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Writing
Fresh ideas about craft, clarity, creativity, and personal growth, as well as updates on my projects, media recommendations, and links to all the weird and delightful things I find on the internet.
Shut up, you
Been using the app Streaks for close to a year. I know this because I borrowed the idea for a “Don’t Die” habit from @hotdogsladies, and that one is closing in on 365. Habit tracking is about building habits, right? Obviously. You want to read more, so you make “Read for 5 Minutes” a habit, … continue
No. 62 | Seven reasons I might want a house again?
A spooky old bank or post office or something would be rad. Some place the Scooby Doo Mystery Machine might roll up on.
Unambiguously mine
My book is in print now. Available in print, anyway. Print on demand. I have a printed copy. (I don’t want to get “you wrote a text”-ed about my book and its relationship to paper. But I digress.) I did not know this was going to happen when I agreed to write for the Briefs … continue
Talking to myself to others
The recording is up from my How to Get the Writing Done webinar this week for Gather Content. I think it’s a good one. Leading a one-to-many webinar is a strange affair. Me, alone in my office, wearing a headset, talking out loud at what I hope is a normal volume to an audience of … continue
No. 61 | Seven ingredients I can’t stand (food, art, otherwise)
If you mix any of these ingredients into your art/food/show/deal/thing, in any amount, I will politely say thank you, no.
Showing up in Seattle
Just back from Interaction 19, a big design conference held in Seattle this year. I gave my How to Get the Writing Done talk on Thursday in the Cinerama, a lovely theatre space with an intimidatingly-large screen. I almost didn’t go. Thought about canceling when Mom died in December. I didn’t know what kind of … continue
The machine knows what we fear
Do you ever have that thing where you hear or say a word while you’re typing and you accidentally type that exact word? That happened to me on Facebook the other day. Can’t remember what I was trying to search for but I heard the word “photos” and typed that in instead. The suggestions for … continue
No. 60 | Seven good subreddits
If you’re not using Reddit, I mean, don’t, probably? Read books or something. But if you’re going to use it, here are my recommendations for seven good subreddits.
A good little start
Gratitude journals seem to work wonders for folks. It’s not quite my bag but I am always trying to notice, to at least tell myself in the moment: this is good. Today? Now? My day is off to a good little start, and I am grateful. It’s above zero and the sun is shining, which … continue