Reading Time: < 1 min You likely have plans to start doing something soon. Perhaps it’s eating better, exercising, blogging more often, starting a new side hustle — it could be any number of things. You could wait “until I’m less busy”, or wait for a certain time (Jan 1 is very popular for that), but those are both likely […]
The Sunday Summary: Mysteries vs puzzles, outrage, and wonderful tailwinds
Reading Time: < 1 min In an effort to help me keep up with everything I post each week, here is my latest “Sunday Summary” of my posts from the week. Mon, May 29: People are mysteries, not puzzlesI never really thought about the difference between a “mystery” and a “puzzle”, but Mónica Guzmán had some nice examples in her […]
Too much thankfulness can backfire
Reading Time: < 1 min It would seem to reason that if you show someone gratitude for work they did, more gratitude and thankfulness would be a good thing. It might be, but not always. An example of this came from a recent post I saw on Reddit (though the image has since been removed). A woman received a very […]
Be thankful for tailwinds
Reading Time: < 1 min As humans, we tend to be more aware of challenges in our lives and less aware of places where we’ve had unearned help along the way. A common example of this is with referees in sporting events. The majority of people will notice when the refs make a bad call that hurts their team, but […]
The “truth” about that “great opportunity”
Reading Time: 2 min Kevin Kelly’s “Excellent Advice for Living” had a lot of great snippets in it, and these two seemed to go hand-in-hand. First, he shared: Actual great opportunities will not have “Great Opportunities” in the subject line. I probably get 10 of these a day, with companies offering us a “great opportunity” to partner with them. […]
Don’t choose outrage
Reading Time: < 1 min We all know people that view the world through different lenses. Some see the positive side in everything, others see the negative. While some of that is due to circumstance (you lost a job, lost a spouse, etc), most of it is just a choice. Kevin Kelly suggests in his latest book that you should […]
You could leave life right now
Reading Time: 2 min If you read much from the stoics (which I’ve done a bit, but not a lot so far), they tend to focus on a few key concepts. One is to let your decisions be led by logic instead of emotions, but they also push you to take a long world view. I stole part of […]
People are mysteries, not puzzles
Reading Time: < 1 min I never considered the difference between a “mystery” and a “puzzle”, but Mónica Guzmán laid it out nicely in her book “I Never Thought of It That Way“. She said: “People are mysteries, not puzzles. This means we can never be sure about them. But we can always be curious.” This sparks a few thoughts […]
The Sunday Summary: Scams, parents, your name, and 20 years of WordPress
Reading Time: 2 min In an effort to help me keep up with everything I post each week, I’m going to start writing a “Sunday Summary” of my posts from the week. My hope is that taking an extra look at these posts will help solidify the ideas in my head a bit more, and I hope you find […]
20 years of WordPress
Reading Time: 2 min It feels hard for me to believe, but today is the 20th anniversary of the first release of WordPress (you can see the initial announcement here). The story of WordPress actually began earlier, with a project called b2/cafelog in 2001. It was a similar product that was essentially abandoned by its creators, so Matt Mullenweg […]