by Jon Acuff | Aug 3, 2020 | Uncategorized
I’m terrible at hang gliding. I’m the worst at spear fishing. I’m very mediocre at managing the harbor traffic in Savannah. (The title “Harbor Master” intrigues me, but the “not crashing boats into one another part” is where I would probably get fired.) How do I know...
by Jon Acuff | Jul 27, 2020 | Uncategorized
Right now, I feel like my thoughts fluctuate between two different positions: Things will go back to normal soon. Everything is going to be fine. There’s great opportunity hidden in the midst of uncertainty. You can do this! Things will never be normal. Everything is...
by Jon Acuff | Jul 20, 2020 | Uncategorized
If you’re a photographer, designer, developer, writer, freelancer or human, someone is going to ask you to work for free. They might ask for a favor. They might say you’ll get exposure. They might even try to guilt you into turning your “no” into a “yes.” What do you...
by Jon Acuff | Jul 13, 2020 | Uncategorized
I used to think my oldest daughter wouldn’t get a smartphone until she was about 25 years old. I imagined making a toast at her rehearsal dinner and saying, “I’m so excited about this wedding and I’ve got one more surprise! Sweetheart, here’s your first smartphone!” I...
by Jon Acuff | Jul 6, 2020 | Uncategorized
Marriage math is crazy. When two people are pushing in the same direction on a dream, 1 + 1 doesn’t equal 2. It equals approximately 19 million. What two people can get done together is exponentially bigger than two people who are at odds. Jenny and I have spent the...
by Jon Acuff | Jun 29, 2020 | Uncategorized
Have you had a hard time falling asleep lately? That’s weird, I haven’t. I’ve had such peaceful, global pandemic sleep. My head hits the pillow and I enjoy eight, stress free hours of slumbertown. Or, I toss and turn, while trying to figure out what disastrous thing...