8 Oct 07
And I got sick partway through my Creative Retreat. Still, I had fun. I read about half of Thomas Friedman’s The World is Flat, and a few chapters of a Mechanical Design book (I’d like to understand mechanics more). I did a bit more work on the RTS game, mostly cleanup. And I put up […]
5 Oct 07
Today begins another Creative Retreat, a weekend in which I sit back and read, meditate, plan, make, and mash-up.
3 Oct 07
Thanks to Brennen, I’ve decided to shut down my IM and Skype clients. They’re both extra open loops. I don’t need those to keep in touch with people, and they’re distractions. Distractions from a huge, beautiful life that I could be living instead of typing “heh” in response to a link to a video of […]
24 Sep 07
Life is practice. (Not that it is practice for something later. It’s a matter of practicing things, over and over. You may never get it “right.” Getting it “right” is a question for the historians, not us living and practicing.)
18 Sep 07
Another long day at the office. But… …because I’m so busy, I’m focused. I don’t let time slide by. I refuse to waste a minute of my one, precious life. I wonder if I could get used to this.
16 Sep 07
Noticed someone on a personal productivity forum, who asks a lot of questions. This is normally good. However, this person appears to ask questions instead of doing things. There’s a difference between inquisitiveness and Analysis Paralysis. In the former, curiosity is combined with action. See: children. They open their mouths as they reach out their […]
10 Sep 07
I’m beginning to really appreciate daily rhythm. One’s energy spikes and dips throughout the day. For those of us with daily responsibilities, we can observe that rhythm and plan for it. For example, I get tired when I get home. My creative juices are low. So I watch some anime. Not much; just two or […]
4 Sep 07
It’s really incredibly important to my creative juices that I have all my projects in list form. I accomplish a lot when I can refer to them at any time.
29 Aug 07
From The Accidental Creative: Todd Henry writes: There’s going to be some noticeable dips in quality and performance when we’re taking risks and trying new things, because taking risks requires more energy, requires more focus. There’s some sort of psychological trauma that’s inflicted on us whenever we take a risk, whenever we step out and […]
10 Aug 07
There’s a great, short blog post over at My Two Dollars entitled There Will Be No Flashing Green Light, OK? It excellently explains something I’ve found to be true: we all have big plans, but often we put them on hold because now’s not the right time. But for many things there is no right […]