I’m going to tell you about The Scatter, and how I’m using it to build a creative life that aligns with my goals and my values, while respecting my limits and also the essential mystery of being human.
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Category: The Life
On Creativity and Insomnia
So… I don’t think I’ve had a true week of good sleep since my birthday.
Goals (and Anxieties) for 2020
You already know that I want to finish drafting MYSTERY BOOK, and not just “in 2020” but “as soon as possible.”
From 2009 to 2019
I knew I wanted to write a post summing up the previous decade, and then I decided to let the past ten years of creative work sum things up for me.
The Nature of Magic (and the Magic of Nature)
There’s this thing I’ve been trying to do lately, which is basically “no laptop after work,” and the nights I can pull it off are remarkable.
Another Novel-Writing Update, or “Why Did I Think I’d Be Able to Finish This Draft During the Holidays”
So… I am pretty sure I won’t finish MYSTERY BOOK by the end of the year.
Three Quotes on the Way Your Life Changes as You Get Older
I have been 38 for a week and a day, and in the past week I read (or heard) these three quotes that—well, I agree with the first two full stop, and the third one makes me feel a little grody inside, but here they are.
On Abstinence, Sense Memory, and Writing
At what point will my sense memories become outdated?
Book Review: Indistractable by Nir Eyal
This isn’t a book about smartphones. I mean, yeah, there are some tips and tricks to help you optimize your smartphone use, one of which I wrote up in Lifehacker last week, but Nir Eyal’s Indistractable: How to Control Your Attention and Choose Your Life isn’t really about why phones are bad or why the…