0634 – strive to be sensitive, smart and strong
I wrote a tweetstorm a while ago (two years ago, wow) saying that “a man should be sensitive (to inputs from reality), s
0540 – strive to break out of your box
This weekend wasn’t as productive as I was hoping it was going to be. That’s interesting– Why do I say hoping? W
0522 – strive to do more than ‘get by’
It’s interesting to think about how many teenagers come to the conclusion that the world is full of mindless zombies, th
0512 – be a player, not a spectator
Let me try and summarize what I’ve been rambling about in the past few vomits. A quote I’ve been ruminating on is
0511 – prioritize strength
The more time I spend online, the more I read news articles and forums and reddit, the more I look at what’s going on on
0473 – strive to breathe easier
Haven’t written a full vomit in a while. Sometimes I get started but then I don’t finish. Had two or three starts
0471 – strive for mastery in the artful application of force
My mind has been triangulating onto upon a simple idea over time: A lot of life is about the artful, appropriate application o
0361 – strive to play the bigger games
I’m trying to make it a habit to start each day with a writing session, if possible. I’m sure I’ve said that
0335 – strive for no zero days
Today has been a pleasant, lackadaisical day. I did a whole bunch of word vomits yesterday. Today I woke up kinda late despite
0256 – commit to personal daily sitdowns
According to my sleep tracker that I just started using– it’s not entirely accurate I’m sure– I was in bed for
0238 – Strive to be resourceful
I’m currently going through my old notebooks and writing about the things I said I would one day write about. It seems o
0220 – strive for the company of immortals
“Aim for the company of immortals” is a quote by David Ogilvy– I believe he was talking about the sort of atti
0195 – strive to globally-maximize your enjoyment of life
I lost my last word vomit- it felt like it was some of the best work that I’ve ever done, and I lost all of it before I
0135 – strive to go from 20% to 25%
This was written on March 3rd, 2014. I think I’ve spent a lot of my life feeling like I’m only as 20% as productiv
0073 – strive to transcend local optimums
I’m feeling somewhat calm. My cat is asleep beside me. The wife is cleaning up the house- some of my cousins are visitin
0051 – strive to appreciate and embody happiness
I saw my wife reading Gretchen Rubin’s The Happiness Project and it was something I had stumbled upon on some book revie
0050 – pursue flow
My last blogpost got significantly more attention than any of my other word vomits. (I was going to say “a surprising am
0036 – strive to be thoughtful and compassionate
Yes I know, I fell off the bandwagon for a while, and I got a little worked up trying to think about how I was going to fix it
0029 – strive to maximize flow
Well this is a little sobering- it’s 3:36am- the time that I said I would be done with all 4 word vomits, and I’m