The Collection of My Best Work on this Site
A comprehensive list of every good story I’ve written on the topics of inspiration, creativity, productivity, technology, adventure, and more.
INSPIRATION
The Way of Walking Alone
The Way of Walking Alone
Forty-four Ways to Live Like a Samuraimedium.com
Our Finite Everything
Our Finite Everything
When tomorrow comes, this day will be gone forever, leaving in its place something that I have traded for it.medium.com
Perseverance
Perseverance
Talent doesn’t exist, only hard work does.medium.com
Actually Matters
Actually Matters
Being happier with less.medium.com
Happiness
Happiness
— And Getting Theremedium.com
The Art of Losing
The Art of Losing
How lucky it is — to not be victorious.medium.com
The Trick of Time
The Trick of Time
It’s not that we have so little time, but rather that we waste so much of it.medium.com
Into the Void
The Hobbyist
The Hobbyist
I yearn to see more people that openly and excitedly talk about what’s close to their heart.medium.com
The Best Time to Start a New Year’s Resolution is Right Now.
The Best Time to Start a New Year’s Resolution is Right Now
Just slap anything on when you see a blank canvas staring you in the face like some imbecile.medium.com
The Duality of Purpose and Work
The Duality of Purpose and Work
How to effectively go about doing what’s truly important.medium.com
The Way of Work
The Way of Work
Understanding discipline for doing difficult tasks.medium.com
PRODUCTIVITY
A Comprehensive Guide to Self-Learning
A Comprehensive Guide to Self-Learning
How to unlock the full potential of a new era of education.medium.com
Zen of Housekeeping
Zen of Housekeeping
Life as a kitchen sink.medium.com
How to Create & Plan Better
How to Create & Plan Better
Using the Internet and Beesmedium.com
Tracking for Good
Tracking for Good
What I’ve learned using Beeminder religiously for a month.towardsdatascience.com
The Want of Difficulty
The Want of Difficulty
Using Momentum & Mindfulness to Work Hardermedium.com
Everyday Manifesto
Everyday Manifesto
An open-source guide on how I try to live my life.medium.com
The Magic of Iteration
The Magic of Iteration
Publishing More Oftenmedium.com
Time Management Notes
Time Management Notes
Recently I’ve been reading some time management literature by the likes of Brian Tracy and Stephen Covey. I thought I’d…medium.com
CREATIVITY
Making Good Work to Get Paid
Making Good Work to Get Paid
Yes, You’ll Have to Pay to Read This — And Here’s Why.medium.com
The Craftship Workflow
The Craftship Workflow
Idea → Prototype → Productmedium.com
Style
Style
Create Your Own by Filtering Out Everything Elsemedium.com
Voluntary Art
Voluntary Art
An argument on doing work for free.medium.com
Usage of Wiggle Room
Usage of Wiggle Room
There are actually opportunities that boredom gives us.medium.com
WRITING
My Writing Process
My Writing Process
Five Steps to Go From Brainstorming to Completed Workmedium.com
Rules of Journal Writing Learned After 5 Years
Rules of Journal Writing Learned After 5 Years
By writing every day — even about the ‘boring stuff’ — you’ll eventually come across an epiphany you wouldn’t have had…medium.com
Being a Better Lifehacker
Being a Better Lifehacker
Improving the craft without letting go of the genre.medium.com
Essay in the Woods
Essay in the Woods
Creating a new space for non-writers.medium.com
How to Blog
How to Blog
Attempts at Online Writing.medium.com
Posting Every Day
Posting Every Day
Writing For the Challengemedium.com
Why I Write
Why I Write
Death, Meaningless Ideas, Timeless Work, and Papermedium.com
TECHNOLOGY
CSS Hacks & Creating Blogs
CSS Hacks & Creating Blogs
Solving Web Design Problems in a Clever Manner.medium.com
Afterwards
Afterwards
Death from a UX Standpointmedium.com
ADVENTURE
You Can’t Escape It
You Can’t Escape It
There’s nothing to gain from wanderlust, in fact, it’s dangerous.medium.com
Adventure is Out There
Adventure is Out There
We can all be explorers.medium.com
PERSONAL
A Youthful Apology
A Youthful Apology
An open letter to people I’ve wronged.medium.com
Don’t take Medium for Granted
Don’t Take Medium for Granted
This platform is a democracy — use it as such.medium.com
A New Quest
A New Quest
Finding the Middle Way and unlearning anxiety.medium.com
Becoming an Adult
20: Becoming an Adult
Turning Twenty is Weird.medium.com
Unregrettable
Unregrettable
Different ways of thinking about the past and writing.medium.com
Why Write?
Why Write?
Stepping back and reflecting on it all.medium.com
Paper
Paper
Wandering Musings on Meaningmedium.com
Structure → Chaos
21: Structure → Chaos
Musings on privacy, disruption and mindfulness.medium.com
On Second Thought
On Second Thought
Working Towards Something Bettermedium.com
Earn Your Keep
Earn Your Keep
Past and Future Writingmedium.com
FICTION
That Leaves for Tomorrow
That Leaves for Tomorrow
I once forgot how my hands moved —medium.com
Eden
Eden
“Every artist dips her brush in her own soul, and paints her own nature into her pictures.”
— Henry Ward Beechermedium.com
A Thousand Giraffes
A Thousand Giraffes
Let’s get down to the basics —
the fireflies have broken the horizon line.
the flying fish have froze midair.
the Gods…medium.com
Dawn of Ursa Minor
Dawn of Ursa Minor
The detritus of the forest had already begun to cool down in Nelson. Autumn had bled throughout the coast, leaving a…medium.com
Magnum Opus
Magnum Opus
Every day we inch closer towards the supermassive black hole that gives us stability. (control)medium.com