"...try thinking of each day as a set of four quarters: morning, midday, afternoon, evening. If you blow one quarter, you get back on track for the next quarter. Fail small, not big." —Better Than Before: Mastering the Habits of Our Everyday Lives by Gretchen Rubin
Category: life
The ‘Alpha Male’ Myth, Debunked by Frans De Waal
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=inx2dMobzYs h/t The Daily Grail.
Zuihitsu, 2024-02
Technically, zuihitsu are longer reflections than what I tend to collect. But, the general idea is right. Here’s this month’s installment. If you want the complete set, please download the fortune file. The problem with throwing the tomato is it precludes using it for anything else. When someone says something you don't understand, ask them to … Continue reading Zuihitsu, 2024-02
Zuihitsu, 2024-01
Technically, zuihitsu are longer reflections than what I tend to collect. But, the general idea is right. Here’s this month’s installment. If you want the complete set, please download the fortune file. Ask a great question and the article will write itself. To govern is to choose.—Nigel Lawson Don't waste precious time trying to prove someone … Continue reading Zuihitsu, 2024-01
The Advertising Test
Text and Trauma
https://twitter.com/DrDoyleSays/status/1750247103048380723?s=20 If you live with a sociopath, it's better to have receipts. Otherwise, it's guaranteed they will make any old bullshit up, and crucially, believe it themselves.
The Campsite Rule
“Tell no lies; make no outsize promises; transmit no infections. Ideally, everyone would leave everyone in better shape than when they found them.” —Dan Savage quoted in Lila Shapiro, "The Age Gappers." The Cut. December 20, 2023.
The Value of Social Media
"Avoid politics and the multitude of irrelevant struggles designed to channel your energies into someone else’s agenda." The key tension of social media is that there are a lot of bad ideas, but there are a few really good ones mixed in with them. The good ideas have the potential to give you insight, to … Continue reading The Value of Social Media
National Strength and Conditioning Association: Training Load Chart
This chart gives the approximate one repetition maximum for a given set of repetitions at a specific weight. Why is this useful? You can look at something like Starting Strength's standards. I can currently deadlift 320 pounds 5 times for 1 set. So, this means I should be able to lift 370 pounds once. This … Continue reading National Strength and Conditioning Association: Training Load Chart
Carefulwords.com
[Carefulwords.com] is intended as word reference for inspiration. So far, I have added synonyms (perhaps too many) and historical quotations. I intend to curate these over time, when I have time. Reminded me about how important the reference tools you use can shape how you write and think. See Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) on … Continue reading Carefulwords.com
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