0514 – don’t build taj mahals
I’m re-reading Fareed Zakaria’s The Post-American World. [1] I’m at the bit where he’s talking about Z
0510 – eliminate information feeds that don’t serve you
(This wasn’t a very good vomit. Circling around too many things without drilling into any one thing deep enough. So be i
0491 – everything changes so stop holding so tight
Have had a few recurring conversations recently– first with my wife then with a couple of my colleagues, and I suppose I wro
0483 – stop fussing about Poor Little Me
I distracted myself for a few minutes, and it’s now 5:58am as I begin my third vomit. I think I’m okay with that.
0437 – stop walking over the same old ground
I’ve been reading and summarizing old vomits over the past few days. I think the important realization is that I’v
0432 – let go of your fixations
I’m not sure when or how exactly I was triggered to write about this, but it’s been obviously something that’
0421 – beware false victory, and validation
I had an interesting thought this morning when I woke up. I published 4 word vomits yesterday, which is 4 times more than I’
0413 – stop trying to save the world
Having written one vomit about a status update, I figured I might as well write another. This time it’s about saving the
0400 – liberate truths from their boxes
Previous title: stop hoarding truth in boxes As I woke up this morning and lounged in bed for a while, before going to the toi
0397 – stop living life stressfully (the elephant can break free)
TLDR Collect desired end-states We are all elephants tied to posts Don’t waste time talking to other tied elephants; fre
0378 – stop describing problems without solving them
Over and over again I think it’s a good idea to revisit everything from first principles. Start from what you know is tr
0327 – put the gun down
(original title: beware self-flagellation, move forward instead) I am a self-flagellator. It’s a weird thing to realize,
0310 – stop kicking up sand
I would experience a certain exalted satisfaction if I finish another vomit tonight, because then I’d gone from 305 on m
0263 – search beyond the streetlights
previous title: stop searching under streetlights It’s a familiar joke and visual that I’ve thought about several
0124 – Stop living in the past
I was watching one of Jon Kabat-Zinn’s videos about mindfulness and meditation, and he talked about how we often spend o
0122 – whenever i stop smoking
I wanted to talk about what happens when I stop smoking, and describe it in as much detail as possible. Why? I just felt like
0074 – stop sharpening the axe
Here’s an interesting phenomenon I wasn’t expecting to witness until say 200 or 300 posts into this 1000 post comm
0057 – Stop feeding the trolls
Work today. Stuff I’m proud of: 1: I avoided feeding a troll today. I’m typically someone who’s fairly easy
0021 – let go of your judgement of others
Well so today is the first day of a new year, and I promised myself that I was going to do two word vomits a day, so here̵
0015 – sleep early and stop smoking
Word Vomit: 1000 words in 15 minutes unedited I was up at 640am due to natural causes. I had a rather strange dream involving