Blog - Brain Wads | Drew Hawkins

2021-06-22

I’ve been playing around with morning routines the past year, figuring out how I can best set myself up for success that day. After we were finally able...

2021-05-05

Maybe I’m naiive but Basecamp was one of the last companies I could see facing a PR crisis. But here we are. I’ve been a big fan of co-founders Jason...

2021-03-30

There’s no denying that the last year, in terms of work, have been chaotic. More than one day (especially when daycare was closed) I felt like I was running...

2021-03-26

I gave up things like Twitter, Instagram and Facebook. I didn’t give up reading. What I read shouldn’t change, right? Right. Well, kind of. For the...

2021-03-16

I wrote a couple of weeks ago about giving up social media (sans LinkedIn) for Lent. Honestly, it’s been great and the initial FOMO wears off about two...

2021-03-01

At least as an adult, I always try to give up something for Lent. And never something easy. Most years, it’s been giving up coffee. As someone who is...

2021-01-04

All of us - and I mean all of us - are susceptible to creating our own bubbles. It’s comfortable. Engaging with like-minded people from either an economic...

2020-12-31

When you make plans, God laughs. It was a saying I heard a lot growing up and one that had never been rendered more true in 2020. We all had a lot of...

2020-12-30

I didn’t actually go back and count but I feel like I blogged less this year than any other year. Like most everyone, my surge capacity was depleted....

2020-12-29

I hesitated writing this post because this genuinely has been a terrible year for a lot of people. People reading this may have lost loved ones, lost...