by Matthew Rehrl MD | Creativity, Writing, Writing Habits
I’ve discussed writing as an infinite game before on my blog, usually just as a side note (Infinite Games—Solitaire Anyone? and Kaizen, Infinite Games, or “Just Playing Around A Little”?). But I now realize that an infinite game mindset is critical for my success as a...
by Matthew Rehrl MD | Writing, Writing Habits
The other day a fell into a curiosity rabbit hole. I received an email from my website host that my website service may be limited for a short time in two weeks due to an upgrade to PHP 8.0 (PHP is the server-side computer language that powers most websites). They...
by Matthew Rehrl MD | Philosophy
Let’s consider these quotes about scientists from Nietzsche’s Essay, David Strauss, the Confessor and the Writer: An honest natural scientist believes that the world conforms unconditionally to laws, without however asserting anything as to the ethical or...
by Matthew Rehrl MD | Twitter, Writing, Writing Habits
About once a week, I load up my most commonly used writers’ hashtags on Tweetdeck, and I spend twenty minutes or so commenting upon, retweeting, and liking about 20 tweeters’ tweets. Most of these people I will also follow. I call this my weekly Writer’s...
by Matthew Rehrl MD | Blogging, Writing, Writing Habits
Looking at my blog critically, I can say the following things: The content is average, with only rare (once per month?) moments of deep insight.The writing is average.Taken as a whole, it is unfocused. So, with all of this mediocrity going on, why do I love my blog?...
