Checking in: Last week my intention was to focus on what is in front of me and let the world disappear for a bit. I have spurts where I'm really good at this and spurts where I'm finding everything to distract me (social media, email, etc.). I have done a …

Last night for some unknown reason I thought about my digital read/review pile. I've been a happy user of Pocket for a while now, but I've noticed some friction in saving and reading articles on there. Curious, I looked for alternatives. The most promising alternative was EmailThis, which looked …

I'm not sure what happened yesterday but for whatever reason I couldn't get things started. I did a little bit of puttering around work (trash, re-arranging the closet, picking up, etc.) but nothing major. I think part of it was because JoDee had several meetings at home so I didn't …

Last night I read through Leo Babauta's article on Simplifying Habits. One of my big concerns since I've "retired" is falling into patterns where I wake up, read email, spend the day on social media, and let the day just happen to me from all of that input. One trick …

Today this is my @office list:

craig@lister:~$ t ls @office
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TODO: 0 of 61 tasks shown
craig@lister:~$

It's a weird feeling to see that. Sure, I have tasks that I'll be performing at the end of the week, and will likely have meetings scheduled (at least, I hope …