Keeping a diary is one of the most private things you can do, yet also one of the easiest to accidentally expose. Taking up a pencil and paper has always been a great option for jotting down some notes. I’m quite partial to it, currently writing every day in a Leuchtturm1917, and carrying another notebook … Read more
If you’ve ever been interested personal note-taking in the digital space or even just Googled “workflow” you’ve almost certainly been exposed to Obsidian and the idea of a second brain. Yet, the way people talk about these ideas starts to feel magical instead of realistic and they quickly look more complicated than useful. In reality, … Read more
In the mornings I go directly to my laptop and I’d bet you do something similar, though perhaps to your phone. If I get that laptop lid open, there’ll be at least an hour gone before I pull my brain out into the rest of the world, and I’ll risk getting less done than I … Read more
There are a lot of different types of freelancing, even within the freelance writing community. My career has largely been focused around web publishing, meaning that I write articles similar to this one, just for much bigger sites. This guide is here to help you understand what I wish I understood from the beginning. With … Read more
Are you careful? Do you enjoy drawing within the lines and hate getting messy? If so, you’re missing out when you apply these rules of life to your art notebooks. Don’t believe me? Just look at my two drawing pads and you’ll begin to see the difference that using the full space brings. Following the … Read more
One of the greatest things that happened for my career was writing. Yes, even in the 2020s, writing is still a way to get ahead monetarily and professionally, instead of a way to fall behind. Part of it is about writing really well, but another is just how many metrics start to fall directly into … Read more
Do you ever look back at your life and wonder why you were such a lazy bum at that point? Does that point in your life include this week, yesterday, or this morning? You’re not alone, but a simple lab journaling method I started using years ago in my STEM career has absolutely straightened out … Read more
There’s this constant debate about the nature of reading a physical book (or even digital book) versus listening to an audiobook. I frankly don’t care how you get your media, there’s no superior way to do so, and we’re all just passing time on our one journey through life anyhow. Yet, this debate bleeds over … Read more
The advantages of typed notes are clear for anyone to see. They’re easier to read than written scribble, are trivial to share, quick to produce, and can even be printed out if you really want a paper form for later. But that doesn’t mean you should count out paper altogether. In fact, there are a … Read more
There are many different types of writers out there, from poets and songwriters to novelists, and I’m sure each and every one of them will have differing opinions about how many words you should write a day. But if you’re curious about my daily word count as a real professional web writer with bylines everywhere … Read more
