Good. Better. Done. A blog about doing great work... and my mother.

There is a quote that I’ve been carrying around for a few years now. It’s one of the few core things I believe. My little manifesto goes: “In this life, find things you love, and people you love, and make time for both.” Everywhere I’ve gone, it’s worked for me. It’s not exactly the most (…)

I am 25 years old, and I’m going through a period of transition in my life. I know, I know: I wrote the same thing last year. And when I sit down to write this post next year, there’s a good chance I’ll say the same thing. Yes, I know: The mid-20s are an unstable (…)

“I find the courage to follow my dreams because I don’t have any other choice.” — Karol Gajda   Let it be known: I love doing the work. I love it. I love showing up each day to make things happen. I love the feeling at the end of the day when I know I’ve (…)

I had a Twitter back-and-forth with Therese Schwenkler last week. She’d just written an awesome post about Derek Zoolander and finding yourself. And I joked: “Zoolander” is a classic, but I think my lifestyle (and Stry.us) is more based on “Ferris Bueller’s Day Off.” Except I wasn’t really kidding. There’s a whole lot of Ferris in (…)

Something changed in me this year. I know, because I was on the phone with a friend a few weeks ago. I was telling her about all the work I’m putting in with Stry and Very Quotatious and the fellowship, and she didn’t say anything. And then I saw her a few days later, and (…)

Forbes ran a story on their website this week about Best Buy. The lead paragraph read: “Electronics retailer Best Buy is headed for the exits. I can’t say when exactly, but my guess is that it’s only a matter of time, maybe a few more years.” Then it went on to detail numerous problems with (…)

Not too long ago, I added a little note to the top of this very blog: “Dan is the creator of awesome stuff.” That’s not just some bro jargon I’m co-opting; I really mean that. I love creating stuff that’s both, A.) Cool, and B.) Useful, and when those two get together, the result is (…)

This is the time of the year when people start making bucket lists. You know what they are; I won’t ramble on here about mine. But what I would like to discuss is a sort of corollary to the bucket list. See: We have the bucket list, which looks long term. We have the to-do (…)

I am 24 years old, and I’m going through a period of transition in my life. It’s that time of the year when I start getting all thoughtful about where I am and where I’m going, and at this very moment, I’m stuck in Kansas City Int’l, waiting for a flight home. So I wanted (…)

This was originally published over at the RJI blog. But I really liked what I’d written. So I’m republishing it here: ❡❡❡ This is not a motivational blog post. I am not writing this to inspire you. I do not want you to read this and quit your job. Is that clear? Are you sure? (…)