My name is Daniel Barrett. I play and write music. I run an independent record label that seeks to destroy the music industry. I write. I teach. I try really, really hard to not be boring. I try to …
Goals For 2012
I posted a bit about goal setting over at Eternal Suffering Society, and posted my personal goals for 2012 as well.
I’m saying this now: 2012 is the year. Really. I feel it.
Here are my goals. Hold me …
Annual Review, 2011.
Ah, the annual review. The point at which I look back on the year and see what, exactly, all my flailing about has accomplished.
Looking back and reflecting on yourself is the key component to purposefully designing your life, rather …
Eternal Suffering Society .com
I’ve decided to try and blog a bit more seriously on productivity, self-help and so on; partially because its fun, and partially because its a good way to force me to work on the upcoming self-help book I’ve been thinking …
On Buffy The Vampire Slayer
I’ve been dreaming about Buffy The Vampire Slayer. A lot.
A while back I decided to give Buffy, perhaps to the most well-known “cult hit” of all time, a chance. I’d never wanted to watch it, despite really …
Things I Once Loved
By the way, the Giles Corey show is tomorrow. Come down if you are around.
Saturday, August 13th
3:00pm – Sunday at 4:00am
Boneyard Bar and Grill
20 south Virgina ave
Atlantic City, NJ
We play at 8:15 pm.
I’ve …
Think and Grow Rich
There have been a lot of changes in my life recently. We’ll deal with them in descending order of importance.
1. I am engaged.
In fact, I am not just engaged, but engaged to Thao, who is the woman of …
No Originality
Recently I’ve been working on new t-shirt designs, and I run into a problem I often encounter:
I have no idea what I’m doing.
For all my love of design and interest in designing, I am not a designer. Despite …
Stop Dreaming
My dream, even when I was little, has been to have an office.
I don’t mean any office, and I don’t mean, “I have an office in the giant building of the giant company I work in.” No, I mean …
Go, And Ask The Cattle To Inform You
I’m trying something really fun, and hopefully, original with NAHVALR. It’s something I’ve been thinking about a lot.
The project is very long-term, but if you’re interested in following along or enjoyed the scavenger hunt stuff we did last year …
Letter To A Young Polymath
(card courtesy of Lukas. Thanks dude!)
I still remember the moment – going through my dad’s things on the day he died, flipping idly through the pages of his books and sitting cross legged in his office – when I …
Giles Corey Video by Justin Donais
I asked Justin Donais to do a Giles Corey video. “Choose any song you want,” I said. “Do whatever you like.” He then proceeded to pick the last song I would’ve chosen, and to fly from California to Connecticut …
Hideous Agony
It’s been my experience, so far, that great pain in life is often prologue to great change.
Over the past few months I’ve been in a near-constant state of what I would describe as great pain, but could probably also …