Blank Page Anxiety - How to Write Anyway
How to push through blank page anxiety and write anyway — on the creative struggle and why showing up matters.
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18 posts
Explore Emotions With Curiosity
Why approaching difficult emotions with curiosity rather than avoidance leads to healthier processing and greater self-awareness.
Do the Hard Thing: Why Struggle Is How You Truly Learn
Why intentionally choosing difficulty is how you grow, stand out, and prevent your mind from going soft in an age of shortcuts.
Embracing Discomfort
On leaning into discomfort rather than fleeing it — and how sitting with struggle is the path to growth.
Some Days You Just Don't Have It In You
A short meditation on the hard days when writing doesn't come easy — and why showing up with even a few words still counts.
The Creative Call
On recognizing the creative personality type within you and answering the call to make things, even when it's inconvenient or hard.
Create From What You're Passionate About
On creating from the overflow of your heart — why passion-driven creativity produces your best and most authentic work.
Healing From Trauma: Why Truth Hurts First
On why the truth about ourselves is painful before it's freeing — and how honest self-examination is the first step toward healing from trauma.
The Truth Will Set You Free - But First It Will Piss You Off
On why truth-telling about ourselves is painful before it's liberating — the first honest steps on the road to healing.
Self-Inflicted Stress
A reflection on how much of our daily stress is self-created — and practical thoughts on breaking the anxious thought cycles we build for ourselves.
Claude Code
My first experience using Claude Code
You Should Self-Educate
An article outlining three benefits of self-education and practical advice on starting your own self-education journey
New Field Notes Setup
A blog post describing the process I employ to set up a new Field Notes pocket notebook for use.
AI Won’t Steal Your Value
Why AI is unlikely to steal your job — and what that fear reveals about the value you actually bring to your work.
The Secret to Happiness?
A short exploration of achieving happiness through being present and forgetting the past.
On Mental Health
A personal reflection on the importance of mental health, shedding masculine armor, and the ongoing journey toward healing and self-acceptance.
Mental Clarity & The Joy of Field Notes
A blog post about why I love using Field Notes branded pocket notebooks for my everyday carry setup and a brief description of how I use them.
Sales Success is Boring
A short essay on the boring path to success in sales, but the path that works.