Phil
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Phil
That is making sense to me - this morning as I think about being 66 years old!
> “I believe that storytelling can be a strategy to help you make sense out of your life.” RIP writer Dorothy Allison, author of the classic Bastard Out of Carolina.
Phil Laddensubstack.comToday I will tell stories.
Struggling to write, do this.
Set a time. 300 - 350 words. Commit.
Screw the perfectionists.
My project management path
I have thousands of photos of my children but few that I’ve set aside to revisit. I have records of virtually every text I’ve sent since I was in college but no idea how to find the ones that meant something. I spent years blasting my thoughts to millions of people on X and Facebook even as I fell behind on correspondence with dear friends. I have ... See more
Ezra Klein • Happy 20th Anniversary, Gmail. I’m Sorry I’m Leaving You.
Political signs of the losers 👏🏻
The call came on a Monday at 2:30pm.
It was my dad.
He'd been losing weight at warp speed.
The first doctors he saw, overwhelmed and run-down with covid patients, told him it was nothing to worry about.
They were wrong.
Further tests revealed he had stage 4 cancer.
He was calling to tell me that they told him to “get his affairs in order.”
T... See more
Michael Thompsonsubstack.comThings to come back to when I’m feeling meh
I want a fishing lesson from this guy 👊🏻
Let's hope he has more days to fish with his family.
4. "If you can't code, write books and blogs, record videos and podcasts."
People used to laugh at my writing.
In 2018 I doubled down on it.
Without attention you're broke & must ask for permission to get opportunities
But if you master content creation you can join the permissionless economy
Tim Denningx.comsuccess road map 🗺️
The First Draft of Anything is . . . (another questionable writing quote from Hemingway)
firewater65firewatersite.wordpress.com
Who really said what 👍🏻