how I write my blog by theboondork.com →

I have no artificial deadlines for when my blog has to be done for the day; it’s done when it’s done. I have no set length of how long my blog needs to be. I write till I can’t think of anything else to say, and then I close it or extend it till the next day.  99% of the time, I have no idea what I’m going to write about until I sit down at the computer and start writing something

Interesting laissez-faire approach to blogging. He’s consistently blogged since 2015 so that approach works well for him.

I like how it removes all restraints and morphs into an open notebook to plow into.

Blank page + blank mind = getting out of your own way.

P.S. His blank mind takes beautiful photos of his travels as a full-time nomad.

The SneakyArt Post by Nishant Jain →

Every now and then I leave drawings behind in public spaces with a little note at the back. It empowers me to cast my work ‘into the universe’ this way, to not feel pressured to sell all the time.

Love this idea — reminds me of old school guerrilla marketing in the real world.

Something to do when I’m sketching out ’n about? Or with my photos ala Polaroids?

Or perhaps postcard-sized stories about people I’ve met across my travels. Maybe do same with camping life?

This guy left a glamorous career as a PhD researcher in neuroscience to pursue his sketching passion full-time. He faced his fears head on and plowed into doing what he loves.

Very inspirational.

He’s gotten enough of a following to publish a book based on where he lives and now has a newsletter with 14,000+ subscribers.

Here and there I’ll share something off-topic. Gotta keep things light now and then, right?

Backyard Chickens by Cool Tools →

We’ve been buying baby chicks by U.S. mail from Murray McMurray Hatchery for 30-plus years. We’ll get a call from the postmaster, sometimes a bit flustered, because there’s a box there with peeping chicks awaiting pick-up. We’ll go get them and set them up with a light and feed and water, and lo and behold in three months we’ll have laying hens. Minimum order is 25, so the chicks can warm each other in transit.

Absolutely nuts — I had no idea one could order live baby chicks in the mail.

Once you have your own fresh eggs, you’ll never want store eggs again.

They’re right. I’ve bought some from local farmer’s markets. The eggshells are usually thicker and they do indeed taste better, more natural for lack of a better word.

In Costa Rica when you go shopping the eggs are not refrigerated. You’ll see them stacked on top of each other in foam trays in aisles or even outside. Again, thicker egg shells is why they’re able to do it.

The Voices.Media newsletter is no different from other newsletters in displaying advertisements but what’s clever is this little line below each ad:

…for potential advertisers to click and claim on the spot. Instant gratification and education by saying “hey your ad could be right here.”

Smart.

On book writing. For newslettering or blogging too?

“Over twenty years I have probably averaged five hundred words a day for five days a week. I can produce a novel in a year, and that allows time for revision and the correction of the typescript. I have always been very methodical, and when my quota of work is done I break off, even in the middle of a scene.” ~ Graham Greene)

At that rate it’s around 130,000 words a year.

And sketches/drawing too:

Five quick minutes of daily sketching can get your skill pretty far. It’s a way to wire your brain to move your hand how you want it to move. Practice strokes, capture proportions, and decode perspective.

Needless to say, you can apply this logic to activities other than sketching that you enjoy doing. I’d like to do it for sketching and writing but I’ve yet to be consistent enough.

If doing this daily there will be a nice body of work to reference and string together over time. When looking back from the future those strings become meaningful.

Sorta like keeping a Zettelkasten?