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A Medium Catalogue

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A comprehensive list of every good story I've written on the topics of inspiration, creativity, productivity, technology, adventure, and more.

INSPIRATION

The Way of Walking Alone

The Way of Walking Alone -- Forty-four Ways to Live Like a Samurai

Our Finite Everything

Our Finite Everything -- When tomorrow comes, this day will be gone forever, leaving in its place something that I have traded for it.

Perseverance

Perseverance -- Talent doesn't exist, only hard work does.

Actually Matters

Actually Matters -- Being happier with less.

Happiness

Happiness -- -- And Getting There

The Art of Losing

The Art of Losing -- How lucky it is -- to not be victorious.

The Trick of Time

The Trick of Time -- It's not that we have so little time, but rather that we waste so much of it.

Into the Void

Into the Void

The Hobbyist

The Hobbyist -- I yearn to see more people that openly and excitedly talk about what's close to their heart.

The Best Time to Start a New Year's Resolution is Right Now.

The Best Time to Start a New Year's Resolution is Right Now -- Just slap anything on when you see a blank canvas staring you in the face like some imbecile.

The Duality of Purpose and Work

The Duality of Purpose and Work -- How to effectively go about doing what's truly important.

The Way of Work

The Way of Work -- Understanding discipline for doing difficult tasks.

PRODUCTIVITY

A Comprehensive Guide to Self-Learning

A Comprehensive Guide to Self-Learning -- How to unlock the full potential of a new era of education.

Zen of Housekeeping

Zen of Housekeeping -- Life as a kitchen sink.

How to Create & Plan Better

How to Create & Plan Better -- Using the Internet and Bees

Tracking for Good

Tracking for Good -- What I've learned using Beeminder religiously for a month.

The Want of Difficulty

The Want of Difficulty -- Using Momentum & Mindfulness to Work Harder

Everyday Manifesto

Everyday Manifesto -- An open-source guide on how I try to live my life.

The Magic of Iteration

The Magic of Iteration -- Publishing More Often

Time Management Notes

Time Management Notes -- Recently I've been reading some time management literature by the likes of Brian Tracy and Stephen Covey. I thought I'd...

CREATIVITY

Making Good Work to Get Paid

Making Good Work to Get Paid -- Yes, You'll Have to Pay to Read This -- And Here's Why.

The Craftship Workflow

The Craftship Workflow -- Idea → Prototype → Product

Style

Style -- Create Your Own by Filtering Out Everything Else

Voluntary Art

Voluntary Art -- An argument on doing work for free.

Usage of Wiggle Room

Usage of Wiggle Room -- There are actually opportunities that boredom gives us.

WRITING

My Writing Process

My Writing Process -- Five Steps to Go From Brainstorming to Completed Work

Rules of Journal Writing Learned After 5 Years

Rules of Journal Writing Learned After 5 Years -- By writing every day -- even about the 'boring stuff' -- you'll eventually come across an epiphany you wouldn't have had...

Being a Better Lifehacker

Being a Better Lifehacker -- Improving the craft without letting go of the genre.

Essay in the Woods

Essay in the Woods -- Creating a new space for non-writers.

How to Blog

How to Blog -- Attempts at Online Writing.

Posting Every Day

Posting Every Day -- Writing For the Challenge

Why I Write

Why I Write -- Death, Meaningless Ideas, Timeless Work, and Paper

TECHNOLOGY

CSS Hacks & Creating Blogs

CSS Hacks & Creating Blogs -- Solving Web Design Problems in a Clever Manner.

Afterwards

Afterwards -- Death from a UX Standpoint

ADVENTURE

You Can't Escape It

You Can't Escape It -- There's nothing to gain from wanderlust, in fact, it's dangerous.

Adventure is Out There

Adventure is Out There -- We can all be explorers.

PERSONAL

A Youthful Apology

A Youthful Apology -- An open letter to people I've wronged.

Don't take Medium for Granted

Don't Take Medium for Granted -- This platform is a democracy -- use it as such.

A New Quest

A New Quest -- Finding the Middle Way and unlearning anxiety.

Becoming an Adult

20: Becoming an Adult -- Turning Twenty is Weird.

Unregrettable

Unregrettable -- Different ways of thinking about the past and writing.

Why Write?

Why Write? -- Stepping back and reflecting on it all.

Paper

Paper -- Wandering Musings on Meaning

Structure → Chaos

21: Structure → Chaos -- Musings on privacy, disruption and mindfulness.

On Second Thought

On Second Thought -- Working Towards Something Better

Earn Your Keep

Earn Your Keep -- Past and Future Writing

FICTION

That Leaves for Tomorrow

That Leaves for Tomorrow -- I once forgot how my hands moved --

Eden

Eden -- "Every artist dips her brush in her own soul, and paints her own nature into her pictures." -- Henry Ward Beecher

A Thousand Giraffes

A Thousand Giraffes -- Let's get down to the basics --the fireflies have broken the horizon line.the flying fish have froze midair.the Gods...

Dawn of Ursa Minor

Dawn of Ursa Minor -- The detritus of the forest had already begun to cool down in Nelson. Autumn had bled throughout the coast, leaving a...

Magnum Opus

Magnum Opus -- Every day we inch closer towards the supermassive black hole that gives us stability. (control)