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And soon…shortly after that, ads
And soon…shortly after that, ads
Just do it! I would suggest just start writing. Editors and technology can help you cover some of your issues. What sort of books are we talking about? 200+ page nonfiction? IMO writing a book is an endeavor.
Find a platform somewhere and write short stories, whether it be your family and friends or somewhere on the Internet. Check out https://lemmy.world/c/writingprompts (even bigger on Reddit). Write blog posts. Write write write. Maybe exploring those partial ideas. Collect all your writing in one area so that you can look back at it and see progress.
Whenever I get a new computer I install these right away.
Used everyday:
Alfred: customizable productivity tool. It’s a launcher, file searcher, web searcher, clipboard manager, snippet manager, script runner, etc with a robust community making scripts.
Textpander: a text replacer I’ve been using before Apple’s and Alfred’s solutions.
Bettertouchtool: customize keyboard and trackpad shortcuts
Notational Velocity/nVALT + Obsidian: note taking synced across my devices. NValt for quick notes while Obsidian is for long form and personal knowledge management. Just plain text files in a communal vault somewhere.
Dropbox: mainly used to sync settings for apps and notes across devices.
1Password: password generation and management for me and my girlfriend. A little pricey, but I love it. been researching alternatives.
Also handy:
Better Rename 9: rename files. Replace characters or strings, add in number sequencing, convert casing, etc. I have a lot of photos and work with a lot of images so this comes in handy
Copyqueue: file copy. Enables a queue for file copy.
Hidden Bar: menu bar management
For my watch:
Yeah sorry, luck of the draw—be born into a family that has money. Else, make that money, retire early, and let your kids have a better life.
Probably lack of marketing. It just is what it is. If you want to see what the latest #dance is or #icebucketchallenge, that’s probably on TikTok, Instagram, or Twitter…it’s easier for influencers to monetize their content.
On-screen kissing doesn’t bother me, just don’t like the ones that seemed forced or are cheesy.
Racked my mind for good examples, and came up with Tobey Spider-Man kissing Mary Jane upside down in the rain and Jack and Rose’s first kiss on the deck of the Titanic.
Jealousy is a huge motivator. Having to do something for a purpose is even better. What do you want to do? Because the endeavors you mentioned don’t happen overnight. When your sitting at your desk solving some problem that you didn’t even anticipate and you’re not even doing that thing you set out to do, it’s hard to stay motivated. So, what is it about those endeavors that you mentioned piques your interest?
Can you move a community once it’s created?
It won’t be the same, but I like the idea of it a lot more than Reddit right now. Some questions for everyone…
**5-10 years down the road, what’s to stop another Digg-Reddit-exodus from happening? As users, what can we do to keep this community prosperous, useful, and “good”? **
some more ideass: