7-40 Challenge | Rest Week I wrote a song this week. It's called "The Only Way Out Is Through," and I didn't set out to write a midpoint reflection on the year — but that's what came out. The verses are claustrophobic on purpose. Same four walls. Weight on the chest. A voice saying you're … Continue reading The Only Way Out Is Through
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The Dream You Never Actually Wanted
7-40 Challenge | Rest Week I saw a quote today on social media. You've seen a version of it a hundred times: We only get one life. So why aren't you running as hard as you can toward your wildest dreams? It was attached to somebody's website. There was a famous name stapled to it … Continue reading The Dream You Never Actually Wanted
Editing Life
7-40 Challenge | 6-22-2026 I cut almost half of my first novel in editing. Scenes I loved. Lines I was proud of. Whole subplots I'd spent weeks building. Every cut made the book better. This round, I did the same thing to my year. I started 2026 with a list of everything I wanted to … Continue reading Editing Life
Ten Thousand
7-40 Challenge | Round 4, Day 35 BiblePictures365 hit 10,000 followers on Instagram today. On January 1, I had zero. No audience. No following. No track record. Just an idea — one image per chapter, every day for a year reading through the whole Bible— and enough stubbornness to start posting before anyone was watching. … Continue reading Ten Thousand
Less Famous, More Trusted
7-40 Challenge | Round 4, Day 34 Seth Godin dropped nineteen points about marketing in the age of AI. Three of them stopped me cold. "Stop trying to be famous. The goal is not to get more famous. The goal is to get less famous and more trusted." I've spent most of this year building … Continue reading Less Famous, More Trusted
