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 Samurai

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.

Perseverance

Perseverance — Talent doesn’t exist, only hard work does.

Actually Matters

Actually Matters — Being happier with less.

Happiness

Happiness — — And Getting There

The Art of Losing

The Art of Losing — How lucky it is — to not be victorious.

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.

Into the Void

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.

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.

The Duality of Purpose and Work

The Duality of Purpose and Work — How to effectively go about doing what’s truly important.

The Way of Work

The Way of Work — Understanding discipline for doing difficult tasks.

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.

Zen of Housekeeping

Zen of Housekeeping — Life as a kitchen sink.

How to Create & Plan Better

How to Create & Plan Better — Using the Internet and Bees

Tracking for Good

Tracking for Good — What I’ve learned using Beeminder religiously for a month.

The Want of Difficulty

The Want of Difficulty — Using Momentum & Mindfulness to Work Harder

Everyday Manifesto

Everyday Manifesto — An open-source guide on how I try to live my life.

The Magic of Iteration

The Magic of Iteration — Publishing More Often

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…

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.

The Craftship Workflow

The Craftship Workflow — Idea → Prototype → Product

Style

Style — Create Your Own by Filtering Out Everything Else

Voluntary Art

Voluntary Art — An argument on doing work for free.

Usage of Wiggle Room

Usage of Wiggle Room — There are actually opportunities that boredom gives us.

WRITING

My Writing Process

My Writing Process — Five Steps to Go From Brainstorming to Completed Work

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…

Being a Better Lifehacker

Being a Better Lifehacker — Improving the craft without letting go of the genre.

Essay in the Woods

Essay in the Woods — Creating a new space for non-writers.

How to Blog

How to Blog — Attempts at Online Writing.

Posting Every Day

Posting Every Day — Writing For the Challenge

Why I Write

Why I Write — Death, Meaningless Ideas, Timeless Work, and Paper

TECHNOLOGY

CSS Hacks & Creating Blogs

CSS Hacks & Creating Blogs — Solving Web Design Problems in a Clever Manner.

Afterwards

Afterwards — Death from a UX Standpoint

ADVENTURE

You Can’t Escape It

You Can’t Escape It — There’s nothing to gain from wanderlust, in fact, it’s dangerous.

Adventure is Out There

Adventure is Out There — We can all be explorers.

PERSONAL

A Youthful Apology

A Youthful Apology — An open letter to people I’ve wronged.

Don’t take Medium for Granted

Don’t Take Medium for Granted — This platform is a democracy — use it as such.

A New Quest

A New Quest — Finding the Middle Way and unlearning anxiety.

Becoming an Adult

20: Becoming an Adult — Turning Twenty is Weird.

Unregrettable

Unregrettable — Different ways of thinking about the past and writing.

Why Write?

Why Write? — Stepping back and reflecting on it all.

Paper

Paper — Wandering Musings on Meaning

Structure → Chaos

21: Structure → Chaos — Musings on privacy, disruption and mindfulness.

On Second Thought

On Second Thought — Working Towards Something Better

Earn Your Keep

Earn Your Keep — Past and Future Writing

FICTION

That Leaves for Tomorrow

That Leaves for Tomorrow — I once forgot how my hands moved —

Eden

Eden — “Every artist dips her brush in her own soul, and paints her own nature into her pictures.” — Henry Ward Beecher

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…

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…

Magnum Opus

Magnum Opus — Every day we inch closer towards the supermassive black hole that gives us stability. (control)