personal

How to Be a Loser

So you want to be a jiu jitsu competitor.

24 hrs ago • Andrew Smith

If you need a friend

Apr 29 • Andrew Smith

How do you classify people by the way they tend to behave?

Apr 26 • Andrew Smith

Rubber Band Ball

Who are you, when you get down to it?

Apr 23 • Andrew Smith

Gnat Up Your Nose

You’re walking on a trail, on your way to nowhere in particular.

Apr 14 • Andrew Smith

Another Big Five personality trait is conscientiousness.

Apr 9 • Andrew Smith

Our Hill, and Our Beans

Many of you won’t remember Sergeant Frank Drebin, Detective Lieutenant—Police Squad, but he had a huge impact on the lives of a lot of eventual writers…

Mar 31 • Andrew Smith

The Big Five personality traits make up a framework that many psychologists find incredibly useful.

Mar 16 • Andrew Smith

Two Extra Hours

I was thinking about how much I’ve been using AI these past few weeks for research.

Mar 14 • Andrew Smith

Passing the Time on the Road

Definitely a burp today.

Mar 13 • Andrew Smith

Time is still akimbo for me right now, and the days since Dad died are sort of blurring together for me.

Mar 12 • Andrew Smith

Skin in the Game

Let’s try to remember something.

Mar 11 • Andrew Smith

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