Hi, I'm Brennan! I created this website to provide weekly updates regarding my goals (systems) that I currently have on a website called Beeminder as a way to keep myself accountable, as well as a place for general draft writing. For more information on the theory behind this idea, please check out the following links where I have written extensively about this: 1, 2, 3, 4, 5.
Zero: The Baseline
Posted: February 9, 2020“The best time to plant a tree was 20 years ago. The second best time is now.” – Chinese Proverb Personal Introduction Hi, I’m Brennan. I wrote two guests posts for Beeminder back in 2017– Tao and Sting. Although I felt as though they were good pieces of advice (I had a lot of helpful editing f...
Fineprint for Goals
Posted: January 3, 2020This is an idea I’m borrowing from Nathan Arthur. A derailment of a Beeminder system is not legitimate and does not count if any of the following conditions are true. These are, of course, nullified if a specific goal’s fineprint states otherwise, as that supersedes these rules. The derailmen...
My Daily Routine
Posted: January 2, 2020Morning Every morning, I will wake up at 6:00am after going to bed at 9:00pm the night before in order to feel fantastic and have momentum for the day. Every morning as soon as I wake up, I will make my bed and read this document, in order to set myself up for a productive day....
My Personal Manifesto
Posted: January 1, 2020"This is the beginning of a new day. I have been given this day to use as I will. I can waste it. . . or use it for good, but what I do today is important, because I am exchanging a day of my life for it! When tomorrow comes, this day will be gone forever, leaving in its place something tha...