Sunday, June 28, 2026

Saturday, June 27, 2026

The "Some Are More Equal Than Others" Dept.

The Free Press: Larry Sanger, a co-founder of Wikipedia, on being banned from Wikipedia.

Hmm

 


Many Thanks!


Many thanks to serpentinesheldonserpentine and to Cultural Offering for their kind mention of my recent Substack post on Books for America's 250th Anniversary

Many thanks also to Nicholas BateA Large Regular, and A Layman's Blog for their mentions.

They are deeply appreciated.


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Disciplined Distractions

 


Consider your average workday. How much of it is consumed by distractions? How much more work could you get done if you reduced them?

Now for the brutal part: How many of those distractions are chosen by you and not inflicted by others?

My guess is that it's a large amount so here's the assignment:

Set aside 30 minutes in the morning and 30 minutes in the afternoon for those self-chosen distractions. No other time can be devoted to them.

A rigid application of that regimen will make a big difference.


[Photo by Bradley Andrews at Unsplash]

Guitar from 1679