dill's blogRead the First Sentence of This Blog Post This one. Now read the third one. Yes, this one. This is how Copywriting works. The first sentence’s only job is to get you to read the second sentence; and so on… People might write off Copywritin...
dill's blogI Disagree With You People are complicated. Well, they should be. When I can’t pin down a person’s opinions after a quick chat, it warms my heart. I like learning that a liberal wants strong borders, or that a conservative is pro-choice…no...
dill's blogWhere’s Your Solitude? This past weekend, I moved into my new fancy-shmancy apartment. Aside from finally moving out of my mom’s house, the biggest perk has been my new studio. I used to work, read, sleep, chill, meditate, masterbate, cry…...
dill's blogSocial Media Pro This morning, in a “Practices/Advice” chapter of Cal Newport’s Digital Minimalism, I read a tip which I absolutely loved: Use social media as if you were the social media director for a company. In other words, only log on...
dill's blogA New Home I’m writing this in an empty room. There’s no lighting but the early morning cotton candy sky, and books and recording equipment splayed about the floor. Yesterday, this entire apartment was empty. Now, it contains all of my bel...
dill's blogMoving Out Three years ago, I was in the worst place I’ve ever been in life. After failing out of college (among other disasters), I had to move back home with my mom and pursue Project ‘Get Dillan’s Shit Together.’ It took about 2 years t...
dill's blogThe Joke That Never Works Over the summer, two of my close friends were in town visiting family. Excited to see them, if only for a few minutes, I called them to learn that they had already headed back home to Philadelphia. In hindsight, t...
dill's blogJust For You What do you do that is completely, entirely, 100% for yourself. If you do something incredible, and then post that thing on social media, by definition you have done at least some of that thing for others. What do you do–that...
dill's blogA Truth About Your Sleep Bro-Science tip of the day: Subtract one hour from the amount of sleep you think you got. After using the SleepCycle app almost every night for three years, I can support this claim with consistent evidence. The ap...
dill's blogLearn to Code After two years of half-assing my way through random coding bootcamps and tutorials, I’ve finally begun my programming journey with intention. It was clear that using scattered, free services online–while this is a tactic I a...
