I am not “writing these for you,” necessarily, but using these (walks + popups) as a kind of “literary gym” to “force” myself to write even when I’m not in a “writing mood.”

But the most exciting outcome was this: I became someone who could just come up with an idea for a post, start writing, and finish . For most of my life, I felt like someone who was always coming up with ideas for projects and then never executing on them . There were the usual excuses: school was busy, work was busy, I didn’t have the time. But I... See more

My mother loved the stand-up comedian Phyllis Diller who said when the audience doesn't think you're funny, quit—simply do something else. There is nothing weaker than a painting that tries too hard. Do what comes easily. When it stops being fun, you’re doomed. If a painting sucks, I quit.

I put everything down and I go take a walk, or go eat at a... See more