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James McCullough

James McCullough

An entrepreneur, a writer, a father, a paleo-eating polymath, fuelled by Blue Bottle Coffee. I work as a consultant for boutique hotels.
Feb
05

It’s All Coming Together Now - Mindfulness, Focus, and Deep Work

> Discipline means getting into what is happening. That is just saying that you have to involve yourself in the
2 min read
Dec
31
Turning 6 Years Old

Turning 6 Years Old

> She leaves a lasting impression on their lives in that short amount of time like she has done with
4 min read
Dec
29
The Journey of 2015

The Journey of 2015

> Do not think “I’ll go as I please!” when taking a journey. Rather, think, “I may have some
4 min read
Nov
19
Frosty Weather

Frosty Weather

After how pleased I was with my Line of Trade canvas bag [https://medium.com/@four_sides/line-of-trade-briefcase-9a16af24032f#.pio27yqo8] that
3 min read
Nov
11

36 - What Took You So Long

> There have only been roughly 18,000 players in the history of Major League Baseball. How many out of
4 min read
Nov
03

Fifty Thousand Words

> I’ve known about NaNoWriMo for years, but the thing is: 50,000. That’s a big number, like
1 min read
Oct
22

Dispatch

Starting a bit of a social experiment: publishing smaller pieces to Medium and working on lengthier pieces here. First one
Oct
14

Ego And Work

> If there is that kind of communication going on between yourself and the object, then ego doesn’t get
4 min read
Oct
09

I Made A Thing

I’ve been quiet in my space1 here for several weeks for good reason. I’ve been reading and thinking
1 min read
Sep
23

All We Have Is Breath

> Breathing expresses the fact that you are alive. If you’re alive, you breathe. The technique is basic and
2 min read
Sep
22

A Step With Buddha

> Enlightenment is awakening from the dream of being a separate me to being the universal reality. It’s not
3 min read
Aug
15

The Call Of Silence

> I think of my reading as drawing water from some bottomless, timeless well. In goes the bucket. The rope
3 min read
Jul
27

Summer Of DFW- Depression

Just over a week ago, I began my summer of David Foster Wallace [http://www.foursides.ca/summer-of-david-foster-wallace] with Infinite
2 min read
Jul
20

Getting Out Of Jail

> Often, the psychological turbulence of those first days or weeks is so debilitating that recently incarcerated people can’t
2 min read
Jul
18

A Summer of David Foster Wallace

David Foster Wallace has been an indirect influence on my writing for as long as I have been writing a
4 min read

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