For so many reasons.
Weekend Wrap
Weekend Wrap: Celebrating Milestones, Creating Modern Radio
A year older, celebrating 28 years with my wife, and building a new app to mimic old-school radio. It's been a fun and fascinating week.
Weekend Wrap
Weekend Wrap: A Return to Normalcy
Returning to work brings highs and lows. Being trapped in a metal tube means lots of time for bad movies. This week, I share thoughts about both.
The Practice
50 Thoughts After Traveling to London
I loved my time in England. In some way, it was good to come home. In others, I was sad to leave. And while I would love to share deep thoughts from my travels, I am pretty dang jet-lagged. Brain not working at full capacity. So, I thought it
Weekend Wrap
Weekend Wrap: London Calls, we Answer
A trip across the pond isn’t a big deal for most people. For me, it is a sign something major has changed inside me.