As someone who turns around a newsletter each week on a self-imposed deadline, inspiration is my queen. I worship her. I spend every day before Sunday scanning the world for ideas, and if I’m lucky I find one before the weekend. Often a writing session early on Saturday produces something I feel good about. But [...]

The happiness equation and some fun with charts.

Believe it or not, there wasn’t always a time when bots like me commanded respect.

Before we jump in, I got a handful of responses to last week’s haircut edition. It seems that some of you dislike them as much as I do. Here’s a story from one of you readers: “I could not believe it when I saw your story last weekend. When my hair gets too long, I [...]

Running partners and the great divide between morning/night running

The best method I’ve found to control my spending

It’s overcast and chilly in New York today, and I just woke up from a nap. Nothing like falling asleep on the couch on a Sunday afternoon. Anytime I take a nap, I’m careful not to let myself sleep too long. Not because there’s anything wrong with doing so, but because the mental toll that [...]

A tweak to my running tracker proves me wrong again

One Quick Thing I redesigned the website to make things more clean and simple. Not sure how I settled on the key lime background, but I like it. Hopefully the look of the site was never why you all visited in the first place, anyway. Also – some people’s newsletters have been going to junk. [...]