For various reasons, I am reconsidering the amount of time and effort I put into writing for this blog. There are positives and negatives to having this thing, however, and I am contemplating those lately as I think about whether or not it’s worth it to continue (most likely) and how much I should write for it (TBD).
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Going Under the Laser
I will always be grateful to Isaac Young for sending me the featured image above when I mentioned on Twitter that there was a vasectomy in my future. I laughed my ass off because it was the perfect way to get over the idea of “someone is going to be pointing a laser at my … Read more
I Disagree, Vehemently
https://medium.com/change-objects/optimism-doesn-t-sell-1f3723cff6d7
What were the Obama campaigns? Flat-out optimism. Those worked quite nicely.
OTOH, different medium, different results? I think that there are things to be optimistic about, but optimism requires charisma and oratory skills, while pessism is more of an Eeyore game. Hollywood doesn’t have authentic charisma/voice to pull off optimism.
The Things I Think About Sometimes
I am 41 years old and still wear cargo shorts. Is this a life fail (Y/N)?
— Dan Bailey (@fontosaurus) June 16, 2014
Okay, so it’s not always as inane as the tweet above. Actually, I spend a lot of time thinking about the future (see also: my StandOut! results), and not in a daydream-y, fanboy kind of way, but in a more concrete, “what are the possibilities and how can I prepare for them?” kind of way.