These are my Momentos, short personal diary entries I write daily – since 2013 – and publish monthly. Some links are affiliate links.
Momentos
Momentos – May 2020
1 It bugs me when people make flawed arguments or false claims. I have an urge to jump in and set the record straight when I see that kind of thing. But it’s a slippery slope. Often I just end up arguing with fools, which makes me no wiser than them. 2 Slowing things down …
Momentos – Apr 2020
1 Trying not to pay attention to the news. All I really need know is what’s happening here in Georgia. Little else is relevant to me. Friends and family will fill me in on the latest where they are if necessary. Other than that, head down, focus on what I can control. 2 Working on …
Momentos – Mar 2020
1 Lazy morning, giving myself a lie in after a mad few weeks. Finishing off Crime and Punishment while herself sleeps. Hard to appreciate older books and movies without context. I’ll spend some time reading up on Dostoevsky this eve. 2 The health minister here in Indonesia was confident that prayer would keep us safe from …
Momentos – Feb 2020
1 Being right doesn’t matter so much if you’re an asshole about it. Sometimes I get valid feedback from people but it’s wrapped up in insults or tactlessness. Very hard to take it on board in those situations. 2 Switched to using DuckDuckGo as my default search engine. Google annoys me with their camouflaged ads. …
Momentos – Jan 2020
1 30 minutes ago I was appreciating these people and wishing them well. Now we’re all in a dangerous crush to leave the beach. Typical shirtless dudes with tattoos and muscles and beer breath, reckless on scooters. I’m glad I don’t live in Canggu. 2 Going through the top content I produced last year, seeing …
Momentos – Dec 2019
1 Some kind of festival blocking the road, looks like a bunch of folks sitting, praying. We’re forced to turn back and find a convoluted route home. Compensation: along the back roads we see a spectacular black and red sky crowning a rice field. 2 It was a year ago yesterday that a buddy jumped …
Momentos – Nov 2019
1 Averaging less than 6 hours of sleep this week, less than 5 last night. It ain’t healthy or sustainable to be spending significantly more hours in front of my laptop every day than I spend sleeping. But it’s a trade-off I’m willing to accept for a while. 2 Two ways to build a 4-hour-workweek …
Momentos – Oct 2019
1 Spent pretty much the whole day working today. My “work” involved going through an affiliate marketing course and taking notes so I can write an in-depth review later. I was fully engaged, loving the process – digging, questioning, reasoning, investigating. 2 In my early 20’s I worked two jobs one summer. I remember telling …
Momentos – Sept 2019
1 Sluggish weekend after the madness, have to zone out and do nothing for a while, wait for the energy and motivation to kick back in. It’s tough, feeling like you’re working as hard as you can and it’s still not enough. Hard work is only part of the equation though. 2 One of those …
Momentos – Aug 2019
1 Published my best survey sites article ten weeks ago. Looks like it finally hit the first page of Google today. That’s the tricky thing with SEO – takes a while to find out if what you’re doing is working. I was ready to write off the survey site stuff as a waste of time. But now, …