I just passed through the fifth anniversary of a career low spot: The day I was essentially pushed out of my design job for letting myself burn out. The Great Burnout, I’ve come to call it. After five years, I can look back and see where the trouble began. When the project started, I thought … Continue reading “Burnout and Shooting Zombies”

When I was nine years old, I got my eyes checked as part of the routine pre-school-year physical, and they were normal vision.  Three months later I got my first set of glasses.  I’ve always been one of those folks whose eyesight is fine until it suddenly falls off a cliff… one day I can … Continue reading “Upgraded eyeballs”

Decades ago I started associating specific music soundtracks to specific contexts of my life, and it’s made so many things easier. What I’m about to tell you is probably obvious, but I tripped over it by accident so I figure passing it on might save someone else time. The technique: Create a music playlist specifically … Continue reading “How Final Fantasy IX taught me to hack my brain”