Essays
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
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Weekend Wrap
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
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
Essays
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
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&
Experiments
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
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
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
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
Experiments
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
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
Experiments
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