Tag: goals
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two hundred and fifty
There are many ways to approach a problem, but by far my steady go-to approach has long been incrementalism. A little over a year ago I started writing a novel. This is actually a complex and confusing anecdote about sitting down to write a trilogy of novels, nearly finishing the first one, deciding that it…
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little experiments
Goals are out. Experiments are in. I was listening to a podcast a few weeks ago and an interesting idea was suggested by one of the guests. We have these big ideas about goals and resolutions and accomplishments, but maybe we’re wrong about all that. Thinking about self-improvement or personal projects as zero-sum must-achieve-end-state goals…
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blogging for bits
I used to blog all the time. You know, back when it was cool—and I was younger—and people still, uh, read stuff. I should probably start making tiktok videos, but, well, that’s not my style. I had a short but lively online tiff this past week with some guy who was complaining that he lost…
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resolution
Now that the big day is come and gone, we can start thinking about wrapping up 2023. For me, 2023 was a huge year. Job change, life change, new roles, big accomplishments, travel, upsets, stumbles, achievements beyond belief and deleting hundreds of little things from my life. I had given myself the back half of…