All theories of akrasia converge where the rubber meets the road. Daniel Reeves, Beeminder I promise I didn’t start all this intending to go on a multi-week productivity rant. And yet here I am with the follow-up to last week’s follow-up. This will be the last in this chain for a while, I promise! Once …
I am a weasel. Beeminder, Goal Settings Given that this is Holy Week and I worked 4 10s so that I could be up in Dallas to see my brother, who I haven’t seen in years, this week’s article is going to be a bit shorter. Instead of exploring any new ideas, I want to …
Calluses and character? They go hand in hand. Amoila Cesar, 6 Weeks of the Work Confession time. I have horrible discipline. “But Tom,” you gasp in abject wonder, “how could that be true if you’re putting up another weekly article? A whole TWO WEEKS IN A ROW!?” The world is full of enigmas, yes, I …
You can’t live with such fears and keep on whistling. The waiting builds up in you like a tide. You start wanting it to be done with. You find yourself saying to the sky, Just do it. Do your worst. Get it over with. Margaret Atwood, The Year of the Flood I’d like to tell …
You can, you should, and if you’re brave enough to start, you will. Stephen King, On Writing: A Memoir of the Craft This site is garbage. I know it, you know it. This is my first foray into WordPress – I have no idea what I’m doing. I was in a rush to get something …
Thanks for stopping by to check out my site. What exactly is it, you ask? Well, that’s probably harder to say than it should be. In the most abstract sense I suppose it’s a commitment. A commitment to you, my readers and accountability partners, and to myself. There’s something about exposing a plan to sunlight …
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