For the last two weeks I cut out all of the social media I use: twitter, facebook, and reddit, as well as a few other distracting websites. The results have been interesting. First up, it wasn’t as hard as I thought it would be. Leading up to the cutoff date, I found myself getting more […]
Entry Number 2531 in the list of all the ways we get stuck: not knowing how to move forward. To unlock the next step, spend some time learning. Be focused about it, and purposeful. I was stuck with Cue, as I’m reworking the backend to use Firebase, rather than Blockstack. It’s an important step towards […]
Focus Some will tell you that you must be singularly focused on one thing. I disagree. Kind of. Focus is awesome, and when you get really deep in a project it’s hard to imagine working on anything else. You’re in a state of flow. But (There’s always a but) Why Not One? When you’re not […]
Whatever you think of Jordan Peterson, his 12 Rules For Life is a good example of someone taking the time to lay out the principles by which they believe a good life is lived. And so, I’ve started doing the same, with plans to share my X rules for life with my kids, as they […]
School season is almost upon us. That means summer vacations are wrapping up, fall sports are kicking off, school clothes shopping is happening, and school schedules are making their way into kids hands. All of that can get a little overwhelming. And not just for the kids. Us parents get to manage it all. While, […]
Part two is here. Yesterday, I shared a challenge my friend has with planning. She spends hours trying to make sure her plans are perfect in order to optimize her time. Which of course, means she’s not optimizing her time. But on to another challenge she has. Part of her attempts to optimize her time […]
That’s what a friend told me recently. And it was true. She had just spent hours trying to plan out the coming week. You see, school is almost upon us, and she was trying to get all her kids ready: clothes, school supplies, freshman orientation, fall sports kicking off, etc. The list of things to […]
This email is not about you. It is about Cue’s daily planning feature. Not about your daily planning workflow. With that out of the way, let’s dive in. The core of the feature is the distinction between planning mode and doing mode. In planning mode you’re looking at two lists: the one you’re planning for […]
It’s Sunday. That means it’s time to plan the week. If you’re doing your daily planning each day, and using a tickler, you’ve already got a week’s worth of stuff laid out in front of you. Well, you did the first time through anyway. But after a week of daily planning, you’ve moved most of […]
Nathan Barry, a fellow Boise resident and founder of ConvertKit, has a few mantras that really resonate with me. Most have become values that are listed on ConvertKit’s mission page. Though it’s been a slow journey, I’ve gradually learned to “Create Every Day”. I’m also trying to get better at teaching what I know. But […]