If you’ve been a reader of the blog at all, then may have noticed that in the last month or so, the writing has really slowed down. There’re a couple of reasons for this. Amesblog was an experiment for us. …
There’s one rule that almost anyone references when it comes to learning something or becoming great at one particular skill. We all call it the 10,000 hour rule, which was popularized by Malcolm Gladwell’s book, Outliers . While I like Gladwell’s …
If there is one thing we should learn during our childhood, it should be that taking a lot of chances is a good thing. However, I think this is actually beaten out of us throughout our education system. We’re trained …
I’m not sure why, but I think it’s probably going against the grain that has highlighted this to me. I think the middle class is full of people terrified of taking risks. Most people, in general, are terrified of doing …
It seems like the more I learn and read, the quieter I try to become. I include ‘try’ in there because it’s a process, with setbacks, like anything. The real meaning of the more I learn, the more I see …
More likely than not, if you are reading this, you have your basic needs met. More likely than not, if you are reading this, you have your basic needs met. We live in a wonderfully abundant time. But, what are those basic …
Since I do my reviews quarterly, transitioning into 2016 isn’t much different for me from going from Q3 to Q4 from a review and planning standpoint. I don’t review all of 2015, and I don’t plan for all of 2016, …
Journaling has become an integral part of my daily life. I have dressed daily writing up as a means to funnel my anxieties. I try to get those monsters out of my head, stomach and heart and onto paper (physical or digital). …
Yesterday Cory and I packed our bags, got a rental car and drove back to Seattle. Our lease was coming to a close, Seattle’s weather was depressing us, and we didn’t want to find a new apartment, since finding anything …
I would not consider that cafe anything special. But for some reason I had trouble not going back. At first I did not understand the compulsion. Above head, there were uncomfortable fluorescent lights. Spanish news channels shown on mute, across the screens mounted on the …
