Tag: goals

  • All Set-Up, No Action

    All Set-Up, No Action

    Ideas are worthless. Yeah, I said it. Of course, I’m only one in a long line of people who have said it, so please don’t think any credit is due here. In learning about screenwriting, I found there was two schools of thought: those who guarded their story ideas as if they were a precious…

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  • New Year, Who This?

    New Year, Who This?

    One of the more interesting aspects of getting older is that, if you’re mindful and pay attention from time to time, you gain perspective. After all, what’s the difference between the stuff I got upset over as a teenager and the same situation now? Perspective. Going through it a few times, I’ve come to realize…

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  • Winter Goals

    Winter Goals

    I almost called this post “Winter Resolutions” until remembering I don’t do resolutions anymore. Maybe they work for some people, but for someone as easily distracted and prone to busyness as myself, they’re too wishy-washy and vague to be of much use. Several years ago, I ditched my new year resolutions and started in with…

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  • Plumbing

    Plumbing

    I’ve just spent the better part of an hour trying to get the drain in our bathroom sink to drain properly. Since a lot of the more wondrous and corrosive chemicals don’t play with with septic systems and ours is roughly 30 some odd years old, I tend to lean into the more gentle and…

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