Yes, it’s valuable to list all the things you need to do. But the only one that matters is the next step. Keep your next step list in a separate app. Don’t keep it in the same app. Don’t confuse the issue with distractions. #life #productivity #project #planning #gtd

The only task that matters is the 1st/next one. The other ones are bound to change or be re-prioritized, either explicitly or because something new shows up. Focus on the next step. Everything else, is just mind-baggage, whether mental or on a list. #life #productivity #project #planning #gtd

The world we live in is the one we have chosen to create. #life

Your life deseves more than hope. #life

Always be a beginner. #life #success

“Keep pulling your own teeth. You’ll feel better when they are all gone, or you’ll wish you had nore.” #writing #life

Mondays always feel like Friday never happened. #life

The reason people are the way they are is fear, greed, and laziness. #life

If you learn an old lesson, you should’ve learned it by now. #life

Observed: woman staring at a Starbucks poster that has literally 9 words on it. For several minutes. I have no idea. #life

I wonder if people fear playing a specific board game and why. #life #game

“Amazon: Your life was delivered. Here is a photo. Too bad the neighbor’s dog got it.” #writing #life

If you can’t be calmest between you and the antagonist, you have lost. It won’t make for a good story, but that’s not what matters in the moment. #life #writing ‘

A competition isn’t a game, if one player isn’t having fun. #life #sport #failure

“He was always 4th and goal, and never saw it.” #usfootball #life

What’s next? We already have “social media”. Social-AI. Where you argue with social media AI trolls. #life #ai #social #failure

Math is fun, if you understand it and you don’t need to understand a lot of it to have fun. #life #math

“I’ll be honest with you…” “For how long?” #life #failure

When you bring your problems with you, you have excess luggage. #life #failure

Do you believer the world/planet is better than it was? Is your country better than it was? Are you better than you were? You only have yourself to blame. #life #failure

“I read a book on Audible…” Is the most inane thing I’ve heard. It’s like, “I read a podcast”, or “I watched the newspaper.” #life #failure #education #language #failure

Motivation is never generalized. To be useful, it must be specifically targeted. #life

I miss developing physical photographic film. We have lost a lot of hands-on personal accomplishment and involvement with the rise of technology. We are handing over our achievements to a digital non-entity. #life #failure #photography

Observed: restaurant staff singing “Happy Birthday”. 1 - They look like they have been forced to participate. 2 - I doubt the restaurant has/will pay the royalty 3 - No one can sing. That makes me feel better, because I can’t. #life #birthday

The problem with a “single source of truth” is no one can agree on what truth is. We need a single source of fact and accuracy. #life #programming #failure