Now
If you've not seen a Now page before and don't know what it is, check this out. Here's mine for this month, as written on: March 1st, 2025.
- Essentialism90 = I'm now 2/3rds of the way through Greg McKeown's The Essentialism Planner, and will continue working with a small group of friends from the GoGoDone community on this for the rest of this month. The work is deepening, and changing how I think about what is actually Essential. As someone constantly wrestling with a steady stream of new creative ideas, this practice has proven very revealing. For instance, I ended up canceling my website reboots this month, reducing my musical commitments, and productively procrastinating on a dozen different new ideas that I was really excited about. I didn't used to recommend this book, now I do.
- Turning Older = Another birthday this month, and I'm so grateful that I get to have them! Though they do seem to be coming more frequently, somehow? I'm turning 49, one of those ages that people are inherently suspicious of because it sounds like you just don't want to admit that you're older than that. No really, not turning 50 yet. Staring down the barrels of 50, sure. Still some time to move a few more major milestones forward in my 40s though.
I usually list my top 5 things here. For the beginning of my Essentialism journey in January, I kept it to 4. Last month, 3. This month, let's call it at 2.
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