Use these two free services instead — A few people have asked, so here’s what I’d recommend for blogging in 2023. If I was to start blogging again, Substack and medium.com is probably all I’d use. And maybe Ulysses or something for the writing experience, although these two apps have a pretty good interface. Which is to…

Not doing so could lead to things that shouldn’t be becoming excuses not to do the work — COVID, a recession, a death in the family, all valid reasons for not doing the work. Temporarily, at least. There is a fine line between these things being genuine excuses and them being simply excuses for not doing the work and not doing due diligence. I don’t mean this to…

Get away from the constant barrage of notifications of the modern age — Staring at the screen, looking for answers. Doing ‘the rounds’. Facebook. Twitter. Email. Back to Facebook. I haven’t looked at my Twitter feed for, oh, 40 seconds now. Let’s see what’s going on. Nothing. Nothing is going on. Everyone’s favourite richest person in the world, Elon Musk, once lamented how…

Mountains of Wisdom Newsletter for February 3, 2023 — Every week I write the Mountains of Wisdom Newsletter about little-known aspects of Japan and Japanese culture. Sign up to get this in your inbox for free here. Newsletter Sign up for the Mountains of Wisdom, Kiwi Yamabushi's very own weekly newsletter including wisdom straight from the…www.timbunting.com We’re at that miserable stage in winter. …

This isn’t a post about baking cakes. — Put the cake in the oven and bake it until it’s done. Then bake the next one. Until it’s done. Rinse and repeat. It’s so easy to get caught up in the results. …

Perspective is everything — I used to walk the same route to and from high school, only it wasn’t the same route. Each way I walked the way that felt natural, but the way that felt natural each way took me on a slightly different path. It’s amazing how much our perspective can change…