This year (2020) one of my New Year’s resolutions was to write a blog post daily for a year. I did it. Today’s the last day. I’m glad I did it and I’m glad I’m done. Just like a marathon. It’s been fun and rewarding but I’ve decided not to do it again next year. …
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I recently had some back pain and bought a new chair that looks more like a pogo stick than a chair. It has just one main leg and intentionally wobbles easily with your movement to keep you moving. It works pretty well and one other factor is that it’s a little uncomfortable. This is actually …
There’s conventional wisdom, and there’s unconventional wisdom. Conventional wisdom is given to you. Unconventional wisdom is discovered—by you. Or people like you. Question conventional wisdom. That’s what leads to better wisdom. It will feel uncomfortable, because how could everyone before you be wrong? But it’s worth doing. It’s the only way forward. You’re in the …
I still remember verbatim a comment from my tutor in my first college philosophy course: “I would encourage you to explore what I suspect might be a talent for philosophy.” It was followed by a disappointing “B+”. Never mind. I held on to that little bit of encouragement and ended up majoring in philosophy, getting …
I am sure that many of the things that I’ve written about in my blog this year have been said before by other people. For whatever reason, that didn’t seem to be a reason to not write about the things that were on my mind. Sometimes it’s only the 11th time that you hear something …
There are two unknowns in poker: what cards your opponents have, and what cards the deck will provide as the hand progresses. If you knew both of those things, poker would be no fun at all. If you knew just one of those things, it would be a lot less fun too. The joy of …
There are a lot of things you can’t control in surfing. If there are no waves, you can’t make there be waves. If the wind is coming in from the wrong direction, you can’t change it. I remember a surf report once given where the scout said, “Today is a good day to do something …
The more surf spots you visit and the more waves you surf, the better you will become at surfing. Waves that don’t look that great from the shore can be really fun when you get in the water. Waves can be better or worse than you think they will be. Surf reports can be right …
If you surf, water will get into your nose. You will be shaken like a rag doll. You will be turned upside down and beaten down by many pounds of water. You can’t stop then. Because that’s not the fun part. The fun part is when everything goes right. It’s warm, the winds are light, …
There’s no one right way to ride a wave. On some waves you can go to the right or the left and either way is fine, it just depends on which feels better to you. Some surfers like to put their left foot in front and some surfers like to put their right foot in …
