Writing

I post new articles as I write them. I focus on quality rather than frequency. These are the archives of everything I’ve written since 2014.

March 18, 2022
Always something
October 1, 2021
Max Shank and the 5-Minute Movement Flow
April 30, 2021
Less but better
April 27, 2021
The elusive secret sauce
April 19, 2020
Sh*tty First Drafts
April 19, 2020
Travels in China
March 29, 2020
34 Years of Change
March 22, 2020
A Letter to my Friends in This Time of Trouble
March 15, 2020
The Joys of a Home Gym
March 8, 2020
Flow = Happiness?
March 3, 2020
How to Solve Hard Problems
February 27, 2020
So I’m Thinking of Retiring…
February 17, 2020
8 Great Reasons Not to Count Calories
February 9, 2020
Sh*t Happens
February 2, 2020
Habit Tracking: A Simple Way to Change Your Life
January 26, 2020
The Good and Bad of Full-Time Remote Work
January 19, 2020
My First Week With Habit Tracking
January 12, 2020
I Got Stranded in Roanoke Rapids—and Learned a Valuable Life Lesson
January 5, 2020
Courage and Nausea
December 29, 2019
Don’t Drink the Water—It’s a Cesspool
December 22, 2019
Highlights of 2019, and Looking Toward the New Decade
December 15, 2019
A Place of One’s Own
December 8, 2019
Your Best Habit Strategy Depends on Your Motivation Level
December 5, 2019
The Value of Telling the Truth
December 1, 2019
Things I loved this week: December 1, 2019 edition
November 24, 2019
Support the work you love!
November 24, 2019
Things I loved this week: November 24, 2019 edition
November 17, 2019
Keep Going→
November 11, 2019
What does it mean to be an ethical software company?
November 3, 2019
Should you get up really freakin’ early? 😴🤷🏻‍♂️
November 3, 2019
Things I Loved This Week (11-3-2019 edition)
October 27, 2019
We’re not machines
October 20, 2019
Tilting at Big Tech
October 9, 2019
How to Craft a Perennial Seller
October 5, 2019
Support Your Local Dream
September 21, 2019
Ultralearning, for Fun and Profit
August 23, 2019
I Ditched My Enlightenment Complex and Became Ordinary Again
July 18, 2019
Hungry For a Change
May 12, 2019
The Wisdom of Anxiety
May 11, 2019
Where Is It All Leading?
May 10, 2019
Baby the Machine
May 9, 2019
Calories vs. Food
May 9, 2019
Forget Personality Types and Be Yourself
May 5, 2019
Is It Possible to Lose Fat Without Losing Your Mind?
April 15, 2019
An End and a Beginning
July 29, 2018
What Are You Looking For?
July 23, 2018
The Freedom of No Escape
July 17, 2018
3 Ways to Keep Anxiety from Ruining Your Productivity
July 13, 2018
How to Go Vegan in 6 Short Years
July 9, 2018
Drop Your Burdens and Rest in the Flow of Life
July 6, 2018
Encounters With a Measuring Cup: A Meditation on Thought and Reality
June 30, 2018
How to Make Peace with Tiredness, Pain and Irritability (Without Going Crazy)
June 25, 2018
How to Make Success Inevitable
June 22, 2018
Four Things Every Artist Must Do to Fail at Their Career
June 20, 2018
The Fog of Thought
June 10, 2018
Drop the Struggle
June 9, 2018
The Valley of Perfectionism
May 31, 2018
Two Months of Daily Writing
May 24, 2018
Writing For Likes
May 19, 2018
My Denial of Death
May 10, 2018
The Books That Shaped Me
May 5, 2018
The Best Oatmeal Ever
May 4, 2018
I’ve Been Losing Weight for Over a Decade. I’m Still Not Done Yet.
April 30, 2018
The Piteous Death of Attention
March 18, 2017
A Quiet Morning Just Sitting
October 22, 2016
Living a Good Life
August 12, 2014
Intermittent Fasting: Week 1 Update and New Outlook
August 5, 2014
Intermittent Fasting: Day 1
August 4, 2014
30-Day Trial: Intermittent Fasting
August 2, 2014
How I Lost 130 Pounds and Counting: Training
July 31, 2014
How I Lost 130 Pounds and Counting: Nutrition
July 27, 2014
Keeping Your Word
July 19, 2014
Thriving in the Funk
July 9, 2014
Prepare for Success
February 5, 2014
What is passion?