A skeptical dive into the weird, sketchy, occasionally life-changing world
of self-improvement.
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All the ways we accidentally procrastinate
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Here is a non-exhaustive list of the ways I procrastinate on all sorts of things, and how you probably do it too
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You and your monkey mind
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Why do anything you want to do, when everything you want also comes pre-packaged with self-inflicted injury and insult?
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It’s the most blunderful time of the year
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Christmas is tricky and exhausting. New Year’s is fraught. The world’s most powerful people are insane. Read this post for a break from all that.
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The culture warrior weirdos are coming for ADHD
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The keyboard warriors of the Culture Wars have found a new battlefield. But do they have a point? (No. Mostly.)
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Go warm turkey on screen-time
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It’s Thanksgiving, or near enough to it, and that’s enough of a segue to another article about the benefits of cold-turkeying your phone screentime
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Yet, after all, why not?
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“Oh man, fuck this.” We were playing Halo on the big screen and I was compulsively checking the small screen in between games when I was all of a sudden fed up, fed up to the point…
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Day 30: The Cynic’s Guide 30 Day Challenge Concludes
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I challenged myself to make up for lost time by sending an email every day for 30 days whilst simultaneously spooling up a hybrid art/marketing consulting business with a goal of getting $10k revenue booked in one…
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Day 28: I am getting an early night and you should too
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Something I saw some time ago: “Depleted brains seek distraction.” I wish I could attribute it, but I was tired, and scrolling, and now I’ve forgotten without any possibility of recall who said it. But it certainly…
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Day 27: a quick one, while he’s away
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The AI article is out. https://www.webworm.co/newgods It’s horrible, but I’d appreciate you reading it anyway. Today’s chief achievement was making some little blocks to boost the lounge suite’s height by about a centimetre so the robot vacuum…
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Day 26: All we can do is do all we can.
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This evening I baked a cake for my son’s birthday celebration at his preschool tomorrow. In an attempt to be inclusive, I made it gluten, dairy, and egg-free. From the taste, this will work perfectly, because no-one…
