My 2-year-old daughter was holding a small bunch of grapes in her left hand and was trying to pull off one grape with her right hand. When she pulled with her right hand, she ended up with all but one of the grapes in her right hand, which she considered to be a failure. She …
Author Archives: Mitch
Reset button
I called HP support today because my printer wasn’t connecting to my computer over wifi. They told me to try deleting the printer and then adding it back in my computer’s system preferences. That did the trick. About half of the time I have a technical problem, it seems like it’s solved by turning the …
Play the long game
In business, in your work, in poker, in soccer, in learning, in almost everything I can think of, it helps to play the long game. Because it means that you don’t have to panic or be frantic. It means that when you’re down, you’re not out. It means that there’s very likely still time to …
Howl
Every night recently, the people in my town howl at 8pm. They howl in support of the healthcare workers working amidst COVID-19. They howl in support of all essential workers working amidst COVID-19. It feels good as well as cathartic. It’s hard to tell from a howl, but I bet that some of the howling …
Everything expires
Things expire. Coupons, corn chips, and you and me. Everything expires. If you wait long enough, everything expires. I remember shaking a can of chili in my grandmother’s basement and hearing the echo of dry chunks of beans. Don’t wait too long.
Transferable skills
I play poker because I enjoy it but I think it teaches a lot of useful skills: taking chances, managing risk, knowing your odds, knowing your environment, which in this case is knowing your opponents, and adjusting. So it doesn’t feel like a dead end diversion. I remember Elon Musk saying in an interview that: …
Dig anywhere
Today we went to the beach and found some sand crabs in the sand. When the water goes back towards the ocean, you can see little bubbles in the sand that indicate where a sand crab is. If you dig fast enough and deep enough, you can catch a little sand crab. One thing we …
Loose shoelaces
I went for a run the other day and as I started out, my right shoe felt loose, so I stopped and tightened the laces. Then, as soon as I continued, my left shoelace felt too loose in comparison, so I stopped and tightened those laces too. The left laces seemed perfectly fine before I …
Notice the normal goodness
A few days ago, I had a really painful canker sore that made me want to avoid eating and chew in awkward ways to try to avoid having food and liquid touch the sore. I noticed it immediately when it appeared in my mouth because it was painful. Then it healed. I’m not sure when. …
Full of oatmeal
I don’t always eat breakfast and so whenever I do eat breakfast, I usually eat a smaller lunch because I’m still full from breakfast. My lunches are not always as healthy as oatmeal, so if I’m trying to be healthy, then I’ll eat oatmeal for breakfast and less unhealthy stuff for lunch. Fill up on …