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The final Brass Ring Daily of the year
On the subject of finish lines
A moment to turn around your week
Have you forgotten what you like to do?
You got this, whatever this may be (again)
You know I say this every year
To get out of anticipation stage
Ask Brass Ring Daily: How to find confidence
Changing the narrative of your week
The truth about publishing a book
It’s me, your friendly neighborhood newsletter writer
A lot can happen in 20 city blocks
When the work doesn’t give you joy
Let's streak through the end of the year
Why I never talk in the Zoom meeting
How to focus when that idea seems absurd
How to stay hopeful (yes, still)
What to do if you can’t concentrate
When you're trying something new
You get extra points this week
How to avoid internet rabbit holes
Alrighty, let's get BACK to it!
How to walk toward the big goal
if this week already has you dry-heaving
In praise of the ‘good enough’ decision
You, your stuff, your identity
How to choose when there’s too much going on
Logging out for an hour — or forever
Revisiting the project you put on the shelf
I don’t like asking for things, but
One thought if you’re already behind
My 98-year-old grandpa did it again
A word flip to make your Friday better
My three-word mantra for the week
A trick for conquering little annoyances
Confessions of a failure junkie
When you call yourself an expert
You are more expensive than you think
Leaning in to that fresh new month feeling
Getting past excuses rooted in fear
Wait, there might be a solution
You don’t have to put things off forever
Those days where you do the most
Splintered time vs. chunky time
Getting in the door a different way
I replayed this lunch a thousand times
A super secret project only you know about
why do we put off what we actually want to do?
that unique pain of always wanting more praise
When you're thisclose to being finished
This 97-year-old just fulfilled his lifelong dream
Finding the bliss of being done
You’re better than this and you know it
brought to you by trchnical diffoculties
Let's give July a decent ending
You should just put it out into the world
Already feel behind? You need time chunks
Playing tennis (or something like it)
How to respond to ancient emails
Nope you're not gonna do that today
What to do when you're in a rut
Oh boy, the Maisel musical is here
Um, how is it 4:30 in the morning
The work trick that always works
On progress and getting better
a little thing to direct your day
Conquering an unexpected deadline
Finally writing that follow-up email
My one trick for focusing every day
What to do when your work plateaus
Finding a reason to work toward anything right now
Getting out of the work (or non-work) rut
Seinfeld’s writing advice for right now
Um, is this cell phone thing normal?
The 102-year-old with a to-do list
Your rival is thinking about you, too
You really don’t want to see my desktop
Three cheers if you washed your hair this week
Something’s happening at 10:11
How to make Monday feel like the weekend
Lessons from a pandemic root canal
Why all our conversations are the same
You’re doing way more than you think
Permission to ignore a bunch of stuff
Please just delete your to-do list
What I’ll be watching all month
Accidentally forgetting your hopes and dreams
How to stay creatively engaged
Let’s go beyond the to-do list
How to stop reading the news every 5 minutes
The most calming thing I did yesterday
Gillian Anderson will make everything better
So easy they put it on posters
I tried three weird tactics this week
When your ex starts dating Lady Gaga
If it felt like nothing got done yesterday
When things don’t go as planned
Four different kinds of finishing
what happens the day after you win your Oscar
Advice from a 98-year-old I know
A new trick for your to-do list
Hitting that sweet reset button
Hi, here’s a Band-Aid, now rip it off
Laziness, Flow State, and creative sparks
What I learned from writing 700 of these things
Finding the best spot to create
When you don’t have a backup plan
Maybe this is why you can’t get started