Life and Living Via Negativa I sent a message to my friends, a photo of my shoe rack. Who wants free shoes? A few responded. Enough to get rid of half of them. The rest
Projects Release Frequently and Update or Hold Back & Wait? An internal debate I’ve been having with myself. If you’re working on a longer-term project, should you release frequently and update as required, have the market drive development.
Life and Living The laughing skull Have you ever noticed, when you look at a human skull, it appears to be smiling, even on the border of laughing. It’s a reminder. That’s where we’
Stories Worst advice: Stay in your lane His bike had a Hulk doll on the front. It was connected to a big spring so it dangled a little. “Looks good,” someone said. “Yeah, there’s still a
Relationships Everyone knows a gutsy woman It might be your Mum. It might be your sister. It might be the lady who runs the local community markets every month. It might be your daughter. It might
Creating Your first 100 If you’ve never created anything, you might be trapped in a mental prison. In year 8, my art teacher told me my drawing was bad. So I stopped drawing.
Stories “Barcodes made my life easier” Overheard a story of a lady who had worked at a supermarket since 1967 (50+ years!). And the most helpful change in that time was the introduction of barcodes. When
Books Use ego as a tool Ego usually gets a bad wrap. It’s the thing that gets in the way when you think you’re right but you’re not. It’s the thing which
Business Copy others until you figure out your own style “They said to go out on my own,” he said, “but I told them I have no idea what I’m doing.” He kept going. “So then they said, don’
Life and Living I've never been so excited Imagine growing up watching a television show and then getting to meet your favourite character. You get there and they realise how excited you are. They know what you're thinking.
Learning A cheaper alternative to college Dear younger self, here's how you could've saved $31,897 in college debt.
Life and Living It all works out Walking past older people and saying hello, talking to my Grandfather, seeing elderly couples at the cafe. I enjoy these moments. They remind me of where I’m heading. If
Conversation Silent is an anagram of listen With unlimited information sources, it’s easy to fill your brain and drown out thoughts of your own with the thoughts of others. It’s not a bad thing, they
Life and Living Thinking about starting a farm I try to get to first principles as often as I can, keep it simple, with writing, with what I work on, with how I spend my time, with health.
Take the pathway yourself In order for a man to offer the greatest value to humanity, he has to take a pathway for himself. A man following an existing path is the same as
Learning How long does it take? My physics teacher had a saying. Every time we’d ask a question which had many different possible answers, he’d say, “how long is a piece of string?”. Being
Creating What if you couldn’t see the metrics? When the like button arrived, things changed. When view counts were made visible to everyone, things changed. Changed? Now everyone had something to compare their work to. If you created
Life and Living Sudden vs. Gradual Your biggest changes can happen suddenly or gradually. Losing 50kg starts with a decision starts with a decision to lose weight and get healthier. Getting a new job starts with
Stories The sun will shine on you differently There was a bit of a bump getting into the car park. I found a spot and stopped. The door handle is broken so I opened the window, opened the
Life and Living Take care of your family All of this worry? All of this work? The list of things to do. It never ends. But it all pales in comparison. What happens when something goes wrong with
Art You can use your day to day as fuel for your art Stuck? Write a story about what happened today. Working a job which doesn’t set you on fire? Remind yourself, it helps to pay for food, it gives you funds
Stories The girl from yesterday It’s funny how it goes. You could be working on something all day and then run into a girl you know. One you used to lust over, not anymore
Art No Eggs On Toast If you’re ever in Melbourne (or Paris), you should visit Hardware Societe. I found them because of a book I picked up in a cafe at the markets. The
Stories “Oh, so you’ve got a real job” We were sitting at the dinner table getting to know each other. I’d been on a few dates with their daughter so I wanted to make a good impression.
Life and Living Don’t become a prisoner to yourself More often than not, the only thing holding you back from where you want to go, is you. An old way of thinking preventing a new one from happening. Worried
