This is only day 1 in my year of sacred reading and writing. I have 364 days left so based on my experience with the year of Sunday dinners (that has continued for six years in two different households now), I know there are certain key elements for success: Blogging makes me accountable, even if no one is reading it but me Tagging helps me (the main reader) find things easily, whether it's a recipe or an article that I need for a paper. Figuring out the logistics and format early on helps alleviate the chore of writing. That is why romance novelists can pump out more books than say George R.R. Martin . Not everything is going to be or has to be profound or totally earth shattering. I just need enough so I remember what I was thinking. Organization is not a suggestion. I keep my highlighted articles in my Evernote (above) and keep my Adobe Acrobrat Pro subscription current at all times. I am working on organizing my Evernote into folders and tag, tag, tag. Key words ar...
Connecting Random Readings to the Courses I Teach