Category Archives: Life

Let’s go

Spend one hour today planning and booking a trip.

No, you might not find the best deal. Or have thought through every possible option for scheduling.

But after one hour, you have a little trip planned. And, after one hour, you’re back to the hustle (far making up for any little savings or efficiencies you didn’t find).

Let’s go.

The shadow of our plane in the clouds wrapped around a circular rainbow

Some people

No matter how easy you make it for them, they’d prefer not to help you.

  • A one-minute email.
  • A five-second text.
  • A two-second mention.

Stop using ease and generosity to convince these people.

Most people like helping.

Some people just like helping themselves.

Consume or create

Shows to binge. Movies to see. Stories to read.

Try to consume it all.

But you can’t.

Why not, instead, create something?

It’s time spent you’ll never regret.

Keep it delightful

Surprise people.

But if their first reaction is, “How’d you do that?”, keep in mind what you ACTUALLY did.

A magic trick.

And if you answer their question, the delightful surprise is no longer that. It’s just lame.

Keep it delightful.

Selfless

Selflessness is quite attractive in the online, virtual, and newsletter world.

If it’s genuine, consistent, and vast, you’re in.

But the moment you sense selfishness, all that loyalty and trust?

Poof.

All your support is gone.

Be selfless. Be pure.

Words of encouragement

You can deliver words of encouragement.

They’re especially great in defiance of haters.

But, in your words of encouragement, don’t acknowledge said haters. Ignoring their existence is more effective, efficient, and generally, a better method of being a human being.

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Hi.

Sometimes I don’t have any advice for myself. Any profound thoughts. Anything worth putting into words.

Sometimes I just want to say hi.

Hi, Mah. Hi, Nana.

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Perfect haircut

My haircuts are $20. (Well, $21 if you include the $1 to pay with a credit card.)

The haircut I get is:

  • Consistent. (No worries about a bad haircut.)
  • Convenient. (5-minute walk from home.)
  • Pain-free (Reuben speaks less than 20 words of English, so neither of us feel the need to chat.)

This, to me, is the perfect haircut.

To me, the perfect haircut is worth FAR MORE than $25 (the total if I were to tip 20%).

So I tip $10.

Is a 50% tip an unnecessary amount to give? Sure.

But I’m happy to pay $31 for the perfect haircut; especially knowing that I’m the perfect client.