My Writing Improvement
I'm reading my blog post from yesterday and noticing that it's not that good.It starts with:
Last night I walked to Carvel with my wife and dog and as we crossed the street I picked up my phone, turned it to a bright screen and shook it in case a driver making a turn in front of us didn't see us. I did this because I was almost hit by a car making a left turn while walking my dog.
What if someone doesn't know what Carvel is? I could add ",the ice cream store,"
Does it matter that my wife and dog were with me?
What alternative words could I have used instead of "wife and dog?"
- family
The first sentence is poorly written. Is the following better?
Last night I almost had a NDE or Near Death Experience.
It wasn't the usual kind where you die, rise up and see the light. It was the kind where I could have died.
I was walking to the ice cream shop to help relieve a depressing day for me. I already had some pizza for the same reason and figured a little ice cream could help.
The main reason for the depression was a lonely feeling. I worked from home and it's been a week since my two boys left for college.
....
So I could have made the story more interesting.
Idea of Idea Muscle
This morning while laying in bed, I came back to a thought about my Idea Muscle. +james altucher talks about how if we don't use our "idea muscle" it shrinks like regular muscles.
The idea is to come up with 10 ideas per day on any subject. I was thinking how I could use this for any problem I'm currently having. So for example I'm looking for a way to not have to work and could come up with 10 ideas to make money. And then come up with 10 ideas on how to implement them.
Software Tools
I was also thinking about what tools could get me to where I want to go. Of course I don't have a clear picture of where that is so I'll probably continue to flounder.
One tool could be useful is to generate a blog from my Cur Task spreadsheet. This is basically my to-do list and knowledge collection tool in Excel.
Yesterday
I spent all morning on twitter. I replied to a tweet from +Mark Cuban and got mentioned more than I ever have in the past.
.@mcuban a video of him failing 2 multiply is the @realDonaldTrump? I'd bet > 99% of people not able to answer this question on live radio— Alec Berg (@alecberg) September 3, 2016
This caused a lot of mentioned on twitter
Osteoperosis
From reading the book Antifragile by Nisam Taleb, I'm wondering if doing headstands could help. He has a picture of a woman carrying a basket on her head and stating she has good bones and posture. This reminded me of the song from Romper Room "See me walk so straight and tall, I won't let my basket fall."
Food Diary
I saw a doctor the other day for my future colonoscopy examine. He recommended I keep a food diary.
Other Stuff
Some of the other tasks I completed yesterday were:
- Trim bushes
- Mowed front and back lawns
- Walked the Dog
- Read Antifragile
- Dinner at Chipotle
- Read a random book
- Persuasion: The Art of Influencing People
- While reading the book I looked at some reviews and accidently found that one of the reviews was mine from 2012
- Downloaded a number of audiobooks
- Think and Grow Rich
- The 5 Essential People Skills by Dale Cargenie
- Antifragile
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