Sometimes the day didn't go as well as you had planned. The projects didn't get done. People aren't getting along as well as you'd like. You're questioning your actions, second-guessing yourself and fighting off imposter syndrome. Then you wrap up the day with a bike ride, or a strong choir rehearsal. Or both. And suddenly,… Continue reading The End of the Day
Category: Human
The Pause Button
Yes, yes, yes, it's time to get moving. There's content to write. Bills to pay. Children to feed. A house to clean. Laundry to do. A neighborhood event demanding an appearance. Errands to run. And those are just the mandatories. What about the disorganized basement? The unfertilized lawn? The messy desk? And yet... sometimes there's… Continue reading The Pause Button
The Best Way to Respond — Don’t.
Even when one has a reputation as a pretty even-keeled fellow, it can be surprisingly easy to get angry at Internet rhetoric. How could they believe that? How could they even write that? In those situations it can be a struggle to find anything resembling joy. Worse, there's a false sense of joy in scratching that… Continue reading The Best Way to Respond — Don’t.
Write Something Every Day
Seth Godin, brilliant as always, talked in his June 6th podcast about the process of moving his blog site from a "sharecropper" platform (where he was the product another site was selling) to one where he was the product. His content is written not to appear at the top of every Google search (what many know as… Continue reading Write Something Every Day
The Joys of JJFoley 