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Why I Quit Google The story of how I quit Google to craft a life instead of making a living.
Feeds Considered Harmful The digital equivalent of placing the milk in the back of the grocery store.
Thought Space vs. Reality Hypothesize less. Validate more.
Vipassana An homage to a well-crafted experience.
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Year 3 Reflection My third year after I quit Google to craft a life instead of making a living.
November 2023 Reflection Big strides with a side of complacency.
October 2023 Reflection A shift in priorities.
September 2023 Reflection An inflection point.
July/August 2023 Reflection Phoenix rising from the ashes.
June 2023 Reflection Success is a squiggly line.
Why I Only Use Snapchat The one true social media left.
Life Snapshots Capture the moments.
No One Cares Live for yourself, not others.
Complacency My Achilles' heel.
May 2023 Reflection Two steps forward, one step back.
Life Lessons from the NBA What I learned from the 2023 playoffs.
Take the L Accept the failure. Extract the learning.
Procrastination is a Lose-Lose Situation How to break the cycle through intentional reflection.
April 2023 Reflection Long-awaited sunshine after a gloomy winter.
Self-Criticism is Counterproductive The art of being brutally honest, but constructively.
Layers of an Onion Eliminating your vices is an incremental process.
Takeaways From Living at Home Lessons that you can apply even if you don't live at home.
How I Climbed Out of a Rut Observations about ruts and how to escape them.
My Existential Crisis The most challenging month of my journey... so far.
I'm taking a break. Giving myself some breathing room.
Jan 2023 Reflection My first monthly reflection - 2 years, 1 month in.
There's Nothing Like Being A Beginner It's intimidating and exciting at the same time.
Do Things Where You Can’t Lose Shoot for the moon. Even if you miss, you’ll land among the stars.
The Case For Authenticity Why I'm leaning in to the "real" me.
Writing is like taking a shit. You can't always get it out.
Bounce Back Shorten your recovery time.
Year 2 Reflection My second year after I quit Google to craft a life instead of making a living.
Daily Gestures Don't take your loved ones for granted.
Birthday Traditions An opportunity to reflect on your life and get people together.
You're Either Growing or You're Dying Use it or lose it.
Parasocial Media Don't be a passive consumer of the lives that you care about.
Life Well Lived It's now about how long you're here for, but what you do with that time.
Preempt Your Excuses Anticipate your future state.
Advance The Pawns Move the ball forward on all fronts.
Remember The Individual The internet may be virtual, but the human on the other side isn’t.
Birthday Calls Take a few minutes for the people that matter.
Scheduled Interrupts Hands on the wheel, eyes on the road.
Habit Gym Put the reps in to build a better life.
Tighten The Feedback Loop Make compounding work for you.
Failure Is An Opportunity Learn from your mistakes.
Bias Towards Action Action over consumption.
Overnight Oats The breakfast of champions.
Simulated Annealing Explore, then exploit.
Habit Compaction It only gets easier.
Peeling Back The Curtain This post took 380 minutes to write.
Well-Fed Artist Make your art serve you.
Don't Wait To Celebrate Tell your loved ones how much they mean to you.
Creation What I've learned about creation.
Long-Term Costs Think long-term.
Inertia Habits are sticky.
Incentives Understand the why.
Plant Seeds Make time work for you.
Hard Work Is Hard It's more than just long hours.
Quantity Is Quality Do more. Think less.
The Only Way Out Is Through Fight through the problem.
Year 1 Reflection My first year after I quit Google to craft a life instead of making a living.
Vipassana An homage to a well-crafted experience.
Why I Quit Google The story of how I quit Google to craft a life instead of making a living.
Taking the Leap Sometimes, you just have to jump.
Thought Space vs. Reality Hypothesize less. Validate more.
Feeds Considered Harmful The digital equivalent of placing the milk in the back of the grocery store.