Tag: Habits

  • No Such Thing as Not Sticking to It

    No Such Thing as Not Sticking to It

    A while back I wrote about how I was going to be neat and tidy henceforth. I’d clean my RV twice a day, keep my travel stuff organized while on the road, and basically be the opposite of what I was before. I stuck with it for a few weeks, but then, in a hurry…

  • Free Improvement

    Free Improvement

    Right after I write this, I’m going to go eat at Chipotle. On the train ride over there, I’ll be doing Mandarin flashcards on my phone. The ride is less than ten minutes, but I usually have to wait five minutes for the train back, so that’s twenty five minutes of flashcards. It’s usually cold…

  • Not That Kind of Person

    Not That Kind of Person

    For the past month I’ve been working out regularly under the tutelage of Dick Talens, the founder of Fitocracy, and for the first time ever I’m making actual gains. Seven pounds gained so far, and substantial increases in the weights I can lift. When we first started going back and forth about the training, I…

  • Goodbye, 2011

    And somehow we’re done with 2011 already. Last year I made one goal (getting this site to the top 50k in Alexa), and I didn’t make any effort whatsoever to reach it, so at this point I’m giving up on yearly goals. But I will say this– if SETT isn’t rocking and rolling by this…

  • Fluidity of Identity

    Fluidity of Identity

    When I lost my sequined hat, which I wore nearly every day for three years, I felt out of place. I was the guy who wore the sequined hat, and now part of my identity was most likely in the hands of an unscrupulous backpacker in Panama. But really, I had been getting sick of…

  • Why I Don’t Buy Apple Products

    Why I Don’t Buy Apple Products

    This won’t quite be the Apple bashing that people probably expect. To start off, I don’t hate Apple. I think that they’re a spectacular company that does a lot of very smart things. I think that they build relatively high quality products and do a good job of supporting them. Even if I don’t buy…