
Budgets, Habits, and Exercise – Tied Together
It took over thirty years but I’m finally getting a handle on spending as well as both my good and bad habits – all using one system. Continue reading Budgets, Habits, and Exercise – Tied Together
It took over thirty years but I’m finally getting a handle on spending as well as both my good and bad habits – all using one system. Continue reading Budgets, Habits, and Exercise – Tied Together
It’s been almost a week now where I’ve worked to avoid being fed material via algorithm – let’s see how that went, shall we? First off, as I’m still dealing with COVID, albeit minor symptoms today, my desire to connect … Continue reading Week One: Avoiding the Algorithm
On Friday night Daegan wasn’t feeling well and was worried he might have COVID. For the first time we opened our rapid tests to do one. And let me tell you – I’m not sure about other brands but the … Continue reading COVID Arrived
In the early 90’s, Sage and I were in our early twenties and in many senses, the epitome of “Young and Foolish”. We lived in response to our whims and mostly our whims told us to either go out to … Continue reading Experiment Start: Avoiding the Algorithm
I’m only a few days into 2023 and I’m noticing a real attitude of exploration. Instead of traveling the world, I’m traveling inside myself and finding better ways to do the things I like and that matter to me. One … Continue reading The Math of Motivation and the Denominator of Discomfort
Though I do have my creative side, at my heart I can be pretty analytical. My ten weeks of tracking habits versus mood should have been a bit of an indication to those not already in the know. But these … Continue reading Mathing my way out of a funk
A few weeks ago I saw someone use the phrase “Behavioural Friction” on social media. I’m sure the idea’s been around for a long time and I know I’ve read lots of advice on how to use it to my advantage when I am working on trying to either build good habits or stamp out bad ones. But sometimes the right phrase at the right time just resonates and this was the time. Continue reading Playing with Behavioural Friction
After ten weeks of tracking habits I think will be useful in staying happy in my least favourite season against my mood day to day I’ve moved on to a new phase: Preparing for projects and building on what’s already … Continue reading The Winter Project Evolves
This week marks the end of the first stage of the project and a movement to a new stage based on my learnings to now. For ten weeks I’ve been tracking various metrics and habits that may or may not … Continue reading Working Toward Winter Happiness Week Ten
Well this has been quite the week. I’ve been all over the place when it comes to habits but added a few new practices as well. Did it have any effect? Let’s see! Goal 1 (Go outside 7/7 days) and … Continue reading Working Toward Winter Happiness: Week Nine