Updated: September 10, 2024
What I’m Up To
- For the past several weeks, I’ve been experimenting with my workflow in the NotePlan app to plan and work through my day. I’ve published a couple of blog posts about my adventures, including Why I’m Making the Switch: A Two-Week Journey with NotePlan, and My NotePlan Workflow — Everything I Need to Plan and Execute my Day in One App and One View. If you want to know more about how I’m using NotePlan check out these posts.
- I’m reading another fiction book, a historical novel series by R.W. Peake, Marching with Caesar. I’m on volume three, Civil War. I’ve always loved ancient history and enjoy reading historical novels, especially those focusing on ancient warfare.
- I’m working on blog idea mind maps on several topics I plan to write and publish as blog posts. These include “Taking Responsibility for Your Own Life,” “Planning Your Day—Using a Hybrid Approach with Time Blocking and the Anchor Technique,” and “Someday Syndrome.” Look for these to be published in the coming weeks.
Adventures
- Last Friday, I spent the morning giving short tours at the Minuteman Missile National Historic Site administered by the National Park Service. We had a large group of former Air Force who were members of the 44th Strategic Missile Wing which was located at Ellsworth AFB SD from 1962-1994. They were attending a reunion and came out to the Historic Site to visit the Launch Facility (missile silo), Launch Control Facility (where the missile officers sat in underground capsules) and the Visitor Center.
• One of the main reasons we moved to Rapid City, South Dakota, last year was to be close to mountains with creeks and lakes and lots of trees (unlike AZ where we lived before). A couple of weeks ago we hiked into French Creek Canyon. It’s a beautiful area with no vehicle access, so it’s very quiet and pristine. I even got my wife Lanette to ford the creek four times! We had a great hike!
Media
We recently subscribed to HULU to watch the redo of the Shōgun mini-series. We were fans of the 1980 series, and several people recommended the new series. We completed the series the other night. Highly recommended!
I got the idea for this page from David Sparks, aka MacSparky, who got it from Derek Sivers. I don’t like using social media for updates, so on this page I can update you as to what I’ve been doing lately