Peter Jones

Reminders of my Why

Twenty years. That's how long it has been since I graduated from medical school. It blows my mind. In so many ways, I find it difficult to believe that so many years have passed. There are times when it feels like medical school was only yesterday. Moments of

Weekend Wrap 4/12/2026

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. This week's wrap is coming

The Wrong Resource

We've all been told a lie. We've been told, likely our entire lives, that productivity is all about getting more done in the time we have. Maybe even in less time. Stephen Covey (The 7 Habits of Highly Effective People and First Things First) and David

Weekend Wrap 4/5/2026

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 This week was another big one,

Gentle Refinement Month 4 — First Quarter Recap

Another month has come and gone, the first quarter of 2026 now behind us. It is crazy how fast it seems to have gone. I've had three months to work on refinements, and now comes the big question: How did it go? First, let's do a

Weekend Wrap 3/29/3036

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 Look, new music from Neurosis is

Forcing Work

If you need to force yourself to work, you're working on the wrong thing. -Dan Koe: "The 80-Hour Myth" I'm just going to say it: this is bullshit. I honestly don't remember this article. But at some point, I saved this (and

Weekend Wrap 3/22/2026

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. I mean, seriously. Holy

Weekend Wrap 3/15/2026

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 Years ago, Lamb of God released

A Dusty and Dry Well

I am having one such season. And I don't know that I could tell anyone why. The truth is, lately at least, my creative well feels dry. Empty. I lower the bucket, the rope reaching its limit. I feel it hit the bottom, a hollow thud echoing back

Weekend Wrap 3/09/2026

Weekend Wrap 2026-03-15 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've

Gentle Refinement Month 3—A Creative Dashboard

It’s time. Maybe it is even a little past time. But the time has arrived to begin work on my next refinement. Before I jump into this month's plan, though, I want to briefly look back at last month. A Nightly Routine I'll just put

Weekend Wrap 3/01/2026

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 It's funny. Thrash metal

Weekend Wrap 2/22/2026

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 I’ve long been a fan

Weekend Wrap 2/15/2026

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 There is just something different about

Capturing Everything—A Shortcut to Mental Clarity

A shortcut to mental clarity "This consistent, unproductive preoccupation with all the things we have to do is the single largest consumer of time and energy." (David Allen, Getting Things Done) I read Getting Things Done by David Allen. There was a lot of it I found unhelpful.

Weekend Wrap 2/08/2026

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 Anyone who knows me in any

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