I Willed Myself To Write This Post
As with most self-help texts (that’s another term for a book, not a short message you type out on your phone and send to your friends without fixing the mistakes autocorrect caused) out there, the meat of Benjamin Hardy’s book Willpower Doesn’t Work could probably be condensed to about 20 pages without impacting the message one …
Set Tiny Goals To Accomplish Anything
I have more project ideas and things to write about now than at any other time in my life. But I can’t seem to get very many of them done or even started. I look through my notes every day and think, this is a good idea. I’ll start on that today. But by the …
No More Sundays
For several months now I’ve been posting something to the blog every day of the week. I’ve made it a point to create something (prose, poem, drawing, photograph) new every day and share it. But lately I’ve been feeling like weekend posting is too much. Even something good like writing can benefit from a disruption …
Just Write Something
Over the years I’ve written prose, short fiction and poetry. But consistently writing, refining and finishing pieces has always been a struggle for me. Sometimes I’m inspired. The words just come to me. Or my first draft says exactly what I wanted it to say and in the way I wanted to say it. However, …
Stop Putting Things Off, Start Getting Things Done
Have you ever put something off for days, months or maybe years before buckling down and getting it done? Or maybe you never finished it even though you can and probably should? Sometimes circumstances force you to get them done. For example, at the last house we lived in I kept intending to remodel the …
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Great Ideas Are Hard to Come By
When I get a great idea for a project that would be satisfying to complete, my first reaction is often to shelve it and not start. Two things drive this: An unfulfilled idea means I still have the potential to finish it. If I start on it, I might find I lack the motivation and …
The Integrated Developer’s Environment
I was home sick from work the other day and had plenty of time to think. It occured to me that whenever I go in to the office I am very productive almost immediately. When I’m home, I tend to have little enthusiasm for programming. When I attempt to program at home I’m usually nowhere …