In Defense of Single-Function Devices – And Resurrecting My Own
It took the threat of a software update disabling my Kindle for me to start coming back around to single-function devices and stepping further away from my phone.
Tag self improvement
Morning Ride – A Trip to the Lake
Today I reluctantly get out the door for an early morning ride. I'm rewarded with a much improved headache and some more beautiful imagery.
Weekly Update: Time Management, Algorithm Avoidance, and This Week’s Reading
A bit of a bumpy start to March's cycle training but otherwise time management is going better. Meanwhile I have thoughts about the insidious ways AI playlists are training us. I end with a link dump of some of the interesting things I've read recently.
March Sanity: Fighting Chaos Wolf and Time Leaks
This month I'm trying, yet again, to wrest my daily activities from the control of Chaos Wolf, close time leaks and get back on track.
Why Are We Here?
We all came to the Internet and social media for something. Most of us seemed to get what we wanted for a while but now many of us are sticking around platforms out of inertia even as they get worse. What am I doing instead?
Reframing Goal-setting for Flexibility
In today's entry I talk about my goals for 2026 - but also about the need to not put all one's eggs in one basket but to eat a few along the way to sustain yourself.
My Brain is a Liar
I'm an expert at dithering and finding excuses to avoid doing something I know will make me feel good. Yesterday not only did I push through it - I made video proof for my future self to capture just how wrong I was about what a chilly autumn ride would be.
Brick by Brick: Week 7 & 8
Shifting gears again I'm now moving from quantitative metrics that don't make sense to me to qualitative ones like: I had some nice bike rides, am reading interesting things and am feeling happier and sleeping better than before.
Brick by Brick: Week 6 Part 2 – The Details
Today I have so much energy I could go to work *and* write the rest of the entry I wanted to write yesterday about how my body responded to being sick. I owe much of it for being able to really take it easy for 10 days, living like our cat Squishy.
Brick by Brick Week 6: Good News / Bad News
While I intended to write a long post, COVID got in the way. I'm confident that more will come later as recovery is definitely well underway.