To be honest, whenever I try anything new, I’m scared. Why? Because I used to be overly concerned about how I came across to people. I feared that people judged me for always starting new endeavors, like building a startup or starting a new blog. What made it worse was that I wanted the public […]
Getting Over the Urge to Prove Yourself
At some point in my life, I had mistakenly come to believe that by proving myself worthy to others, I could somehow reach the top. I called this flawed perspective “self-reliance”, and I stuck to it with my whole being. Yet now I know, proving yourself to others is a cheap trick. In the end, […]
Build This for Easier Work
This is Part 2 of my Divine Productivity Hacks series. Click here to see the other posts in the series! I live on top of a hill in the rural outskirts of Boston. The scenery is gorgeous and the area is ripe with a generous community. In many ways, I feel incredibly lucky to be […]
A Better Way to Plan Your Day
There are many complicated organizational methods to planning your day. Most systems want you to write everything down on a sheet of paper, but if you’re truly busy, you don’t have time for that. There was a season where I tried this method. In order to be productive with my mornings, I sat down with […]
How to Be Debt-Free Without Earning More Money
“Winning at money is 80% behavior and 20% head knowledge.” –Dave Ramsey, The Total Money Makeover I’m only just starting to tackle away at my debt, but one important truth I’ve learned in handling debt is that anyone can do it. I don’t need to be a millionaire or have a recent business success in […]
30 Ways to Waste Your Life and Not Realize It
In my opinion, a wasted life is an average life. Unfortunately, it’s incredibly easy to be the average citizen our society pushes us to be. Here are all the ways to be average: 1. Dwell on past mistakes so much that you can’t look forward to the future. 2. See things in a negative light—even […]
Here’s the Correct Way to View Productivity
For years, I felt guilt whenever my days weren’t productive. But now, my perspective has changed, largely because I don’t think Jesus was productive at all. My thoughts on productivity first changed when I was stuck in a busy routine. When I tried to squeeze the most amount of work out of my days, I […]