A lot of the best work I've ever done started out as something completely different because I gave myself permission to have space around my time and expectations.

Before you sweat the logistics of focus: first, care. Care intensely.... Obsessing over the slipperiness of focus, bemoaning the volume of those devil "distractions," and constantly reassessing which shiny new "system" might make your life suddenly seem more sensible - these are all terrifically useful warning flares that you may be suffering from a deeper, more fundamental problem.... Know in your heart that what you're making or doing matters... First, care. Then, as you'll happily and unavoidably discover, all that "focus" business has a peculiar way of taking care of itself.

If you want to make a chili, you're going to break some cows.

Thing is: the internet's made of IP addresses, opinions, and assholes. It's what's there. That's the basic equipment.

Although your time and attention are finite, the demands on your time and attention are infinite.

Typing in all lowercase is popular among young people, SMS users, and anyone who feels literacy has become too time-consuming.

A lot of the best work I've ever done started out as something completely different because I gave myself permission to have space around my time and expectations.