I wrote 17K words in just two days
Using a focused two-day personal retreat at a luxury resort to write 17,000 words for a book about parallel entrepreneurship, hitting 30,000 words total.
Filed under personal.
2017
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Mon 04 December 2017
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Mon 27 November 2017
Read Write Play: Q4 2017
Q4 2017 update on my personal enrichment goals - reading People's History, writing The Parallel Entrepreneur book, and learning piano pieces.
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Fri 24 November 2017
Learning to hike
From disliking hiking for 35 years to embracing it through 100 East Bay trails with my daughter: discovering the joy of the journey, not the destination.
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Mon 09 October 2017
My favorite question to ask
The power of asking 'What would be most fulfilling to do right now?' when running an autonomous business without structure or external accountability.
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Sun 27 August 2017
The view from 35
Contrasting my melancholy 25th birthday with a fulfilling 35th: family, community, and finding happiness in the American suburban dream.
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Sat 24 June 2017
My thyroid got cancer
My personal journey with papillary thyroid cancer - from diagnosis to surgery and recovery, sharing the experience of navigating cancer during major life transitions.
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Fri 28 April 2017
Three "life hacks" I wish I did more often
Three aspirational habits for better living: spending time without smartphones, keeping an analog notebook, and always having something to read, play, and write.
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Sun 01 January 2017
I don't have a dishwasher
Finding satisfaction in hand-washing dishes and discovering that life without a dishwasher is perfectly manageable and even preferable.