The reason I publish five blog posts a week is because it gets me to write five blog posts a week.
Otherwise, I wouldn’t. There are always more important or urgent things to do — like mowing the lawn. And sleep.
I know not everyone operates this way, and not everyone has to, but for me, publishing is the catalyst of creation. I publish so that the ideas show up.
Read MoreShortly after I returned home from a semester spent closing my school out-of-state, I was struck by a realization.
It was a Sunday morning and I was walking to the local high school to meet up with a new friend for tennis. Standing there in the sunshine, I made a fundamental identity shift.
I said to myself, “S**t! I’m a writer!”
Read MoreI wanted to start a YouTube channel. Here’s the story of why I didn’t (or, why I haven’t yet!), and maybe it can give you an aha for a project you’re stuck on.
It was the summer of 2020 and, like everyone else, I was kind of down and bored and looking for something to do. So I thought I would start a YouTube channel to teach people how to play music by ear.
Read MoreA friend’s infant is learning to creep.
Engaging every muscle he can, he propels his body along the floor to reach a toy, encouraged by both of his parents. The strain shows on his face and can be heard in his grunts and cries.
And then, just as he is about to reach the toy, his father nudges it a few inches back.
Read MoreI took up tennis a few summers ago because I didn’t know how to win.
Whenever I was up, whether in an actual game or in a real-life circumstance, I would slow down.
And whenever I was down, I would hang in there too long without taking decisive action, tell myself it was okay, or give up.
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