This is a bit more of a rant than anything else:
Small Reminders
I have a long and deep history with mental disorders and my struggles with chronic anxiety and depression can have a lot of downstream effects if not handled or treated well and with care.
A Little Lift
Want to get to the very top of your industry and field? Outside of doing the work (which accounts for 99.99% of your success anyway – don’t worry about the muse) you’ll find it important to network with folks who are in a position to help you along.
What’s Fair
Life isn’t fair… and most grownups understand this (although I still encounter humans who feel like they are fundamentally owed something from the universe… and that baffles me).
You Rule My Drool
I recently got some amazing cards from my two older kiddos… I find them hilarious and also heartwarming:
At the Cost of Your Users
Scathing commentary on how Medium.com sacrifices their core reading experience to “maximize” engagement and conversion of new users – brutal af (but totally warranted):
2,000 YouTube Subscribers: (9 Years, 7 Months, and 8 Days)
… not exactly sprinting to that goal, are we…?
4:00am Problems
Sometimes this little guy joins me for early-morning stuff… like 4:00am. For whatever reason, he just likes waking up between 4 and 5:00am… sleep training is a real thing.
Make Them Remember You
I really love this music video that League of Legends created, for a number of reasons… but first, give it a watch: