Bullshit
As I mentioned recently, I talk a lot about procrastination and distraction because that’s currently my big stumbling block. Judging by the comments on those posts, I’m not alone. But why are we such chronic procrastinators? Lately, I’ve been trying to identify why I feel the urge to click away from what I should be [...]
Continue reading about 11 Reasons You Always Procrastinate (and How to Stop)
I’m a process-based person. I love lists. I also love a good curriculum, because I thrive on following directions (or improvising my way past them) and on meeting or exceeding other people’s expectations. So, last night, I did something shocking — to me, anyway. I removed Sports Illustrated from my bookmarks toolbar. For Want of [...]
Continue reading about Why I’m Ruthlessly Downsizing My Life
Normally, I don’t care when I get followed by Twitter spam accounts, because Twitter is the one social media platform where users are still basically in control of their own attention. As long as I don’t follow a spammer back, I run very little risk of ever having to see their pointless b.s. in my [...]
I’m guilty. I don’t really read for pleasure anymore, and rarely for insight. Instead, I skim, in the vain hope that I’ll stumble across a piece of information that’s worth paraphrasing and sharing with my followers. This makes me less of an audience member and more like a member of a relay team, who’s more [...]
Continue reading about Are We the Generation That Destroyed the Concept of Communication?
“So, what do you do?” Man, do I hate that question. Granted, I ask it all the time, but that’s because I’m genuinely interested in what other people do for a living. But when someone else asks me that same question, I have to fight the urge to change the subject immediately in order to [...]
