You can’t connect the dots looking forward; you can only connect them looking backwards. So you have to trust that the dots will somehow connect in your future. – Steve Jobs at his famous Stanford Commencement speech. Every decision you make comes down to two possible scenarios: it’s either HELL YES! or it’s no. Put another way, if you don’t feel incredibly pulled or excited about saying YES!, then say no....

Hello there. I’m Justin Mitchel. I decided to start writing on this website. Nearly 15 years ago, when I bought this domain, I wrote a bunch of articles but then one day just stopped and I am not sure why. Seth Godin was once asked why he writes an article daily, he said something of the effect: “Because it’s today.” I am a parent of 3 kids and a husband. I am a technologist, teacher, entrepreneur, an engineer, and just generally a student of life....