The benefits are great, but when is enough enough? — Too much of a good thing can be a bad thing. Recently I set my own personal challenge. Write every day until further notice. I managed to stay the course for 40 days; sticking to my sacred hour and developing my daily writing habit of thinking, writing, polishing, and publishing…

Day Four of The 10-Day Shortform Challenge — Dear Chris, Boy, you need to lighten up! All this stuff you’re spun up about really doesn’t matter. The things you’re attached to are just things and will be replaced. Don’t waste energy hanging onto them. Be better to your brothers. …

Day Three of The 10-Day Shortform Challenge — The Hubble Space Telescope was launched in 1990. Everything we’ve learned about space in the last thirty years can be attributed to images and data observed over that time. After doubling its original life expectancy of 15 years, a successor is finally ready to carry the field of astrophysics. The…

My life is changed forever and I’m just getting started. — I honestly can’t believe it. I had a clunky start on Medium back in July. Publishing my first piece was terrifying. When I finally did, I was liberated from that fear and with that out of the way, I set my sights on learning to write on command. Everything I…

Day Two of The 10-Day Shortform Challenge — I must have forgotten and remembered those words ten times since I first heard them. Each time has a deeper meaning. I’ve made a lot of changes myself recently. Except they’re not for me. I’d always thought of myself first as if I would be no good to anyone else…