Honesty

Justin on December 5th, 2011

Before Thanksgiving, I quit doing social marketing for a living, but I haven’t transitioned to a new job yet.  Instead, I spent the past week not doing anything, on purpose. Sometimes not doing anything is exactly what I need to do so I can better understand what I want to be doing.  (I almost said [...]

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Justin on October 22nd, 2011

Well, not really. What I’m actually quitting is social marketing.  (There’s a difference.) But there’s also a reason. See, three months ago, I explained why I’m ruthlessly downsizing my life.  Although it was partly tongue-in-cheek, that post struck a nerve with a lot of people, and it made me realize that a lot of you [...]

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Justin on September 26th, 2011

One day, when I was a child, it occurred to me that there’s no way to know, without a doubt, that anyone else in my life was actually real.  What if they were all robots?  What if they were all aliens?  What if this was all just some sort of a game, or a dream, [...]

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Justin on September 14th, 2011

It really doesn’t take much to change your life. Sometimes it only takes 30 seconds. Sometimes it takes a shot or two of well-placed bluntness. Sometimes, it just takes a story. Earlier this year, Joe Posnanski shared this memory of Seve Ballesteros. Ballesteros was driving all over the course when he saw Ian Woosnam looking [...]

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Justin on August 31st, 2011

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 [...]

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