Forget about goals. Instead, focus on habits. This is a common refrain of late. The likes of James Clear, Shawn Blanc, and Nir Eyal all make the case for habits being greater than goals. I won’t go so far as to tell someone to not set goals. But I do agree that habits are what will enable you to meet your goals. I still like to set an end destination in mind, but I’ve finally begun to see how powerful — and vital — the habits and routine are for getting to the finish line. What has made the mo…
A couple of weeks back, our senior pastor gave a message exhorting us all to live with a little less complaining. Or a lot less (he included himself as the target audience). Our church started a reading plan in September to get through the entire Bible in 9 months. And in tandem with this plan has been the pastors preaching from current reading. That has brought us to Numbers. If you're familiar at all with the desert years for Israel, you’ll know complaining is a common theme. One passage has…
Meditation has been a part of my mornings for years now. But it likely doesn't look like what people would expect. Some days it's sitting still with my eyes closed and focusing on one thought, or one verse. But many days it's very different. I would consider my morning time meditative over all. But that time will include prayer, reading the Bible more casually, and more concentrated study of a specific passage or topic. In Habits of Grace [https://www.desiringgod.org/books/habits-of-grace], Dav…
Like Craig Mod [https://craigmod.com/sputnik/a_need_to_walk/], Ryan Holiday appreciates the value of walking. He loves nothing better than talking a long stroll in the countryside surrounding his farm (pictured above … here’s hoping he usually hangs on to the stroller). Brought on by an injury, he learned that the act of walking does something for our minds that is peaceful, freeing, and productive. > But it should be said that walking thoughts are usually a different kind of thought. They are…
As I slowly move increasingly to using paper over digital tools, I can’t help but wonder exactly what makes the act more satisfying.
CJ Chilvers has been a very consistent advocate for giving your calendar a greater priority than your to-do list. Or, rather, for making your calendar be your to-do list. He talked this week about an issue that blocks people from making this type of change: > How do you track all the actionable stuff in your life that you can't schedule? His solution is to put everything into an inbox. Everything that is important enough gets on your calendar. The rest just needs to be processed regularly (and…
How does a company change public perception? Will Dropbox be able to move from being a utility to a collaborative tool for creative teams?
This article by Gemma Hartley has made the rounds in recent weeks. For good reason! In it, she well articulates the frustration a lot of women feel about their roles in our homes. In an age where gender equality is something so many claim to uphold, there still exists an unbalanced distribution of what she terms “emotional labor”. > “That’s the point,” I said, now in tears, “I don’t want to have to ask.” Hartley does such a fantastic job at spelling out a complex issue in a way we (both genders…