It's all about BETTERING, man!
Alright, alright… My brand new daily habit rhythm thing is already trying to get off track a little. Outside stuff like work and other people is creeping in and I’m letting them. Today is Sunday. Maybe that’s a good time to take stock every week and slap myself around a little if needed? Yeah, I …
So my friend Justin Hall and I have been talking for a while about this thing we’re going to do called MiddleKid.org. Go ahead, click on the link. It’ll take you to a barely started FaceBook page. Which is a symptom. Or maybe posting this will have made us do something about that before you’ve …
So here I am. First thing I want you to know is that I’m talking to myself here. A lot of the time I’m talking to my two young sons and my wife, also. But just so we’re clear, I’m not exempting myself from the observations and advice that I intend to lay out here. …
I’m serious. All you have to do is sit down. And write. And not even for that long. Like, five minutes a day. Really! Try this, leave yourself a note on your bedside table or anywhere you can’t miss it first thing. It could say something like, “WRITE RIGHT NOW, DUMMY! FIVE MINUTES!” (You can …
Yeah, you heard me. Quit it! Stop following your "passion"! It’s a bad strategy. It’s what got you into this mess in the first place. And besides, that word might not mean what we think it means... Maybe for a little while, like say a month or the rest of your life, try doing what …
Kind of a simple idea. I’ve been waking lately with dreams still in my head. A lot of times, they seem to be related to things I’m working on. Like this morning I woke with one that’ might be a chapter in a book that JH and I are working on. And a lot of …
Rilly tho. Sit down right now with nothing but a piece of paper or a screen and write me something brilliant. Good luck, MFr. Certainly, there are some out there who can do it, no problem. But most of them had to, you know, work at it. Practice over and over. That kinda thing. The …
So I’m just writing my five minutes today. Not really trying to say anything so I thought I’d start without a prompt just to see. Maybe the blank page is an exercise we should try on a regular basis? Maybe it’s just another muscle that either develops or atrophies with or without use? Good to …
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Have I ever told you how much I hate being late? I really, really do. Trouble is, my wife and kids are kinda cool with it. There’s a joke in the family that when I die, my tombstone, not that I’m going to have one, will say, “HE REALLY HATED TOYS AT THE DINNER TABLE”. …
I should probably write this one. Got some notes around here somewheres...
Better Is A Verb 