I've been feeling really compressed lately. My schedule feels like it's been overtaken with appointments, commitments, and other assorted things that are vying for my time. That is also coupled with my cancer treatments, which have made me pretty tired. So it's taken a lot of effort to try to …
read moreFrazzled
It seems each morning I'm waking up to a long list of things that need to be done. Commitments that I've made to myself an others. Unfortunately with the level of energy that I have nowadays with my treatment it feels like I'm getting squeezed at both ends.
I'm working …
read moreWriting things down
One of the tenets of the Getting Things Done system is the idea of "write it down" as soon as you have the idea. Then, once the idea has been written down you can drop it into your inbox or deal with it later instead of keeping it in your …
read moreMorning routines
I've been working on getting a better morning routine. My mornings tend to become compressed because I get to bed late (see: Revenge Bedtime Procrastination) so when it's time for me to wake up I'm not ready to actually wake up (see also: chemotherapy and tiredness thereof). So I've found …
read moreFrom whence innovation? (or, why we need to rethink our current paradigms lest we continue to stagnate)
I just finished "After Steve: How Apple Became a Trillion-Dollar Company and Lost Its Soul" after a late-night reading binge before bed. That book uncorked a lot of conflicted thoughts in me. Apple used to be a company that could be counted on to push the bar further with existing …
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