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  • How might your life be better?

    How might your life be better?

    How might your life be better with “less, but better”? I’ve been eliminating things that aren’t as important (junk, and merely “good” things) to allow me to focus on the most important things. I think this will be a lifelong journey. I’ll never “arrive” with the perfect amount of stuff, commitments, and focus points. What…

  • Blog Going Down

    My blog is going down for a week and a half starting Monday. I won’t be blogging while it’s down. I could fix these downtimes (5-10 days three times a year) for $100/yr, but I don’t see that being worth the investment at present. I probably won’t blog this weekend either because I’m sick and…

  • Do What Works, Even if It’s Not Hard

    Do What Works, Even if It’s Not Hard

    Do What Works, Even if It’s Not Hard I think there’s a tendency to feel like if we don’t do something the hard way, we’re cheating. While that is true sometimes, most problems are best solved through easy solutions even if they might be harder to find. Example: My time to write is often on…

  • One Verse A Day

    One Verse A Day

    One Verse About a week ago, I chose a Tiny Habit. I chose to read one verse from the Bible every day after I do my health routine when I wake up. I usually read more than one verse, but any more than that is extra credit. No matter how crazy my day is, I…

  • Tomorrrow.

    I’ll finish writing a blog post tomorrow. I’ll see you then.

  • Your Highest Possible Contribution

    The Highest Possible Contribution “Will this activity or effort make the highest possible contribution toward my goal?” Greg McKeown poses this question in his book Essentialism. The question is not whether something you might do is good or bad, the question is whether it is the highest possible contribution you can make. If you donated…

  • If I don’t.

    This week’s “question” is from Greg McKeown: I choose to ___ because if I don’t ___ A month ago, we were leaving for a trip. I was thinking I could just barely do a thumbnail I’d been wanting to do for work before I go if I sacrificed some important pre-trip tasks. But before I…

  • Questions Determine Quality

    Questions Determine Quality

    Questions Determine Quality It has been said that “the quality of your life is determined by the quality of the questions you ask yourself.” The questions you ask yourself and others matter. But how do you know which questions to ask? You can know which to ask by getting more practice, exposing yourself to new…

  • What Do You Really Want?

    What Do You Really Want?

    A Question From a Friend I recently talked to a friend about struggles I’ve been dealing with and he asked me: “What do you really want [out of life], Josh?” I didn’t know. He said, “We all know what we should want, but what do you really want?” I sat in my car after he…

  • What am I feeling right now?

    What am I feeling right now? This question has allowed me to find the problem below the surface. Am I really unmotivated or do I just need a nap? Or drink some water? Or take a break? I can often tell by answering the question: What am I feeling right now? Josh P.S. I had…