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Managing Communication Overload
A friend of mine posted a plea for help on Facebook: I’m getting increasingly overwhelmed by the sheer amount of messages and communications I have to check everyday. With 3 active emails, social media accounts, messaging apps, texts…I feel like I’m “on call” all the time. Any advice on managing this? I’ve got problems, but…
Read MoreDifficult Times® are upon us. Now what.
It is hard right now. You are probably struggling right now. Own it. If you’re not struggling now, gird your loins. Own your struggle, bring your best. The only times I’ve succeeded in business (or life) it’s been a result of showing up day after day and doing what I do. It certainly hasn’t always…
Read MoreGo-to Inks. Some Thoughts
For the bulk of my fountain pen career, I’ve been a single-ink guy. My first fountain pen (circa 1992 or so) came with a bottle of Waterman South Sea Blue (scandalously renamed Inspired Blue a few years back.) I used that ink and some long cartridges forever. Later I got a Lamy Al-Star and a…
Read More2018 Annual Review Rundown…
Sometimes I talk about the annual review process in December. Tis the season and all. It’s a decent way to mark the years, plus I personally click over another year in December so there ya go. So this week it’s time to sit down with a dedicated notebook and a pile of freshly-inked pens and…
Read MorePens I’m Liking These Days–Parker Jotter
Parker Jotter with crisp CI by Henry Dolin This is a new pen- My buddy Henry turned me on to it during one of our coffee shop pen geek-outs. I’d seen it at Staples and passed it by– I don’t need another cheap pen, who does? He had one at the shop and I wrote…
Read MoreThe Colossal Mistakes I Uncovered in 2013
here’s some writing I did in December 2013 (whoa.) I removed a couple sections that were never intended for public consumption. -th, 9/25/18 Harsh Lessons of Independence. Independence is an out-of-favor term. Interdependence is the thing these days. I get it. The line between interdependence and plain-old dependence can be functionally negligible. I learned this the…
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