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I’ve started (again) trying to handle less, while simultaneously finishing more. one big thing, three medium things, and five little things daily. My big things the past few days have been dealing with tasks that should have been dealt with weeks ago, if not months… The medium things are things that are pressing, but have … Continue reading 1-3-5

It’s okay to have bad ideas. I wish I could say that no idea is a bad one. But that’s just not true. A number of ideas are absolutely terrible. And that’s okay. That’s what we have to learn. In the pursuit of making something meaningful, you might come up with a thousand ideas that … Continue reading Good idea, bad idea

Partly I’m still thinking of Hadestown. Partly, I read a passage from Mark Twain’s On Writing and Publishing, and I’ve been thinking of language. Here: “There had been no death before the case of Cornelius Lean which had arisen and terminated in death since the special rules had been drawn up.” I know every single … Continue reading Shared Language

Part of my writing tends to be dedicated to self-analysis. We all think about it, I believe… Why we do certain things, and not others. What led us to those choices. A little introspection is a good thing. Too much can lead to decision paralysis. If we’ve made the wrong choice – or believe we … Continue reading Be the goldfish