Posts with the tag "discipline"

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Looking for a special appliance timer


I'm looking for one of those lamp/appliance timers I could plug my computer into that will do the following during times when I really need to focus:

Block incoming e-mail that isn't related to the specific projects I need to make progress on, but allow others through
Block outgoing web requests that are more than one degree [...]

Why I Am Quiet


A lot of people notice that in many settings, I'm a pretty quiet person. I don't mind telling them that I generally have an withdrawn personality, and that I tend to do better in conversations that are one-on-one or with small groups of people who I know, as opposed to large groups or gatherings [...]

Good-bye, Doctor Pepper


My favorite soft drink was Dr Pepper. It always tasted so much more interesting than any other soft drink I've had, and I enjoy that it has maintained its "outsider status" - always a little bit hard to find, a little bit hard to emulate (though not for lack of trying), a little bit [...]

Checklists do not an existence complete


Today I felt especially like a mindless automaton checking items off a list. It's pretty rare that I have that experience in my "day job" at Summersault, but sometimes the combination of a burst in client project activity + a bunch of administrative things + an overflowing inbox + accumulated personal tasks from the [...]