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All in the Preparation
I’m always interested in finding blind spots or misconceptions in common knowledge. Most people don’t seem to really get what they want out of life, and while this is partly fueled by society pushing wants on people, it’s also due to blind spots. Sometimes big problems go unsolved not because we’re incapable of solving them,…
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One Year Update on the Island We Bought
It’s been nearly a year since we bought an island near Halifax. We went in being completely clueless, our only salvation knowing that we were completely clueless and would have to learn a lot. And boy, have we. I’ve spent more time on the island than in my RV over the past couple months, and…
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The Magical Cure-All Elixir
It’s day five of the fifth trip to our island. We don’t yet have any sort of permanent structure, so even with cots, sleep isn’t perfect. And there’s the irregular meal schedule, the hard work, and the lack of good hygiene. All of these factors wear you down a little bit as the days go…
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Treating People Like People
Las Vegas is a city that has its own set of rules and norms. When you check into a hotel in any other city, you get the room that you paid for. But Vegas is built on comps and kickbacks, and the room you end up in doesn’t necessarily have much to do with the…
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Digging Down When You Face Problems
My life is so good that I really have no call to complain or worry about anything. That doesn’t always stop me, though. Last night I got some bad news and discovered that the yurt we’re planning on raising definitely won’t get there in time. It’s not going to be crated up for a few…
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Suffer Now
I’m exhausted. I took a red-eye from Las Vegas to DC, which is a bad idea to begin with because the flight is only four hours long. Even if you sleep the whole time, you’re still exhausted. I didn’t sleep, though, partly because it’s hard to sleep on planes, and partly because the largest airplane…
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Discounting Perspective with Time
My sister, who I’m immensely proud of, is launching a career as an interior designer. She studied it in school and rose quickly to the top at the firm that hired her right out of college. When it became clear that there was no room for growth there, she decided to find a job in…
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Turning Small Wins into Big Wins
Workwise, I had a bad Saturday. It was my first day back in the RV, away from family, and I had psyched myself up. The plan was to work the entire day and knock out a big Sett task, plus the little cruft that had been building up on my schedule. Very little of that…
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Self Improvement Demands an Outlet
I’m aware that everyone, including myself, is probably a little bit of a hypocrite. What irks me the most is when I do something, say wear a chain with my name on it, think it’s cool, and then see someone else do it and think it’s lame. So when I hang around self improvement fanatics…
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Living in Parallel Universes
I like the idea of parallel universes. There’s legitimate scientific research that says that there are infinite universes existing simultaneously in different dimensions, maybe even one for each possible outcome. So in some parallel universe, maybe I’m the king of Norway. It’s nice to think about, anyway. That theory may not be proven or disproven…
