1. Playing around with ridiculous side projects. Like this awful drawing guide.
2. Raising Girls.
3. Beginning to teach my kids to fail.
4. Realizing all vices look to the future.
5. Finding this video on success and systems vs. goals.
6. Turning 37.
7. Trying to tell my story.
8. Not having a viral post.
9. Saying grace.
10. Rereading some C.S. Lewis.
11. Finding Hurricane,
12. Plotting a Conspiracy of my own.
13. Trying to flânerie when I can sneak in the time.
14. Making people think.
15. Quitting a few things I didn’t care about.
16. Lunch.
17. Realizing there are certain things I can’t fail at.
18. Finding this picture of Gina Bouza.
19. Trying to smile more.
20. Wearing house-shoes to work.
21. Enjoying the pleasure of daily life.
22. Attracting attention of people I care about.
23. Trying to get into bank consulting.
24. Reading Why Suffering?, By: Ravi Zacharias and Vince Vitale.
26. Learning to praise adults too.
27. Putting less pressure on myself, because all of this is subjective.
28. Watching Beauty and the Beast 50 times, at least.
29. Staring to track artistic progress in the right way.
30. Making an asymmetrical bet in oil.
31. Listening to Seth Godin’s podcast: Akimbo.
32. Going to SA for work.
33. Realizing Winston Churchill was a prolific artist.
34. Finally reading: The Alchemist, By: Paulo Coelho.
35. Learning there are poisonous snakes in the state of Maine.
36. Finding this bat and ball riddle. The widget riddle was also solid. And the lily pad riddle.
37. Finding my picture in emails from the Cato Institute.
38. Making small moves.
39. Writing small posts.
40. Taking small risks.
41. Ginger ale on airplanes.
42. Learning to translate an idea for a child.
43. Shopping for a chamois shirt.
44. Coffee.
45. These 12 writing tips.
46. The annual Ruidoso trip.
47. Reading Win Bigly, By: Scott Adams.
48. Spending a week in Corpus Christi. And eating at Snoopy’s Pier.
49. Getting to 2000 posts in blogging.
50. Drawing pictures with my children.
51. Giving cotton farmers advice.
52. Rereading the story of Job.
53. Learning a few simple persuasion tools.
54. Discovering The McGurk Effect and the power of visuals.
55. Discovering Alan Jacobs. His books How To Think and The Pleasure Of Reading In An Age Of Distraction are both timeless.
56. Trying my hand at spotting liars.
57. Learning to create mental anchors for people.
58. Reading Still Writing, By Dani Shapiro.
59. Every single one of these 31 persuasion tips.
60. Apple Airpods at work.
61. Listening to music while I wash dishes.
62. Watching Hofstadter’s Law surface at work – and everywhere else in life.
63. Going to Disney World.
64. Realizing I have the best writing background there is.
65. Chasing a purpose instead of passion.
66. Framing a difficult routine as a rhythm instead of a discipline.
67. Being a secret bully.
68. Learning animal trials were about church tithing.
69. Reading widely.
70. And reading on a whim.
71. Eating hot dogs in the car when church trunk-or-treat got canceled for rain.
72.Taking my children to their first college football game. Texas Tech vs. OU.
73. Tim Grahl telling his story of creative pursuit in Running Down A Dream.
74. This article on train travel.
75. More silent reading.
76. And reading slower.
77. Hoping all of this adds up.
78. Thanksgiving in Texas.
79. Not listening to voicemails.
80. Watching Hostiles, starring Christian Bale and Rosamund Pike – at Alamo Drafthouse.
81. Teaching my oldest to make a collage.
82. Donut-day Fridays.
83. Discovering Kerrygold Butter.
84. Discovering OIT.
85. Making second drafts shorter.
86. Dressing my children in matching Santa Hats.
87. Cold water at bedtime.
88. Saturday afternoon naps.
89. Going to the movies on Thanksgiving day.
90. Sipping on early morning airport coffee.
91. Spending a few days in San Antonio during Fiesta.
92. Blogging badly.
93. Avoiding sales and discounts.
94. Buying a Casper pillow.
95. Adding to my book list.
96. Striving to keep things simple.
97. Remembering the Pizza Hut reading program.
98. Learning how to keep going.
99. Reading about the mighty men of David.
100. Lunch dates with my daughter.