Step 1: Live Step 2: Die That’s the path and the instructions for being absolutely any living organism on this planet. It’s that simple. But then why does Step 1
Month: March 2017
Another awesome fucking person who helped meAnother awesome fucking person who helped me
VICE does good work. And it’s cool too. But I’ve never thought the trendiness or coolness, whatever that is, is what defines it. It’s the investigative journalism and trying to
I don’t know shitI don’t know shit
I’ve got a lot of good stuff in my life but I’m also really bad at a lot of stuff. I’ve figured out what’s important for me in a few
Murdering Murphy’s LawMurdering Murphy’s Law
I’ve written before about what a load of goatshit Murphy’s Law is. As a theory it’s about as accurate as ‘A watched toaster never pops’ or ‘Don’t look a dragon
Doing the limbo with your lifeDoing the limbo with your life
In Mark Manson’s The Subtle Art of Not Giving a Fuck, he talks about this guy… He was a mega-talented guitarist, who was going to take over the world with his
When it rains, it just rainsWhen it rains, it just rains
When you work in a bar and it gets quiet, they send some bartenders home. ‘We don’t need you – knock off.’ So then what happens? It gets busy of course. And
What’s an ‘Aussie hip hop’?What’s an ‘Aussie hip hop’?
This was someone who was just in the zone, and it was also one of the all-time greats of Triple J’s Like a Version. And this is someone else who
BragBrag
A very successful, but more importantly, a very good writer recently bragged to me about how well his book is doing. And I’m glad he did. But there’s a difference between bragging
Wasting timeWasting time
Is it possible to waste absolutely zero time? In My Experimental Life, A.J. Jacobs experiments with getting rid of all irrational beliefs and myths he’s been told by the internet, his
No news is good news pt. 2No news is good news pt. 2
In this post, Dr Money Mustache also talks about how to avoid wasting time. And it’s not just news, it’s ‘all forms of irrelevant information’. The philosopher Seneca said in On
No news is good newsNo news is good news
I’ve done this exercise with my students 3 different times now… ‘Get your books out and in groups, write down the biggest news events of the past 20 years. You