Using a Daybook to Develop My Creative Habit

June 7, 2010

I’m trying a new experiment (partly inspired by Merlin Mann). I’ve decided to keep a daybook, which is simply a notebook that I write in…uh, daily. Some people use them strictly for a single purpose or project, but I’m using mine for everything: grocery lists, short story ideas, project ideas, screenplay ideas, short scenes that [...]

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We Need Shiny New Bags and the Chance to Batter Them

April 26, 2010

For the last few years, Cindy and I have been trying to buy fewer things, but better things. This idea was a reaction to finding ourselves moving into increasingly smaller accommodations about every 3-4 years. Each time we moved, we just wouldn’t have room for everything we owned. Actually, we don’t have room for everything [...]

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Planning My Own Walk in the Woods

January 7, 2010

The Appalachian Trail is like Route 66 for hikers. It would take lots of time and money to hike the AT, and if I ever had plenty of one, I had none of the other. So, I put it off…until now.

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My Goals List for 2010

January 5, 2010

Okay, this is not everything I plan to work on, or towards, or do, or whatever, but it’s a fairly big chunk of mostly-little things that I would like to do this year. Complete 365 Days Project on Flickr Try 52 new fruits Write one novel Keep my blog updated Write one short story a [...]

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Deeper Motive

June 29, 2009

As many of you know, I have a bazillion projects that I never quite get around to…but this is changing. My new site, Deeper Motive will be the place where you can track my progress on whatever project — creative or otherwise — I’m working on. I see it as a place to explore my [...]

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Fool Mettle Alchemist

June 23, 2009

I was reading Seth Godin’s blog last week and he had posted this video: Here’s what he said about it: My favorite part happens just before the first minute mark. That’s when guy #3 joins the group. Before him, it was just a crazy dancing guy and then maybe one other crazy guy. But it’s [...]

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We’re In The Club Now

June 17, 2009

I took the idea of the grape soda Ellie Badge (if you’ve seen Up, you know what I’m talking about. If you haven’t seen Up, go see it…take tissue) and changed it to better suit me and Cindy. I think Moxie is more fitting for us. Not only is it one of our favorite drinks [...]

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Give Yourself One Hour A Day…Or, At Least, 60 Minutes

June 14, 2009

Last month, Todd and I ran across this article (via Consumerist) about how Charlie Munger, the Vice-Chairman of Warren Buffett’s investment company Berkshire Hathaway, used to set aside one hour each day to work on personal side-projects for himself. I like this idea for a couple of reasons: One hour is about all the time [...]

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Five Fotos Friday: Growing Up Star Wars Edition

May 15, 2009

I’ve been meaning to post some pictures to the Growing Up Star Wars Flickr Group for a while now, so this as good a time as any to start going through the boxes and boxes of completely disorganized photos and see what else I can find to embarrass myself with each week. Washington Irving Elementary [...]

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Remember to make a note not to forget

May 13, 2009

First Note in the New Notebook: What you write must exist in two places or it doesn’t really exist (which must also be the reason we have doppelgangers). A few weeks ago, I was talking to Amy about my recent layoff scare, and how it scared me enough to consider doing something drastic, like trying [...]

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