Luck, Skill, and Effort
Lance and I have had an early morning call, rain or shine, warm or cold, most weeks for the past 3 years. No topic is off limits and the general focus of our calls is catching up and talking through what’s on our mind. I’ve found conversations with friends to be great places to develop…
40 Next Year
“Are you actually excited about turning 40 or are trying to convince yourself you’re excited?” It was a fair question. As was my tradition, the first of the year gave me the opportunity to accurately say that I’d be however many years older next year, which usually caught folks by surprise. 40 felt special this…
Positive Peer Pressure
I do enjoy writing. Well, I enjoy the output of writing. It’s been about 6 months, though, since I last wrote. It’s a new year and my experiment with JonathanOS continues. I’ve thought about moving an update on progress from my head to the keyboard and just didn’t feel motivated enough for one reason or…
Five weeks in
I started work on upgrading my personal operating system with a fairly straightforward motivation. For years, I’ve been experimenting with tiny habits that require 5 minutes or less to complete and I’ve found that they work well for me. There are worthwhile efforts, though, that simply require more than 5 minutes per day and where…
Progress
I’m 5 days in to running the upgrade to my personal operating system. A couple of highlights so far. Day Planning Historically, I haven’t been one to plan out my day except around what’s already on the calendar. With now roughly 2 hours of additional items that I want to get done within a given…
