I have written a short post, and published it here on Medium, every day for the last two months.
I wasn’t prepared for this challenge. I had no goals and I had no expectations.
I’ve spent so many years wanting to do everything. Thinking I could if I gave it the attention.
Makers need to make. We expand our understanding, our learning, and our interests.
Today I have questions. For no one in particular.
Is there a difference between micro-managing and course correcting as a means of guidance?
No one wants to be called a micro-manager, but many seek to assert their influence on…
Today’s writing is decidedly non-technical. Rather a simple affirmation that a day spent hard at work can feel good.
We got our first, and likely last, significant snow fall of the year, last night and today. With snow comes shoveling.
It’s fun, and sometimes horrifying, to see ways in which we grow.
When I look back on work I produced even a few years earlier, the difference from then to now is stark.
I’m kind of cheating today. I didn’t have a good topic to write about and nearly let the day end.
So, I’m writing about how I didn’t know what to write about. The key here is that I’m sticking with my daily writing even when I’m at a loss.
I had a great day at work today. Two things happened that haven’t happened in a long time for me.
One, I had 6 hours of uninterrupted, focused work time. It’s a goal of mine to carve out more blocks of time to zone in. Today was a success.
For a little over a year I have been shifting from a maker’s schedule to a manager’s schedule.
Where I was once only a doer, spending my time making, I have pushed my way into higher level discussions.
I wake sometime between 4:00 and 4:30 most mornings. Not because I’ve set a morning routine or because successful people are early risers.
That’s the time I need to get out of bed to make it to my office. I take care of my dog, shower and dress, and then get out the door by 5:30.
I’m fascinated by the coming revolution. The one where we let computers destroy us at all our inefficiencies.
I don’t have to know much about AI or machine learning to know it’s a tidal wave that will alter the landscape.