This is the second part of my annual impossible review series. In the first part of the series, I wrote about what impossible things became possible in 2010. This post focuses on what impossible things 2011 holds for me and BIT. — "So Joel, what impossible things are you going to do in 2011?" That been the #1 question I've gotten lately from reader and friends around the blog the last 2 weeks. Well, you finally get to find out today what impossible things ...
Archives for December 2010
2010 Impossible Review: Gaining Context
This is the first part of my annual impossible review series. This focuses on what sort of impossible things I accomplished in 2010. Part 2 will focus on what impossible things are coming up in 2011. --- 2010 was a year of establishment. A year ago, everything from using Wordpress to running triathlons to writing on a consistent basis was new to me. I had some background in each of them, but I had never immersed myself in it. This year I did. I made lots ...
Impossible Evaluations and Planning For 2011
The new year is 8 days away and with it, comes a lot of talk about what's people are going to do next year, what their new years resolutions are and what their plans are for their next 360 degree trip around the sun. This quote from Raam Dev sums up my feelings on waiting till New Years to make a change pretty well: [blackbirdpie url="http://twitter.com/raamdev/status/17631179918286849"] If you want to make something happen tomorrow, you can certainly ...
Apathetic Living and the Edges of Reality
Every once in a while, a reader will ask me a really good question that makes me think. A few days ago, Lach asked me one that I hadn't been asked before: Why do you do impossible things? The experience? The trophies? Or the new you? Like I said, it's a really good question and one I surprisingly haven't actually addressed here at BIT. After all, I've written about why your why is important and about how it will keep you going even when you feel like ...
I’ll Never Make A Dime From This Blog
I will never make a dime from this blog and I’m perfectly okay with that. Lately, I’ve gotten a lot of questions lately around my future plans for the blog and how I’m planning to “monetize BIT”. After all, that’s what most bloggers do when their blog reaches a certain size, right? Well maybe, but I’m not most bloggers and BIT isn't like most blogs. Unlike most blogs out there: I have no products for sale. I have no ads on display. I have no affiliate ...
How To Write Forever By Doing The Impossible
Occasionally, I hit a spot where I just don't feel like writing and nothing seems to flow. I'll want to write forever, but I start 4 or 5 different pieces and they all end up incomplete. I can't really get behind anything and every time I sit down to write and I'm just full of blah. I hate those times but I know I'm not the only one that feels like that so instead of complaining, here are 5 ways I've found to break through writers block and the 1 question ...
How To Really Write About Stuff That Matters
Mediocre Blogging Advice Write about stuff that matters. That piece of "blogging advice" has been going around for the last few months and unfortunately, like most blogging advice, it's repeated, retweeted and passed on and on by twitter drones without much thought other than "I liked it because it was written by someone I think I should like." If you haven't heard what I'm talking about, the advice goes something like this, "Write about stuff that ...
The Renaissance Man’s Guide To Maintaining Momentum While Doing Everything Pt. 3
This is the third of 3 posts on The Renaissance Man’s Guide To Maintaining Momentum While Doing Everything. You can read part 1 and part 2 here. Review it Even the best laid plans fail. Even with your to-do lists and well laid-out schedule, something will go wrong. You'll be juggling a million things, you'll drop one, it'll shatter and you will fail. That's okay. Failure isn't fun, but you also unavoidable if you want to do something impossible ...
The Renaissance Man’s Guide To Maintaining Momentum While Doing Everything Pt. 2
This is the second of 3 posts on The Renaissance Man’s Guide To Maintaining Momentum While Doing Everything. You can read part 1 here. Making The Shift Ah, implementation, always the hardest part. Let's jump right in. Remember from last time that shifting tasks is like shifting gears in a manual car. Once you got it, it’s no problem, you keep your momentum and you can go even faster. But, if you screw it up, you’ll jack up your gearshift, make a lot ...
