To achieve great things, two things are needed: a plan, and not quite enough time.
— Leonard Bernstein
— Leonard Bernstein
I’m a little late in posting this, but that’s because there’s a lot going on here, mostly related to item #2 below in the Completed section. Completed 2. Buy a house! For the story, you can read my post from February re: productivity/accomplishments. That said, we’ve got a closing date set for April, and we’re … Read more
February was nuts. At first glance, March wasn’t going to be much better. With the impending move and the ongoing job hunt, a shit-ton of projects, and a desire to get back to working out, March turned out to be way worse than February. My planned “big tasks” were: Get Ready to Move Man, we … Read more
I came into February expecting to be wildly unproductive with my brother’s passing at the end of January. That seems to have sparked a feeling of “I don’t have a lot of time left on the planet, let’s get shit done.” So I got shit done. My goals for the month were: Find a House … Read more
So I came into January feeling pretty bummed. The dark, the cold, the post-Holidays ennui, etc. etc. I was feeling pretty underwhelmed about the start of 2025. Thus, I set a basic list: Get a Job…or at Least Get Pretty Close So I did a whole bunch of interviews at a local software shop. They … Read more
Paul passed away on January 30th, 2025 at the age of 49, from Cutaneous T-Cell Lymphoma, in Robbinsdale, Minnesota. Born on a U.S. Army base in West Germany, in October of 1975, Paul moved to Minnesota with his family a few years later and grew up and lived his life there. He is survived by … Read more
— Jon Acuff
I had high hopes for the last quarter of this year, but in the end, I didn’t make as much progress as I would have liked. Items completed this quarter: 5 (4.9%)TOTAL COMPLETED: 24 (23.7%)Items in-progress: 15 (14.8%) Completed This Quarter 3. Finish the century-length Tour de Tucson. Hot fucking damn! What a fucking ride! … Read more
I’m a pretty forward-looking guy, but that doesn’t mean I’m above being retrospective about the past and both taking pride in what I’ve done right and learning from what I’ve fucked up. Throughout my history of blogging (here and elsewhere), I’ve tried to always look back at the end of the year and recap what … Read more
December is always a crazy month, and it’s not likely that this one will be any different. So I’m trying to be realistic about my goals for the month, but as always, I want to accomplish some good stuff. Job Hunt: Motion The goal here wasn’t necessarily to land something — this is the time … Read more