I just turned 50.

Those of you who know me well know that I “journal” on pen and paper, almost every single day. I started the habit near my last official day in the corporate video game industry. It’s a bit of an obsession.

I use large Moleskine notebooks, with square grids, and carry a pen case full of Pilot G2 gel roller pens in about a dozen colors. The thing is, I’m not exactly journaling, it’s more like: Life is like a classroom, and I’m taking notes, so I can figure this thing out.

“We are all Teachers and we are all Students.” -Don Howard

Here are my notes that inspired my recent writing about Joe Rogan:

I am exploring my processes for thinking and sharing some of my notes. It’s not writing. It’s thinking… with style.