James Eaton

March 16, 2021

Daily Blogging Challenge - Day 16 - Show and Tell

I love watching videos of people share about their process of creation. I will watch videos anytime about someone making a new desk setup for their computer. I have a playlist saved on YouTube filled with videos about how people create different sounds and effects as they create music. I will watch almost any video online of something ...
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March 15, 2021

Daily Blogging Challenge - Day 15 - Humor

They say that laughter is the best medicine. As someone with Type 1 Diabetes, I would say that my insulin is probably the best medicine for me.... but maybe laughter is a close second? I don’t know of the actual validity of the efficacy of laughter, but I do know that when I have a chance to connect with others and have have a good lau...
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March 14, 2021

March Blogging Challenge - Day 14 - Task

Automate your Tasks A few months ago I redid my whole digital setup when it comes to apps and programs that I use to get work done. I reset my note-taking system, my journaling system, and my task lists. I have used all the task manager apps; from OmniFocus to ToDoist, I have tried them all. But instead of just changing that system for...
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March 13, 2021

March Blogging Challenge - Day 13 - Waste

I feel like I am writing about 2020 in most of my posts lately. I think that is because these next few days mark when things really took a turn in America and we started to realize what might be coming. As a think back over the last year and what has changed for me personally, for our country, and then entire world I come back to sever...
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March 13, 2021

March Blogging Challenge - Day 12 - Upcoming

Looking forward to something that is coming up soon makes the time pass. I remember being a kid waiting for my grandparents to arrive at our house. I would sit at the window for hours waiting for their car to pull in. Even when my parents reminded me that they were driving to Tennessee from Kentucky and it would be 6 hours before they ...
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March 12, 2021

March Blogging Challenge - Day 11 - Satisfy

Confession. I have ultimate buyers remorse. In fact, I sometimes feel sad after I purchase something. There is a thrill of the chase when it comes to finding the perfect bag, keyboard, accessory, shirt, or pair of shoes. I LOVE the feeling of researching and hunting for something and then finding the perfect item. But at times I find m...
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March 10, 2021

March Blogging Challenge - Day 10 - Shock

Have you ever been totally shocked? Like, floored and unsure what just happened? I felt this way a few years ago on my 30th birthday. My wife made an elaborate rouse that involved multiple surprises that led to a full-on surprise party with with about 30 of my friends for a Mexican feast. It all started with an hour-long massage, which...
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March 9, 2021

March Blogging Challenge - Day 9 - Read

Another one of my goals this year is to read more often. I used to make goals to read a certain number of books a year. As a surprise to no one... I usually failed. Most years I would start strong and then fade over the spring or would get busy and that time I spent reading would go to something else (looking at you, Twitter). This yea...
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March 8, 2021

March Blogging Challenge - Day 8 - Hide

Here a free tech tip for you: Hide your social media apps that you don’t want to see! A few months ago, I put the Facebook app into the App Library and took it away from any Siri suggestions. If I want to get on Facebook, I have to search for it or find it in the App Library. That little bit of friction means that I don’t check it near...
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March 8, 2021

March Blogging Challenge - Day 7 - Magic

Doing something (with proficiency) that others do not understand feels like magic. I have watched some people on TikTok do slight-of-hand magic. The thing that you learn when they show you a trick with a slightly different camera angle is that the trick falls apart unless you are looking exactly where the magicians wants you to look. C...
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March 5, 2021

March Blogging Challenge - Day 5 - Experience

I remember being a college student with all the ideas in the world. I was learning so much about media, technology, and theology and I was pretty confident in my abilities. I am not faulting my younger self for what I did not know; I was doing the best I could with what I had. I was in school learning about different subjects and reall...
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March 4, 2021

March Blogging Challenge - 4 - Watch

Confession. I really enjoy watching TV shows and movies. It is something that I find myself reaching for when I want to be entertained, engaged, or inspired. It’s something that my wife and I do together with some shows and then separately as well (we have different tastes with regards to some genres). One of our favorite things to do ...
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March 4, 2021

This is a test

Mic Check 1,2. Is this thing on?
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