Making the Most of My Time
The last couple of years, I've experimented with creating an app, and learning about earning money online. I've spent a lot of time doing that. Time not with my family. Some of it
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Building Common Ground
What can we do to build common ground?We need to listen to each other. Truly listen. There are reasons someone is passionate about his or her opinion. What are those reasons?Ask
Divisiveness vs. Common Ground
Watched the Beto v. Cruz debate on Facebook Friday. That an a homily by a priest on Thursday brought to mind what is so wrong in this country today. There is so much
Expanding Bubbles
About a year and a half ago, I grew tired of the self-selected echo-chamber bubble I lived in. Social media bored and annoyed me because it would continually show me things just like
Announcing Indecision Coach
As you might have guessed by my Play and Decisions entry on this site, I've been thinking about that particular classic toy for some time...I've had the basic idea for Indecision Coach
Quality Time
Last November, I went out with a food truck that serves those in need. As we were handing out sandwiches and groceries, I had some extra time to talk with a little girl
Budgeting for the Year
My wife and I have this wonderful thing we do to keep ourselves in sync with longer-term goals — we make a budget for the entire year.This budget includes only the anchor items
What Comes Next
My daughter just had a birthday. That exact same day she announced she was almost another year older. We tried to explain that she just turned this age, so she isn’t almost
Release
I’m getting ready to release an app soon — going through the final steps it takes to ship software — and it's an interesting feeling.Release is such an appropriate name. As a developer,
Joy in Clutter
While making coffee this morning, I could see into the very messy playroom. My initial thought was the work to clean it up, and then my mind wandered into what else that room
Play and Decisions
Remember playing with this simple toy as a child — asking a ball a yes or no question, shaking it, waiting for the answer to appear, and then turning the ball around to read
The Curse of the Blank Page
There it is. Staring back at you in gleaming white perfection. No matter what you do, you will alter that state. So many paths to something less than perfect. So much criticism that