Running Sucks
Stasis is Not Good Rehab
A few Sundays ago, I ended up with a spasmed muscle in my lower right back. This resulted in an agonizing day. The rest of the week became recovery from the whole right side of my body tensing and …
The Living Room Refresh Project
We were due for a new couch in our living room after almost a decade of use and several animals. We use our living room every morning when the sun rises to drink our coffee and read. The new color …
Winter Sunset
The sunrises and sunsets in the winter are different and delightful.
Writing Documentation for Your House
This has been something I have long thought about for my own house. Keeping a record of every change, improvement, or reference for my house. As with all things I tend to want to do, I tend to …
Zen and the Art of Motorcycle Maintenance by Robert M. Pirsig
I tried reading this book towards the end of high school or just shortly after. I believe I was able to get three or four chapters in, but it never took off from there. I was also not a reader. Over …
Don't Think, Just Do
I never seek flow in getting things done, I always seek detachment from my monkey mind and just executing on what is in front of me. That is when I am most productive. I do not worry about the order …
Writing Documentation for Your House
This has been something I have long thought about for my own house. Keeping a record of every change, improvement, or reference for my house. As with all things I tend to want to do, I tend to …
Stasis is Not Good Rehab
Sunday I ended up with a spasmed muscle in my lower right back. This resulted in an agonizing day. The rest of the week became recovery from the whole right side of my body tensing and being out of …
Relationships vs Systems
Working in the engineering world, a common theme is to see people wanting to put systems in place when really we need to cultivate relationships. It is always a mistake to think about working with …
RIP Charlie Munger
One of the qualities that make Charlie memorable for me is his blunt wit and not his wealth. Perhaps the wealth lead to the wit, but I’d like to think not. I have had Poor Charlie’s …
Running Sucks
Managing Change
I have always been one to enjoy change. Change often means good things can happen. Change often means a new opportunity to grow, which often comes with pain. We don’t get to choose our change, …
Civilized Progress
It’s sometimes argued that there’s no real progress; that a civilization that kills multitudes in mass warfare, that pollutes the land and oceans with ever larger quantities of debris, …
Crime and Punishment by Fyodor Dostoevsky
This is a book I had read mainly in two parts. The first part was at the start of 2022. I had heard many great things about this novel and thought I should give it a go, but I gave in to the weight …
Into Thin Air by Jon Krakauer
In my youth I had dabbled with Mountaineering. This was a book I considered luxurious to consume. It is a well written book and well regarded. I walked away feeling horrible as the author must have …
Moose out front should have told you
Motivation
I have spent a fair amount of time over the last month questioning my motivation around wanting to write and share on this site. I had considered moving this content over to a site under my name. The …
Phone Break
I had spent a full week last month taking a break from my phone. I do have a watch which delivers notifications to my wrist as I want to be there for the people who are important to me, but there is …
Quote
I do nothing, granted. But I see the hours pass – which is better than trying to fill them.
– E.M. Ciorian from The Trouble With Being Born