Day 65 of 280 | The 7-40 Challenge I started reading Austin Kleon’s Show Your Work today. To me, he sounds like a modern-day Seth Godin — an artist who’s figured out how to say, very poignantly, not just how he found success, but how he built it. And he shares it in a way … Continue reading Flow and Stock
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1,200 Letters
Day 62 of 280 | The 7-40 Challenge In A Million Miles in a Thousand Years, Donald Miller tells the story of the first time he met Bob Goff. Miller and his friends had been paddling through an inlet somewhere near British Columbia when they came across a house tucked back in the water — a … Continue reading 1,200 Letters
Day 60: The Four-Day Hike
Day 60 of 280 | The 7-40 Challenge A long time ago, when I first got interested in being a writer, I thought about the kind of characters I wanted to create. I wanted heroes. Strong ones. Ones who couldn't be beat. It took me years to realize that a character worth reading isn't a … Continue reading Day 60: The Four-Day Hike
Day 59: Point Toward the Horizon
I was reading Donald Miller today — A Million Miles in a Thousand Years — and he tells the story of a friend who runs a law firm. Not just any law firm. This firm rescues girls from human trafficking and the sex slave trade. When Miller asked the man what his primary job was, … Continue reading Day 59: Point Toward the Horizon
Day 57: A Character Is What He Does
Round 2, Day 17Tuesday, March 3, 2026 I remember hearing Randy Travis for the first time when I was in the fifth or sixth grade. Late ‘80s. This was right after he’d gotten big — Forever and Ever, Amen was everywhere. But when you grew up the way I did, you didn’t just hear the … Continue reading Day 57: A Character Is What He Does
