Life
After reading Sam Altman's post How To Be Successful [http://blog.samaltman.com/how-to-be-successful] today this section stood out to me. > The most successful people I know are primarily internally driven; they do what they do to impress themselves and because they feel compelled to make something
Thoughts
Some time ago I wrote a post [https://200wordsaday.com/words/how-i-d-like-to-write-9775c196707cf289] about the characteristics I'd like to include in my writing. I've always had these ideas in my mind, but writing them out has helped me a lot. Since then I've found myself
Life
It's a privilege to be able to forgo money for less tangible things. Experience, passion, or duty. Not everyone has that luxury. Money is tempting even when you don't need it. It's no surprise that most of the wealthy seek to get wealthier. In
Life
I recently finished Auston Kleon's Show Your Work and this quote he used stuck with me. > "Compulsive avoidance of embarrassment is a form of suicide." - Colin Marshall It can feel like embarrassment is the worst pain one could bear. You wish you could cease
Faves
Articles Facebookâs 10-year glow-up challenge reminds us that Facebook used to be fun [https://www.theverge.com/2019/1/14/18182052/facebook-10-year-challenge-glow-up-profile-picture] I loved this look at how Facebook and our relationship has changed in the past 10 years. It inspired me to write my own perspective [https://keenen.
Life
No celebrity death has ever affected me the way Mac Miller's did last September. I was in shock, I cried, I reminisced. I was surprised at how hurt I felt. I wasn't fully aware of how deep the connection created through music and art can run.
Culture
With many of the recent hot topics, I've seen a natural inclination by many to revert to whataboutism. > Whataboutism is a variant of the tu quoque [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tu_quoque] logical fallacy that attempts to discredit an opponent's position by charging them
Tech
Where were you when Google announced they were killing Google Reader? If your answer is "What's Google Reader?", then you're in the majority. But in the world of mega-corps like Google, a product loved by a minority can have a user base of millions.
Side Projects
When I launched my last side project, InboxReads [https://inboxreads.co], it took up a lot of my time. Building the site was easy but to add new newsletters, and share content on social media took a ton of time. At the time my day job had me super busy
Life
In our journey to get better every day, it's easy to get lulled into a false sense of complacency. You can feel like you've established one new habit and now it's time to move onto another. Truly forming a habit takes continued effort and
The Internet
The #10YearChallenge might be the first non-negative (I hesitate to say positive just yet) thing to happen on Facebook in a long time. It's interesting to reflect on yourself ten years ago and see how much has changed and how much has stayed the same. This article on
Life
Becoming good at something can seem overwhelming, especially when you're starting at zero. The tutorials for dummies don't make much sense and there's a whole lot of new terms and skills to learn. You're struggling to get the vision in your head