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Jan 2

What I Read in 2022

7,784 pages across 22 books — 22 books in 2022… seems fitting, right? That wasn’t intentional, just a coincidence. This year, I read some of the best fiction I’ve read in years: Project Hail Mary, The Midnight Library, Cloud Cuckoo Land, Recursion … the list goes on. I can confidently recommend every fiction book I read…

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What I Read in 2022
What I Read in 2022
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Jan 3, 2022

What I Read in 2021

6,911 pages across 22 books — Is it just me, or have 2020 and 2021 felt like one weird, long year? Perhaps it’s the working-from-home talking, but my perception of time has gone completely whacky. When most days feel the same, they bleed together. I know I’m fortunate I can work from home, but everything has…

Books

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What I Read in 2021
What I Read in 2021
Books

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Dec 31, 2020

What I Read in 2020

5,850 pages across 19 books — What a year it’s been. 2019 was not without its difficulties for me and many of the people in my life. But 2020, sheesh, what a rollercoaster. Whatever life throws my way, books are among the few things I can reliably turn to for comfort and solace, for few activities…

Books

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What I Read in 2020
What I Read in 2020
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Jan 6, 2020

What I Read in 2019

10,119 pages across 25 books — Reading is one of the most important activities I do all day. The morsels of knowledge I gain with each read and the fictional people and places I visit all help me to think clearer, understand how things work more deeply, and sharpen my creativity. I couldn’t do life without…

Books

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What I Read in 2019
What I Read in 2019
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Dec 31, 2018

What I Read in 2018

8,367 pages across 28 books — Hey there, fellow reader! Last year, I did a post on the books I read in 2017, and I decided to do it again for 2018. This year-long exercise really helps me think about the things I read. I hope you enjoy it. Like in 2017, I again consumed 28…

Books

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What I Read in 2018
What I Read in 2018
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Dec 31, 2017

What I Read in 2017

8,512 pages across 28 books — Here’s what I read in 2017, in the order I read them. The list includes a mix of hard copy, ebook, and audiobook versions. (As a side note, this article is not monetized with Amazon Affiliates, just in case you were wondering.) Catalyst (Star Wars): A Rogue One Novel by James Luceno For the most part, this…

Books

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What I Read in 2017
What I Read in 2017
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Jun 20, 2017

The Easy Fix

Stop looking for it. Stop waiting, stop wishing. Stop believing in overnight success, just because some joker’s social media highlight reel makes their “success” look that way. Stop believing the so-called gurus who promise to change your life in 5 Easy Steps. There is no magic pill or 3-day program…

Life

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The Easy Fix
The Easy Fix
Life

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May 26, 2017

Tools Don’t Matter — Until They Do

Most experienced professionals would tell you tools don’t matter, while younger or less experienced people tend to believe tools are everything. After all, it’s easy to believe having top-of-the-line tools will provide a swifter path to success. …

Photography

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Tools Don’t Matter — Until They Do
Tools Don’t Matter — Until They Do
Photography

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Apr 17, 2017

A Tough Egg to Crack

It’s easy to feel like you don’t know enough. — There was once a boy called Nobody. People called him Bod. Bod lived in a graveyard, and the dead who lived there raised him, mentored him, and granted him the Freedom of the Graveyard so that he could talk with them, and move through walls, and become invisible whenever he…

Life

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A Tough Egg to Crack
A Tough Egg to Crack
Life

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Mar 10, 2017

There are no Creatives

Creativity has been hijacked — “Babbido bibbido.” “Woodeewoodee?!” “Noogie googie — ” Ahem. Oh, hey! Didn’t see you there. Sorry, I was … word barfing all over the place. Making stuff up. You know, exercising my right as a Creative with a capital C. Because I’m super fancy like that, and you can’t touch this. …

Creativity

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There are no Creatives
There are no Creatives
Creativity

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Brandon Smith

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