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Collecting Greatness

January 20, 2022 by Jon Douglas

You’ve probably come across great works that have inspired you and left you wondering how the author came up with the idea. You may have even thought to yourself that the very person who had the idea seems like a regular person just like you. That person just had a smarter system of collecting the …

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Turning 30/22

January 18, 2022 by Jon Douglas

I turn 30 today. There are so many feelings to begin to describe it. On one end, I am optimistic. This is my prime and I’m doing well in life. On the other end, I am pessimistic. This is the turning point. I used to be the young one. When my dad was 30 is …

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Thoughts on Struggling Through Finishing

January 13, 2022 by Jon Douglas

Have you ever started a new project and stuck to it for awhile before giving up and never working on it again? I sure have. It got especially bad through the early years of my career where I would start an exciting project, upload code to GitHub for a few weeks, and never work on …

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How I Stop Myself From Giving Up

January 10, 2022 by Jon Douglas

I’m struggling today. If you’ve ever struggled to be consistent with something you care about so deeply, you’ll know the feeling. It’s been over 1024 days since I started to create content online. During these mostly fun, exciting, sometimes frustrating days, I have created some type of content. Week after week. Month after month. Year …

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Efficiency is eager for change.

January 4, 2022 by Jon Douglas

Over the last year, I’ve been obsessed with the concept of productivity & efficiency. If you aren’t familiar with the definitions or don’t feel like looking them up right now, it’s this: Productivity – Output per unit of time. Efficiency – Best output per unit of time. For the last couple years, I would experiment …

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Why I Write

January 3, 2022 by Jon Douglas

Every week for the last two years I’ve been creating online. I sit down in my office, bed, or patio and start to write down ideas, sections to new articles, video copy/sketches, and create something new. Some of these efforts have lead to exciting opportunities, others have not been seen by many. Why do I …

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My Year In Review 2021

November 9, 2021 by Jon Douglas

In just a couple months, it will be yet another year. This year has been extremely exciting for me. It’s had it’s hills & valleys but generally was a huge year of growth. This year, instead of setting clear goals, I went with a visualization exercise at the beginning of 2021 to help me picture …

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The Start of Something New

July 13, 2021 by Jon Douglas

Over the last couple years, I’ve spent most of my free-time helping people teach themselves a new skill like learning how to code and giving advice here & there. I’ve learned a lot of lessons along the way of throwing my hat into the ring of the world of content creation, and I’d like to …

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Lifeblood

June 21, 2021 by Jon Douglas

You’ve probably heard the old analogy that there is an imbalance of our time, money, and energy depending on what stage we are in throughout our lives. If you haven’t, it’s the idea that when we’re young, we have no money. When we’re middle-aged, we have no time. And when we’re elderly, we have no …

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Keep Moving

June 3, 2021 by Jon Douglas

Have you ever found yourself in a slump? Repeating the same old patterns when you’ve shown yourself a better way? Here’s one trick that you might think is just common sense, but the reality is that you have to keep moving. We all fall into bad habits, unfortunate events, and lengths of being at the …

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