Recalibrating
Recalibrating Whew, it sure has been a long time since I've done one of these hasn't it? You probably thought I was done filling your inboxes with my musings...
Total Productivity Distrupion
Total Productivity Disruption Nothing disrupts a routine like moving, even just moving within one’s own city. Two weeks ago instead of sitting down on a...
In Praise of the Indies
In Praise of the Indies Over the past few weeks I’ve made an effort to read more indie self-published books, every other book I read now is self-published at...
Not Much to Say This Time Around
Not Much to Say This Time Around Usually I go into each newsletter with a lot of things on my mind and it takes some significant willpower to dial back from...
The Hardest Part of Any Project
The Hardest Part of Any Project The second hardest part of any project is getting it out there, the hardest is starting. Or at least that’s how I feel about...
/r/WritingPrompts, the Most Magical Place on Reddit
/r/WritingPrompts, the Most Magical Place on Reddit Lately I've been obsessed with /r/WritingPrompts, a subreddit where anybody can post a prompt and anybody...
Two Uncomfortable Minutes (or Why It's Good to Take a Cold Shower Every Once in a While)
Two Uncomfortable Minutes (or Why It’s Good to Take a Cold Shower Every Once in a While) I took a two minute cold shower earlier this week, the whole two...
New Year, New Theme (Also I wrote a book!)
Leveling Up & Resetting Hello, it’s been a while hasn’t it? I know for me its felt like forever since I wrote one of these, but I think it’s time to return...
Testing, Testing, Is This Thing Still On? - Dispatches for QuadrantNine
Testing, Testing, Is This Thing Still On? Well it’s been a long time since I’ve done one of these. The past year has been quite the existential journey for...
The Necessity of Breaks
The Necessity of Breaks When I sat down over the weekend to write my newsletter I couldn’t think of anything to write. I found this odd and frustrating...
Happy (Belated) Thanksgiving
Happy (Belated) Thanksgiving American Thanksgiving has come and gone again. It's a time of friends, family and community. The holiday is so important to us...
Managing Ourselves
Managing Yourself This week's review over at The Productivity Lab (see below) has got me thinking about how I manage myself. As the blog MacSparky puts it,...
Every Election Matters
Every Election Matters This Tuesday, November 2nd, is election day in America. It's one of those lesser known elections since, at least here in Austin,...
You Are What You Do
You Are What You Do I recently finished The Practice: Shipping Creative Work by Seth Godin and it has made me think about what makes us who we are. Think...
So Long Notion
So Long Notion I've given up on Notion. For the uninformed, Notion is a note and database app designed to be a "second brain" for you. It has wonderful tools...
Living in the Future
Welcome! This weekend was my first plane trip since the COVID19 pandemic hit the United States in March 2020. Over the past year, like with many people...
Moderation
Welcome Recently on The Productivity Lab’s second year in review I ranked our decaf challenge as one of my least favorite challenges we did in the past year,...
Climate Echoes
Introduction I've been thinking a lot about climate lately and our impacts on it, which as you will see below is quite the theme of this edition. Every thing...
The Pilot
Welcome Welcome to the first edition of the biweekly Quadrant Nine newsletter. This newsletter will serve as an update on my various projects along with a...