Assessment Week 2 — Day 3 | The 7-40 Challenge I officially took the habits off the clock this week. Assessment Week is for rest, evaluation, and planning. Nobody’s keeping score. And yet — Bible study every morning. Lifted twice. A blog post every day. Ab challenge Day 14 with my son. Walking. Thinking. Writing. … Continue reading Actively Resting
Evidence of Creativity
Assessment Week 2 — Day 2 | The 7-40 Challenge Some people would try to tell you that creativity is hard. That only certain people are creative, and only at certain times. Like creativity is this mystical thing sitting just beyond a veil — and that veil only opens for the fortunate few who know … Continue reading Evidence of Creativity
Stop
Assessment Week 2 — Day 1 | The 7-40 Challenge I find it really funny that after eighty days of building habits, publishing a novel, creating frameworks, and writing every single day — the first thing I thought this morning was: All right, what’s my list? What do I have to do? How do I … Continue reading Stop
Framework and Freedom
Day 80 of 280 | The 7-40 Challenge Round 2 is done. Forty more days. All seven habits. Two full rounds in the books. And I want to talk about something that I keep coming back to — the relationship between structure and freedom, and why most people have it backwards. When I started the … Continue reading Framework and Freedom
Cover Band
Day 79 | The 7-40 Challenge I’m about to open a piece about not playing covers with a cover. I know. Stay with me. Todd Henry makes a distinction between cover bands and original artists. A cover band can be really good — fill a room, play the songs people love, make decent money on … Continue reading Cover Band
