How Do You Keep Keep Going?

Or how do you actually go do anything else you committed to do for yourself? I always got confused on what to do when the going got tough and life happened and my goals then got waylaid. Other than feeling lost and giving up on projects and promising to do better tomorrow, or next time? (which took a looooooong time to come) What could I do? James Clear offers a lovely heuristic, that I have been applying to my writing since the year began. (along with Seth’s advice to queue things up) ...

July 15, 2019 · Mario Jason Braganza

Books I’ve Read, June Edition

It was my better half’s birthday! Happy Birthday, Abby! ’Twas a good month for reading :) June The Song of the Bird, Anthony de Mello (absolutely read. buy and give people copies. this book for me, goes beyond a quake book. it has shaped my life, and thoughts, since boyhood, subconsciously then and with intent now.) The Mysterious Affair at Styles (Poirot #1), Agatha Christie (re-reading my way through the Poirot canon. these books take me to the age I think I belong to, the late 1800s, early 1900s absolutely delightful) ...

July 8, 2019 · Mario Jason Braganza

What Makes the Desert Beautiful …

Click the pic for a bigger photo “The stars are beautiful, because of a flower that cannot be seen.” I replied, “Yes, that is so.’ And, without saying anything more, I looked across the ridges of sand that were stretched out before us in the moonlight. ...

July 1, 2019 · Mario Jason Braganza

Road to Nowhere

I may not have gone where I intended to go, but I think I have ended up where I intended to be. — Douglas Adams (Shot on the long, beautiful, northern stretch of the E75, between Ivalo and Utsjoki.) P.S. More photography? Subscribe!

June 24, 2019 · Mario Jason Braganza

Absolutely Make Time for Reading

From the Writing Routines1 pdf that is available on signing up to their mailing list… “If I had a nickel for every person who ever told me he/she wanted to become a writer but “didn’t have time to read,” I could buy myself a pretty good steak dinner. Can I be blunt on this subject? If you don’t have time to read, you don’t have the time (or the tools) to write. Simple as that.” — Stephen King, On Writing ...

June 10, 2019 · Mario Jason Braganza

Books I’ve Read, May Edition

If you are looking for something to read, you might find something interesting here. May The Great Mental Models, Shane Parrish (the first of a soon to be multivolume work. must read times a hundred. this book teaches you how to think. and how to do it well. have i said it’s a must read? you must read it.) Coraline, Neil Gaiman (must read. scarily charming.) April Keep Going, Austin Kleon (must read. new annual read. timely. beautiful quotes. hugely inspirational) ...

June 3, 2019 · Mario Jason Braganza