A skeptical dive into the weird, sketchy, occasionally life-changing world
of self-improvement.

  • Day 18: You Can Do Hard Things

    Day 18: You Can Do Hard Things

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    There’s something I’ve heard that I can’t fully attribute, probably because it’s common sense, or perhaps just sense. I’ve variously heard it from friends and relatives and a therapist and social media memes, and it goes along the lines of: sometimes, when you become a parent, you end up parenting yourself. So often, this is […]

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  • Challenge Day 7 (of 30) – Reduce, Reuse, Recycle, Reanimate

    Challenge Day 7 (of 30) – Reduce, Reuse, Recycle, Reanimate

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    I’m now a full-time artist/writer/marketing contractor/consultant/dilettante

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  • Challenge Day 5 (of 30)

    Challenge Day 5 (of 30)

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    I have, true to my word, been absolutely smashing the website. As always when I make Website Stuff I feel like Homer when he’s been up all night eating cheese, or like Billy Joel Armstrong in Brain…

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  • Challenge Day 4 (of 30)

    Challenge Day 4 (of 30)

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    Maybe I just give fewer ducks these days.

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  • Challenge Day 3 (of 30)

    Challenge Day 3 (of 30)

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    Author, artist, entrepreneur, male model and playboy dilettante’s Joshua Drummond’s otherwise perfect life was marred by just one flaw: his inability to get up after 5 AM.

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  • Challenge Day 2 (of 30)

    Challenge Day 2 (of 30)

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    It’s late; I need to figure out a way to get these emails out before stupid o’clock. You know what doesn’t help? GODDAMN DAYLIGHT SAVING TIME THAT’S WHAT.

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  • Challenge Day 1 (of 30)

    Challenge Day 1 (of 30)

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    For those who signed up for the Cynic’s Guide way back when, this new series may be what you were expecting (compared to whatever it is you got) it’s just me, trying on every damn self-improvement business…

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  • Challenge (30 day version)

    Challenge (30 day version)

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    Gidday! I’ve been caught in that loop where I think constantly about sending an email out to you all but then think “but no it has to be good” and consequently don’t send anything at all. If…

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  • Pivot to video

    Pivot to video

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    Announcing easily the most ambitious thing I’ve ever done: Project Everybob – painting along with every single episode of the Joy of Painting

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  • Life, the Universe, and

    Life, the Universe, and

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    I had a birthday the other week. The numbers are starting to run together but this one is special because it’s 42. If you know, you know. (I suspect quite a few of you do; even the…

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  • Your phone is the mind-killer

    Your phone is the mind-killer

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    The medium is the message – and it might be rewiring your brain

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