“Productive work does not mean the unfocused performance of the motions of some job. It means the consciously chosen pursuit of a productive career, in any line of rational endeavor, great or modest, on any level of ability. It is not the degree of a man’s ability nor the scale of his work that is […]
Lately I’ve been reading about how people find work they love. We talked about the limitations with passion the other week, but a mission or sense of purpose can create a greater love for the work we do. When you start thinking about a mission, a natural tendency is to think big. You start conjuring […]
Look, I’m all for adopting rationality as a mini-religion, but what happens when rationality isn’t enough? Yeah, there’s emotion, but what underlies emotion? One thing the article below misses is the possibility that we can’t always trust our emotions or our rationality. Our life experiences shape our emotions and rational decision making. A traumatic event […]
At some point in time, I set out to run an Etsy store. I knew that wooden signs were pretty popular so I decided to make and sell them. The process of making a wooden sign seems pretty simple, but there are definitely some tricks that will create a better end result. Once you understand […]
The notion that you should “follow your passion” is an internet sensation. The popularity shouldn’t be at all surprising considering most people want to do what they want and they simultaneously feel discontent. Even though passion is the career advice pretty girl, there are some detractors. Cal Newport was an early detractor. He suggests that rather […]
“Share something small everyday.” -Austin Kleon, Show Your Work I’ve been wanting to stoke my creativity for a while. Frankly, it started long before I said that I’m becoming an artist . . . whatever the hell that is . . . but I didn’t do anything about it for a long time. One day […]