Deadlines are not fun. Neither is running out of ideas. So what can we do when we’re starved for ideas? Why, rethink our approach of course. When the Well Dries: Something I’ve had difficulty with in the past was getting stuck on an method or approach to writing. Since my career is in SEO I […]
Exercising isn’t easy. If it were more people would probably do it. I I know I would. Between finding the time and picking the right activity, it’s just not part of many people’s daily routine. Let’s suppose for a minute that you found an extra some extra time to go jogging. Clear the clothes off that treadmill […]
There are many things that occur in our daily lives and many of which go unnoticed. For example, did you know that any feature in addition to telling time on a watch is called a complication or that that plastic tips on the end of shoe laces are called aglets? Out of site, out of mind […]
It’s Saturday so that means another morning spent taming nature. In a previous post I spoke about a robotic lawnmower by Husquvarna that operates in a similar manor to a Roomba. While I don’t have one yet, it’s up to me to manually groom my property. Not an ideal way to spend a humid summer morning […]
A little over two years ago my wife and I welcomed our daughter to the world. She is absolutely incredible and the best thing that has ever happened to us. Newborn babies are incredibly adorable and every move they make is precious. As a parent you want to capture every movement and build a library of […]
What is Procrastination? Procrastination, defined by Wikipedia is: the practice of carrying out less urgent tasks in preference to more urgent ones, or doing more pleasurable things in place of less pleasurable ones, and thus putting off impending tasks to a later time, sometimes to the “last minute” before a deadline. We’ve all done it. […]
Working in Manhattan is not without its challenges. Having to circumnavigate the throngs of directionally challenged people is a part-time job in itself. But, there is a certain zen to it all. Looking around I can see so much technology used for both business and personal means. Cell phones, tablets, eReaders, and even selfie sticks […]
Last week I wrote a brief review on the progress of my first week into this 30 day challenge. Today I’d like to follow that up with a post on how I’m organizing my thoughts…or how I’d like to organize my thoughts. I love to write but don’t always have as much time to delve deeply […]
I like shiny new things, who doesn’t? That new (plastic) electronic smell, devouring the instruction manual to quickly set up our new toy. But can we really afford the items we yearn to possess? Why does it have to be new? What is the allure of getting something as soon as it becomes available? People […]
It’s no secret that The older we get the more convoluted our schedules become. Work increases and takes precedence over our social lives, friends & family move and we fall out of touch. We start our own families & with that comes new, and unexpected schedules. All of this is ok and natural; we just […]