Kev’s YouTube Shorts Addiction is Everyone’s Addiction
Kev Quirk writes about his YouTube Shorts addiction and it was mine too until I took the same steps and removed YouTube from my phone entirely. In fact I try very hard to only watch YouTube videos that I’ve saved into Readwise Reader or the random entertainment videos on video games I watch while fol
https://curtismchale.ca/2025/04/06/kevs-youtube-shorts-addiction-is-everyones-addiction/
#3Threads #addiction #SocialMedia #youtube

The Problem Isn’t Reading. It’s What We Teach Boys to Value
I'm clearly a reader and I have a house of readers, sometimes to the detriment of my kids getting ready for school on time. This video ties together some interesting points about how when a hobby or field becomes just over 50% women, men suddenly flock away from it to the point where a field like
https://curtismchale.ca/2025/04/05/the-problem-isnt-reading-its-what-we-teach-boys-to-value/
#3Threads #misogyny #reading #sexism

The Creativity Scam – How Capitalism Exploits Innovation
Creativity is a constant buzzword found in job descriptions, government speeches, and is used to describe how our public institutions should work. In the book Against Creativity, Oli Mould tries to push past all the rhetoric of creativity to find out who is served by the creative juices that are supposed to be flowing.
https://curtismchale.ca/2025/03/29/the-creativity-scam-how-capitalism-exploits-innovation/
#3Threads #creativity

I’ve tried so many systems to get more done
I’ve tried so many creative systems to make myself work faster. Again and again, I have found that pushing myself simply steals from the future. Every time I push too hard and cut back down to a sustainable pace, I’m tempted to test my boundaries, to add just a little more, a little more, a little more — when what I need to accept is that thi
https://curtismchale.ca/2025/03/24/ive-tried-so-many-systems-to-get-more-done/
#3Threads #relax #rest

Personal Growth or Money? Not Everything Needs to be a Side Hustle
After my treatise on email newsletters last week I was greeted by this AI slop article at the top of my RSS feed Monday morning and it got me thinking about creativity and producing some type of content. Specifically, what is the purpose of the content you're trying to produce?

Is it about money?

As I sai
https://curtismchale.ca/2025/03/22/personal-growth-or-money-not-everything-needs-to-be-a-side-hustle/
#3Threads

How (and Why) I Write Newsletters That Don’t Pay the Bills
Today we're going a bit meta with a reader question. Steve has some content he's been thinking of writing and wants to centre it around his own platform but wonders if people really read email newsletters.

My Newsletters by the numbers

I have 2 email newsletters. First is this one tit
https://curtismchale.ca/2025/03/15/how-and-why-i-write-newsletters-that-dont-pay-the-bills/
#3Threads #Business #money #newsletter #writing

Seeking Less Connectivity
Cal Newport regularly says that we assume if a bit of something is good, more must be better. Some connectivity is good, so connectivity all the time must be better. Easy to send text messages make some communication easier, so all communication going through a text must be better.

But I don't think so and I've been slowly taking myself away from connectivity.
https://curtismchale.ca/2025/03/08/seeking-less-connectivity/
#3Threads #algocracy #algorithm #music

Your time, increased consumption and collection without compensation – 3 Threads
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I'm continuing the look through my old notes to find topics to write about because you need to spend time working your old notes if you really want your note system to be use
https://curtismchale.ca/2024/12/07/your-time-increased-consumption-and-collection-without-compensation-3-threads/
#3Threads #BasicIncome #productivity #time