This isn’t going as well as I’d hoped. In fact, I’ve fallen off the plan from last week. I am — most definitely — struggling with this. I have been getting up at 8 a.m. every day (which is “good enough” while we still have in-home child care), but as of the second week in […]

I’ve composed plenty of “How I” posts here, but I’ve never really talked about things from an overarching perspective. Yes, I’ve discussed the various ways I have – and do – plan, as well as the ways I don’t plan. But I’ve never really gotten into how I work my plan in terms of my

Yep, he sure does. That said, it’s not as packed as mine. This week on Mikes on Mics, our guest Stephen Hackett of 512pixels.net and numerous other web portals (including a couple of podcasts over at the same 70Decibels network where our podcast resides) offers up the contents of his Applications folder. You can check

This was the first thing I heard today, so rather than write anything of my own I thought I’d share the words with you. These are the lyrics from the song “Change Your Mind” by the band Sister Hazel, a song that is always close at hand for me…and might be a good one for

Stuff. Things. To-dos. They are all on our plates…every day. Some are big, some are small. Some are project-sized, some are bite-sized. Some have been started but not finished…yet. Some have been started and will never be finished. When you have too much of these “somes”, then you had best keep an eye on them.

Lots going on with yours truly this week. A whole lot of lots. Posting here has been fairly regular (although not as regular as I’d like) and the book is in its final stages (which is a really good thing). Lifehack is keeping me pretty busy, but apparently not busy enough because I’ve got a

Last week I mentioned that I was in the process of making the switch to getting up earlier (5 a.m. being the goal) and going to bed earlier as well (10 p.m. being the goal) so that I could be ready for the inevitable work-life change that is happening around the Vardy household in the

In recent weeks, there’s been a lot written online about how to make money (or even a living) writing online. There have been several who use advertising to help support their online work, some who sell products (or are an affiliate for products) online to support their efforts, and there are those who offer premium

It’s a beautiful day here in Victoria. The sun is shining, it’s relatively warm. I just got back from a week away with my son (who is on the verge of hitting the “terrible twos”) and rather than dive right back into the writing, I thought I’d map out what I am going to write