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Force Multipliers In Life
A force multiplier is something that increases effectiveness. The term has military origins — factors like high morale, advanced technology, or brilliant tactics could all be considered force...
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Protect Your External Brain
The day after Steve Jobs died our studio PowerMac started to show signs of failure. It wouldn’t shut down, it wouldn’t start up, kernel panics, etc. My first instinct when things are going to shit in...
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Working From Home – Six Ways To Bring Up Your Game
As a music producer/freelance database developer/blogger, most of my days are spent in my home office. I love working from home, and I hope I never have to “go in” on a regular basis again, but I...
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Results and Impressions of 3-Year “Life Vision” Planning Experiment
About three years ago I wrote a detailed essay envisioning what I would like my life to look like in three years. I included details about where I would be living, what my house and working spaces...
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A New Approach to Goal Setting (Introduction, and Reservations)
Over the last six months I’ve started using a new approach to goal-setting that I’ve found to be effective, enlivening, and motivating. I’m still ironing out the kinks in the system, but I’m far enough...
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How to Discover Your Life Purpose, Set a Primary Goal, and Stay On Track
In my last post I wrote about why I think setting goals is important. I addressed some of my own reservations regarding goal-setting. Is ambitious goal-setting selfish? Is it obnoxious and annoying to...
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Keeping a Daily Writing Log
Picture unrelated to post (except in a feeling kind of way) … mostly I’m just into the photography of Luis Hernandez right now. Recently I read two posts that approach the same problem from different...
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The KonMari Method is Changing My Life
I awoke this morning, earlier than usual, trembling with excitement. It had been awhile since the thought of the day’s activities filled me with such gleeful anticipation. The task ahead: sorting and...
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How To Organize and Prioritize Your Family Calendar
Last week we narrowly averted a collective emotional meltdown encompassing three generations of our family. The issue was a schedule conflict in our daughter’s schedule, and how to resolve it. The...
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Things I Regret KonMari’ing
Where did you go, little Peavey 8-track mixer? I miss you! About two years ago I wrote about applying the KonMari method to my stuff. Since then I’ve had time to reflect on the process. This is a quick...
View ArticleEmotional Labor and Invisible Household Work – A Male Perspective
I recently read Gemma Hartley’s piece Stop Calling Women Nags–We’re Just Fed Up in Bazaar. Hartley’s article about emotional labor and the unacknowledged work many women do in terms of managing...
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