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Welcome to Jekyll!
Posted: November 1, 2020 #jekyll #markdownYou’ll find this post in your _posts directory. Go ahead and edit it and re-build the site to see your changes. You can rebuild the site in many different ways, but the most common way is to run jekyll serve, which launches a web server and auto-regenerates your site when a file is updated. Jeky...
Markdown Syntax Preview
Posted: October 31, 2020 #jekyll #markdownPhilosophy: Markdown is intended to be as easy-to-read and easy-to-write as is feasible. Readability, however, is emphasized above all else. A Markdown-formatted document should be publishable as-is, as plain text, without looking like it’s been marked up with tags or formatting instructions....
Getting Unstuck for Creatives
Posted: October 30, 2020 #Creativity #Inspiration #HabitsTaking a novel approach to life and breaking routines. Okay, let’s be real. I’ve found myself totally trapped in the habitual daily acts that’ve sprung up thanks to COVID-19, and I’m sure that I’m not alone in that. The lack of travelling different places, meeting new people, having any sort of ...
6 Ways to Achieve New Things
Posted: October 29, 2020 #Goals #Habits #InspirationGetting back on your horse, no matter how many times you’ve fallen off. Project Journal Bar In my last post, I talked about the struggles and failures I’ve faced the past few years. I’ve been thinking about how to tackle my short-comings and problems to solve a single, relatively-simple iss...
Creating a Contingency Plan
Posted: October 28, 2020 #Planning #Productivity #WritingFailure is Important Last month, I had the idea to write an article each day for the month. How long did that last? Only five days. No matter how you look at it, that is failure. And it’s not just about the fact I didn’t manage to beat the challenge, it’s more about the principle of the matter. ...
My Writing Process
Posted: October 27, 2020 #Productivity #Planning #WritingFive Steps to Go From Brainstorming to Completed Work Let’s get down to the bare bones to start with: Prepare yourself and focus. Brainstorm and allow yourself to have bad ideas. Outline a thesis. Draft and edit. Cut the non-essential. Now, let’s expand on these ideas… Today is the third day of...
Disrupting the Attention-based Economy
Posted: October 26, 2020 #Productivity #HabitsWhen you wake up in the morning and get out of bed — or even before you get out of bed — what’s the first thing that grabs your attention? Whatever it is, it’s going to be responsible for your first thoughts of the day. Throughout the rest of your day, you’ll be faced with a bombardment of distra...
The Duality of Purpose and Work
Posted: October 25, 2020 #Purpose #InspirationPART ONE: HAVING FAITH IN GRAND DREAMS. Understanding the why of the work is the most important thing that’s needed when starting out. It’s so easy to become discouraged when you’re in the the thick of the weeds, when you need to do difficult or tedious. Motivation and discipline to do such work ...