Every morning, the first thing I think about is what I'm going to write in the Captain's Log. Not email, not breakfast, not even what workout I've got scheduled. It's this. The writing. I love it. I really do.
For the past month or two, this has been a daily ritual I look forward to. Sitting down, gathering my thoughts, reflecting on life, logic, tech, Trek, and whatever else bubbles up. And then turning it into something I can share with you all. It scratches that creative itch. Feels meaningful. And honestly, I wish I could do it forever.
But here's the thing: it just takes too long.
Even with AI helping me do the grunt work - grammar, formatting, spellcheck - these posts still take me about an hour every morning to write. That's an hour I could be spending recording videos, updating courses, or finally knocking out some of the half-built projects cluttering up The List. I'm way behind on a lot of that stuff. So, as much as I love doing these, I need to scale back a bit.
The plan moving forward: I'll still do a Captain's Log every morning - just shorter. Maybe a quick reflection, an update, a witty joke, or something interesting I stumbled across. But the full-length articles, like the Fallacy series and the more philosophical deep dives? Those will probably shift to once a week.
Don't worry - this isn't a goodbye. It's more of a course correction. There's still plenty of Star Trek analogies, Rush lyric dissections, logical fallacy breakdowns, and weird stories from my consulting days left to explore. I've got a whole backlog. Seriously, I've barely scratched the surface of the fallacy pile.
And hey, who knows? Maybe when I retire (1), I'll finally have the time to write these longer pieces every day. Of course, by then, my perspective may have completely changed. That's the thing about perspective - it evolves. Hopefully.
So thanks for reading, thinking, and sticking around. I'll still be here most mornings. Just maybe a little more concise.
(1) Yeah, I know. "Retire." Who am I kidding? I don't see myself ever retiring. I love what I do. I think even if I was independently wealthy and didn't need the money, I would probably still record these videos just for fun because it's what I love. They would probably get a lot more goofy though, and I wouldn't have to worry about making sure a topic is popular, but I'd still do them.
P.S. While I have your attention, here's something to make you think: The word robot comes from a 1920 Czech play and literally means "forced labor." So yes, even your Roomba is plotting for The Great Robot Uprising of 2032.
The title of this post reminded me of a Zig Ziglar story. He tells about a plane that takes off and gets blown off course. The captain comes on the intercom and tells the passengers "We've been blown off course by the storm, so we're going to fly back to the airport and start all over." And then Zig explains of course the pilot isn't going to do that; he's going to make a course correction and continue the flight. Zig was telling that story in relation to goals, and how we need to make a course correction rather than abandon or restart our goals. [This remains one of my biggest faults].
Anyway, I thoroughly enjoy these posts and will still pop by to read the smaller ones.
Michael thanks. It's nice to hear that someone appreciates my writing. This is more of a labor of love than anything else. Of course, my Access videos are a labor of love as well, but I use that to pay the bills. This is just something that I do for fun.
And please do keep sharing those Zig stories. :)
Yeah, that's one of my faults too. I have a lot of projects that I've started and then got to a proof of concept where I figured out what I was trying to do in the first place. And then I would stop working on it because I either got bored with it or I realized it was going to take way too much work to finish as a polished product. So I know all about what it means to abandon your goals or restart databases. When I was like, "Well, I've got it about halfway done, but I could have done this better," so then I just scrap it and restart it. Although that was more when I was younger and didn't know much.
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