My inbox recently reached 1,000 emails. This is unprecedented, as I’ve always cleaned my inbox around the 500-700 email mark. But I let it get out of hand this time. Cleaning this stuff is no joke. Behind every email, behind every file, is the latent fear that losing access to this one piece of information […]
Month: November 2022
Thoughts on Shifting Careers
I feel like half the battle of life is just turning up, and the other half is finding the way forward. This isn’t a very philosophical understanding, but it feels pretty real to me. After 9 or 10 month of voluntary unemployment, I’ve finally made the decision to shift careers. Despite being a software developer, […]
Reflections After One Week of Using Linux
I’ve been using Linux Mint on my new (used) laptop for the past week, and I have to say, I’m pretty happy with it. Desktop tooling and options have expanded dramatically over the past five to seven years, or maybe Mint was always this customizable and I didn’t know because I was using Ubuntu in […]
Supporting Businesses vs. Wasting Your Money
One of the arguments against the FIRE community and seemingly radical savings is that if everyone stopped spending money, the economy would collapse. It’s an interesting argument, but it’s not showing the whole picture, and while it’s not wrong for this reason alone, it’s an argument often presented by people who are terrible with money […]
Brief Thoughts on Voting
I’m trying to do my civic duty and fill out my ballot for this year’s Colorado election, but it’s a royal pain in the ass, even after dragging my feet for a solid week or so. Some elections only have one or two items, but this year it’s a laundry list of drugs, alcohol, and […]