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David Allen’s magnum opus on personal productivity, Getting Things Done, is packed with useful insights. Here’s one of my favorites: The smart part of us sets up things for us to do that the not-so-smart part responds to almost automatically, creating behavior that produces high-performing results. We trick ourselves into doing what we ought to be doing. He then offers this classic example: putting something you need to take with you near your car keys. My personal crutch in this department is alarms. Even if my future action needs to be done a mere ten minutes from the present moment,...…

I woke up this morning to a feeling so distant in my experience that it took me a minute to identify: deep contentment. The flavor is specific, which is why I had to look at it for a bit to know. It’s the contentment of being on a worthy mission, of slipping into a stream of action that aligns with the reason your heart keeps beating. …

The three most dangerous animals in Maine – #3: bears, #2: moose, #1: ticks. Which probably seems backwards. The thing is, the chances of me seeing a bear or moose on my property is akin to a lightning strike, while I’ve already plucked over half a dozen ticks off of me or my clothing in just a few weeks. …

Usually when I travel, I’m both glad to go away, and glad to come home. My trip to Maine was no different, except that my home is now a brand new place. The road trip lasted a little over three months, and while it was plenty fun, it was also far from smooth. It definitely felt like a lot of work just to arrive at the start of a journey. …

The timing of my move from Portland, Oregon and onto my new land in western Maine is complicated a bit by the time of year. As even a casual perusal of the climate data will show, arriving in Maine at the beginning of February and breaking ground on anything would be a futile exercise. …