Category Archives: Tips

This Week’s Selected Media, July 14, 2024: Make Your Bed, A course in packaging toxicity, The Dred Scott of Our Time, No god But God

on July 14, 2024 in Tips

This week I finished: Make Your Bed: Little Things That Can Change Your Lifeā€¦And Maybe the World, by Admiral William H. McRaven: I saw the video of McRaven’s commencement speech to the University of Texas years ago. It resonated with me because My sidchas, standard operating procedures, and preferences include waking up, making my bed, and crossing the room to turn off my alarm within sixty seconds. Also, I had[…] Keep reading →

This Week’s Selected Media, July 7, 2024: Not Just Bikes and Strong Towns course, Stolen Focus

on July 7, 2024 in Tips

This week I finished: The joint course in urban planning between the video series Not Just Bikes (hosted by podcast guest Jason Slaughter) and Strong Towns: I can’t recommend Not Just Bikes or Strong Towns enough. If you live in an American city, know and act on these resources. The course comprised nine videos (I think I counted right) plus dozens of articles. They repeated a fair amount, but you’ll[…] Keep reading →

Giving up on sustainability is a permanent solution to what could be a temporary problem

on July 1, 2024 in Nonjudgment, Tips

I heard someone talking about suicide describe it as a permanent solution to a temporary problem. I looked it up and it seems a well-known concept. Many people seem to have given up on trying to live more sustainably or sustainability in general. We can solve it. Dropping your impact over ninety percent, if done with the right mindset, will improve your life. Combining it with having at most two[…] Keep reading →

This Week’s Selected Media, June 30, 2024: Albatrosses

on June 30, 2024 in Tips

This week I finished: Albatrosses, by Diane Ackerman: I took a year off of college in 1990. I gathered all the savings I could, about $1,000, bought a one-way courier ticket to Paris for $140, and did my best to stay a year. If my savings dropped to $140, I’d have to decide either to use my last $140 to buy a flight home or commit to staying somehow. I[…] Keep reading →

How I don’t need willpower by learning to feel disgust for what once tempted me. You can too.

on June 28, 2024 in Addiction, Leadership, Models, Tips

Maybe you’ve heard me share how from when I had my own kitchen, I always had ice cream in my freezer and pretzels and Doritos in my cupboard. I struggled to pace my consuming them, but nearly always ate more than I meant to, but kept buying more. Now I say there isn’t enough money in the world for me to eat that stuff. I also talk about my relationship[…] Keep reading →

This Week’s Selected Media, June 23, 2024: Strong Towns

on June 23, 2024 in Tips

This week I finished: Strong Towns 101, by Strong Towns: Podcast listeners know I hosted Jason Slaughter, the host of Not Just Bikes, a video series I love. It’s one of my few subscriptions to anything. He refers to Strong Towns a lot. I finally dug in to their courses, so I’m not just learning courses on conservatism and their recommended readings. Regular readers may know I I helped get[…] Keep reading →

Limiting government and limiting pollution and depletion can overlap. Here’s how.

on June 22, 2024 in Tips

Want to hear what we should do to decrease polluting, depleting, and plunder? Milton Friedman’s advice on curbing government spending to reduce inflation applies: “A tough policy that takes courage.“ Watch this video, but substitute the following, So I hear: “Pollution is the most destructive disease known to modern society.” Instead of Substitute Inflation Pollution Economy Economy and people Employment/Unemployment More technology/Less technology He knows what has to be done[…] Keep reading →

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