“The journey of a thousand miles begins with a single step…” As I ascended Mt Shasta the words of John Gray, our leader, echoed in my mind.  He had told me to just keep focusing on taking one step at a time.  When mountaineering, it is of utmost importance to pace yourself, rest if you [...]

Last year at Christmas I had 12 days of vacation time that I needed to take for work otherwise I would lose them.  I was more than happy to get a 2 1/2 week break from work – it had been 5 years since I had that much time off in a row with nothing [...]

Ever read a nonfiction book about self-improvement filled with all sorts of actionable items? Have you, after reading that book, not taken any action whatsoever?  If your answer to the second question is no, then you are a better person than I am.  Or at least a person better at implementing ideas.  Or maybe you [...]

Watch out, because apparently the affliction I suffer from is catching.  Every day my stepdad has been seeing me try to get things going with my business, and I guess it was enough to get him inspired.  Now he’s reading The Four Hour Workweek, and he’s produced a better, more coherent, and more inspiring business [...]

After years of living a life bound by the framework of the 9-5 culture, how does one manage time when it suddenly becomes more free-form?  Ask yourself: are there times of the day where you are more efficient at certain tasks?  Is there a way to schedule your day to maximize output during short amounts [...]

I started this entry with the above title, and was all set to write a long post about how procrastination specifically affects someone in my position; that is, someone with no supervisor and no outside assigned deadlines.  But in the course of beginning this, I realized that right now, at this moment, I am procrastinating. [...]