How to Journal Every Day for 10 Years
It’s simple, but difficult — as most good things are. On Christmas Day 2010, the first day of my honeymoon, I wrote my first journal entry, starting a streak of daily journaling that has lasted 10 years. A few months into my journaling, Day One [https://dayoneapp.com] came along
9 Lessons on Landing Pages
I just spent 3 months in meetings and writing sessions helping to create a landing page and content strategy for a new product that I can’t tell you about — you’re not in the product’s audience anyway, so it doesn’t matter. What I can tell you, now
A Lesser Photographer Audiobook
I’m finally recording an audiobook for A Lesser Photographer [https://www.cjchilvers.com/a-lesser-photographer]! But, let’s face it, it’s a small book. So, to beef it up a little, I’m planning interviews with creators who feel strongly about the ideas in the book. If you have
Write for a life.
My useful pinned reminder in Notes:
The Arguments Folder
My son was scrolling through my notes app recently and saw a folder with a skull and crossbones icon. He saw the fear in my eyes and asked me what was in this dark, scary folder. Are you an over-thinker like me? If you are, you know there are some
Things 3 Is Step Zero
I wrote an article for The Sweet Setup on how to use Things 3 to start and manage writing projects [https://thesweetsetup.com/how-to-use-things-3-to-streamline-your-writing-process/] (among many other things).
Let's Keep in Touch
I’m moving this blog to better home! I really recommend subscribing to my newsletter [https://www.cjchilvers.com/subscribe]. Due to the weirdness of my RSS feed, I don’t know if this blog’s feed will survive the move. I’m doing what I can, but the pluses
New newsletter: Why ask?
Consider “consider,” Ted Lasso on Sammy vs. Dave, and how to properly judge newsletters. It’s all in my latest newsletter [https://mailchi.mp/cjchilvers/why-ask]. Subscribe here [https://www.cjchilvers.com/subscribe].
Be a Lazy Billionaire
I was inspired to start updating my oldest available book, The Van Halen Encyclopedia [https://www.cjchilvers.com/the-van-halen-encyclopedia], by a few great ideas I’ve seen from others over the past month. I thought they might inspire you too. I began by updating the book in real time on