Josh's Blog

Category: Weekly Wanderings

  • Take a Step Back: What Getting Lost Taught Me About Solving Problems

    Take a Step Back: What Getting Lost Taught Me About Solving Problems

    Getting Lost Google Maps said I had enough time. Then I missed a turn. No big deal, I’ll adjust. Everything goes smoothly until I get to an intersection where I’m supposed to turn right onto 12300 South. I get in the rightmost lane and find that I cannot turn right onto 12300 South from that…

  • How My Uncle Eldon’s Cancer Shaped His View on Death and The Gospel

    How My Uncle Eldon’s Cancer Shaped His View on Death and The Gospel

    My Uncle, Cancer, Death, and The Gospel My Uncle Eldon has been battling cancer for six years. Chemotherapy stopped working and they couldn’t radiate him because he has too many growths. That prompted me to reach out and start talking to him about once a month. Those conversations have been some of the most significant,…

  • Prioritize – It’s easy as ABCDE

    Prioritize – It’s easy as ABCDE

    I use the ABCDE prioritization method from Eat That Frog by Brian Tracy. I like it because it is simple and it works. You break your tasks down into these groups: A Tasks – Tasks you must do. B Tasks – Tasks you should do. C Tasks – Tasks you could do. D Tasks –…

  • Simplifying the Complex: Post-Appointment Tasks

    Simplifying the Complex: Post-Appointment Tasks

    “A journey of a thousand miles begins with a single step.” – Lao Tzu When facing a complicated problem, it is easier to avoid the problem then it is to figure out how to solve it. The key is to break it down into a series of single steps. A hundred hour project with a…

  • Busy.

    My weekly wanderings will likely be on Sundays from now on, including this week. I am often busy on Saturdays with my new job. They will also be shorter as a rule. Josh

  • Maximize Doctor Appointments

    Maximize Doctor Appointments

    I’ve had around 50 medical visits over the last 12 months while dealing with chronic illness. I’d like to share what I’ve learned from that journey. There’s a lot of information here. I hope you’ll find that at least one or two ideas help you. The Setup 1. Make the Appointment. When I decided I…

  • Maximize Your Doctor’s Visits: A Teaser

    Maximize Your Doctor’s Visits: A Teaser

    Sharing My Journey I’ve had around 50 medical visits over the last 12 months while dealing with chronic illness. I’d like to share what I’ve learned in the hopes it will help you maximize your (hopefully routine) doctor visits. I have limited time tonight and don’t want to rush through this, so I’m just going…

  • Weekly Wandering on Sunday This Week

    My weekly wandering will come out tomorrow afternoon / early evening this week instead of tonight. Just put in my first week at a new job among other things. Josh

  • Six Lessons from Joseph’s Slavery

    Six Lessons from Joseph’s Slavery

    I learned six Lessons from Joseph’s slavery in my church’s Young Adult Bible Study this week. Joseph’s Brothers Sold Him Into Slavery “So Judah said to his brothers, “What profit is there if we kill our brother and conceal his blood? Come and let us sell him to the Ishmaelites, and let not our hand…

  • Adjustment

    I’m going to make an adjustment to my schedule for my weekly wanderings. I will write a weekly wandering at some point during the week, at least by Saturday night. That way if I get an idea on a Monday or Tuesday, I can still put it out into the world. Josh