technology where little exists… hacking the simple life
Thanks to the outlet I have in space-age wasteland (and the fact that people continue to read it), I apparently have a 95% chance of making my vocational changes work. This Occupational Adventure post points out that: [A 1993 BYU study] shows the chances of a change being incorporated into one’s life in various scenarios. …
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Have you read The Lazy Way to Success yet today? The Lazy Way to Success: The Secret to Attracting Resources Wow, Uncle Fred knows exactly what I need to hear and when I need to hear it. December 9th is still looming out in the distance. But something needs to change on that date, ya …
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Today, I read Chapter 4 of 48 Days… which started off talking about goals and actions. If there are two things I can handle, David Allen made sure they were goals and actions. Dan Miller outlines a 5-step decision-making process: State the Problem: Easy. My career and my calling don’t match. I don’t work in …
Yesterday, I told you that updates on my 48 days to the work I love would be sparse. Oh well. Dan asks this today: If you want different results next year, what will you change in what you are doing now? I agreed yesterday that change is the key to progress. Something has to change, …
Those of you who know I’m the prince of the non-sequitur probably aren’t alarmed at all by my title. To clear things up anyway it’s a reference to the beginning of my journey to the work I love. Tonight, I started reading Dan Miller’s 48 Days to the Work You Love. Dan suggests following the …
I received a call from Visual Graphics and went to pick up my iBook with a replacement drive the day before my warranty expires. Of course, like the car that won’t clunk for the mechanic, she wouldn’t give in to their poking and prodding and they determined that the drive was fine. The night before …
Now I can finally talk about it! In addition to the other stuff I’ve been working on lately, I have been collaborating with Matthew and Jonathan on a new local media project, colaspot, that focuses on culture and the like in Columbia, SC. If you’re local to Columbia, or are just interested our brilliantly creative …
I feel like most of my day so far has been spent switching between one context and the next. Somehow the iBook has come back to life. If you’re wondering why this is a bad thing, I’m about 100.1% confident that this hard drive is on its way out and I’d much rather it go …
Just as if I needed further convincing that I’m in the wrong place, the yesterday’s work day was beyond terror. The sick feeling I get when walking in the building was met by a few brilliantly-placed and crafted processes (read: “who came up with this idea?”), personality conflict and overall frustration. Then Murphy bears his …
Yesterday I promised myself I’d squeeze in a daily activity into my schedule. I didn’t really commit to anything because I’m already reasonably overextended, but I knew it had to be something that was related to my passion. If nothing else comes of this commitment, I’ll have earned the fruits of practice. Zack pointed out …