Getting Better

I keep turning over in my head a post I read back almost 2 months ago by Merlin Mann, a writer whose work I have enjoyed in a variety of forms–from his (former) take on productivity pr0n, his personal weblog, and his unique vocal stylings.

From a post called Better, Merlin struck a nerve.

And, to be honest, I don’t have a specific agenda for what I want to do all that differently, apart from what I’m already trying to do every day:

• identify and destroy small-return bullshit;
• shut off anything that’s noisier than it is useful;
• make brutally fast decisions about what I don’t need to be doing;
• avoid anything that feels like fake sincerity (esp. where it may touch money);
• demand personal focus on making good things;
• put a handful of real people near the center of everything.

All I know right now is that I want to do all of it better. Everything better. Better, better.

Sometimes I find myself thinking that I am not doing things good enough.  Thinking about this and where things are, I think I really need to get better. And this goes for all facets of my life–personal and professional. The big question is how to get there.  I am not going to radically alter my life–no conversions to Buddhism for me.  Still, I think it is time to spend some time and take a deep look at certain aspects of my life.

Thus begins my own quest for better.