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Computers don’t sleep: The never-ending workday

Leave a Comment / November 5, 2019

Well, you know, sometimes it’s just hard to end the day, because over the course of the day I’m starting to build up work, starting to get things done, and then now it’s getting on to the late evening, and it’s time to go to sleep and start working again tomorrow. Once again, a very […]

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How to establish a new habit: Think of it like brushing your teeth

Leave a Comment / November 4, 2019

Well, I recently just brushed my teeth and I feel very refreshed and clean. Do you ever hear people talk about how good it feels to brush their teeth? Do they feel it’s important enough to let you know that they’ve recently brushed their teeth? How often does this come up in conversation? How did

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Steady measured work vs deep dive obsession

Leave a Comment / November 3, 2019

So once again, like so much of what this process seems to be about, is the idea of balancing two opposites and calibrating, making adjustments, finding the right mix of two opposite things. And so much about life seems to be based on that. It’s finding that balance point between too hot, too cold, too

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Feeling boxed in: Fear sets the limits

Leave a Comment / November 2, 2019

So today I got my first ever viewer request for a topic, and the request that came in: “You should do one called the fears you don’t face become your limits.” And this sentence intrigued me. I asked for more information. He said, “So many people don’t do things to better themselves in their lives

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Painfully boring meaningless drudgery

Leave a Comment / November 1, 2019

Well, as I hear the winds howling outside blowing away the last of the warm season, as we get ready to bring in November and the dark, cold winter, it’s a good time to remind myself and anybody listening that there is no way around drudgery. There’s always going to be mundane drudgery, uninspired, boring.

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Letting the moment pass: Life only happens once

Leave a Comment / October 30, 2019

[…] I couldn’t possibly believe that this was really happening. It didn’t seem real. And I hesitated, took too long, and went into this sort of passive observer state. Instead of somehow putting down my phone and reaching for the ball, I just sort of stunned as this ball came closer, and it hit on

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Anxiety antidote: Attack anxiety with action

Leave a Comment / October 29, 2019

So one of those big words that looms so large over the modern world is anxiety. It’s this strange, nebulous, unclear, fuzzy thing that doesn’t have any exact form, that sort of hangs like a cloud over our minds. It’s a sense of discomfort, unease, apprehension, fear, but without a clear cause, without a clear

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Creating meaning together: The spirit of community

Leave a Comment / October 29, 2019

So my goal here with this project is really to build a community. These recordings, these vlogs, are just here to get things started, and to help me develop my ideas, but my main goal is not about me sharing my ideas. It is about building a community. So why? Why have a community for

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Simple isn’t easy: The complexity of being simple

Leave a Comment / October 28, 2019

You know, so much about what I’m trying to do here comes down to the complexities of being simple. The goal of a meaningful life, having a meaningful life myself, helping others to work together towards this goal: it really is a very simple thing, I believe. I don’t believe we need to do anything

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Every improvement has a price: Holding on to stuff

Leave a Comment / October 27, 2019

So this is Halloween night, the Saturday night before Halloween, and if you can see this costume, I have a hat, an old-time hat, actually my grandfather’s hat, and my grandfather’s tie, and I’m holding a little magnifying glass, which together will tell you that I am a detective. So this is my go-to Halloween

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