A Serious Oh Shit Moment

I had a serious “oh shit” moment today, and after you’re done reading this, you’re going to say “oh shit” too… If you DON’T, then I commend you on serious smarts. I was doing research today on estate planning and I was looking into Two-Factor Authentication (2FA). You...

Evernote

Many of you asked why I don’t like Evernote… I was one of the early adopters of Evernote when it came out in 2008. There may have been other note-taking apps like it, but honestly, there was nothing like it. Evernote was founded on a radical idea: take notes...

A Fun Challenge Today…

I went to my local UPS store where I have a mailbox. I stuck the key in the lock and it didn’t work. I asked the store employee what happened and they asked who I was. I gave them my name and they said I wasn’t in their system. They gave my mailbox to someone else and...

Estate Planning Stuff Today

Not too many words, but I did meet with two different estate planning attorneys today to talk about my family & author situation. We had some good conversations about planning for the future and steps I can take now to preserve the legacy of my books and how to keep...

Made It Through the Storms

About 500 words today. I made it through the storms successfully last night. Thankfully no tornadoes in my area and no power outage. But after last year’s derecho, people in Iowa are pretty skittish about high winds. Thankfully the storm was hyped up enough that it...

Another Great Day

Only about 500 words again today but it wasn’t for lack of trying. Crazy day at work and I had to spend some time prepping for storms tomorrow. We’re expected to get tornadic thunderstorms. So we made a trip to the store for supplies, batteries, etc. just in case...