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Personal development, financial resilience and meaningful relationships - all this while coding or rambling about technology

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Blogging
#365 challenge, #checkpoint, #consistency

365 Days Writing Challenge – Checkpoint Eleven

Last updated: December 3, 2025

Day 334 of 365—the finish line approaches. Reflections on discipline, writer's block, and how daily practice reshapes the mind

fear is the mind killer
Blogging Motivation and Inspiration Relationships and Society
#365 challenge, #books, #fear

Fear Is The Mind Killer

Last updated: December 3, 2025

Frank Herbert knew—fear obliterates rational thought. In pandemic times, watching fear become policy reveals how prophetic Dune really was

jack dorsey
Blockchain Crypto
#365 challenge, #bitcoin, #cryptocurrency, #entrepreneurship, #goals

Jack Dorsey Steps Down As Twitter CEO – Bitcoin Rumors Step Up

Last updated: December 3, 2025

Jack Dorsey steps down as Twitter CEO, handing control to Parag Agrawal while Bitcoin rumors intensify around his future focus.

the wheel of time
Movie Reviews
#365 challenge, #movies

Movie Review: The Wheel Of Time

Last updated: December 3, 2025

Movie review of The Wheel Of Time. I must be the last person on Earth who didn't watch Game of Thrones

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Crypto
#365 challenge, #cryptocurrency

The Limitations Of DAOs

Last updated: December 3, 2025

DAOs promise decentralized utopia but deliver human politics with extra steps. Why blockchain can't code away our coordination problems

countries as daos
Crypto Location Independence
#365 challenge, #cryptocurrency, #digital nomad, #expat

Countries Versus DAOs

Last updated: December 2, 2025

DAOs are positioned to replace countries—low entry barriers, instant governance, unlimited wealth scaling, and location independence make borders obsolete

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Motivation and Inspiration Productivity and Effectiveness
#365 challenge, #curiosity, #procrastination, #taking action

Missed Opportunities

Last updated: December 3, 2025

Serendipity is rare but missed opportunities are common. The secret isn't crying over them—it's breathing through them until the next chance arrives

shopping
Financial Resilience Meaningful Relationships
#365 challenge, #financial freedom, #financial habits, #frugality

Don’t Shop On An Empty Stomach

Last updated: December 2, 2025

Empty stomachs make bad shopping decisions. The same principle applies to life choices made from places of emotional or spiritual hunger

too much money
Financial Resilience
#365 challenge, #financial freedom, #investing, #money mindset

Too Much Is Just As Bad As Too Little

Last updated: December 2, 2025

And by "too much", I'm referring precisely to money. Too much money is just as bad as too little. I hear you.

conversations
Productivity and Effectiveness Success and Wellness
#365 challenge, #communication, #monday moving forward, #relationships

Monday Moving Forward – Start The Day With A Casual Conversation

Last updated: December 3, 2025

Transform Monday mornings with one simple ritual—a casual conversation that sets the tone for the entire week ahead

a beautifully crafted plan
Productivity and Effectiveness Success and Wellness
#365 challenge, #goals, #planning

A Beautifully Crafted Plan

Last updated: December 3, 2025

Perfect plans are beautiful traps. Sometimes the messiest execution beats the most elegant strategy that never leaves the drawing board

choice
Motivation and Inspiration Success and Wellness
#365 challenge, #decision making

What You Get Is What You Choose

Last updated: December 3, 2025

You might be familiar with the acronym WYSIWYG. It comes from "what you see is what you get" and it's used in computer editing software.

open connect reloaded
Meaningful Relationships
#365 challenge, #networking, #portugal, #relationships

Open Connect – The International Edition

Last updated: December 2, 2025

After 250+ events and 4 years of silence, restarting Open Connect revealed a truth—we need live human energy to survive as a species

invisible habits
Financial Resilience Location Independence Meaningful Relationships
#365 challenge, #consistency, #financial freedom, #habits

A Good Habit Is An Invisible Habit

Last updated: December 2, 2025

After 8 years of morning yoga, I forgot when I started. The best habits disappear into your life until they're indistinguishable from breathing

don't do anything
Blogging
#365 challenge, #decision making, #resilience

“Don’t Do Anything” versus “Don’t Do Anything Stupid”

Last updated: December 3, 2025

Two investment philosophies separated by one word. The difference between passive wisdom and active restraint shapes your entire financial future

trust the process
Motivation and Inspiration Spirituality and Beliefs
#365 challenge, #persistence, #resilience, #trust

Trusting The Process

Last updated: December 3, 2025

Project hiccups test your resolve. Three practices anchor you through chaos—observation without judgment, patience with perspective, and backup plans that grant freedom

investing in humans
Financial Resilience
#365 challenge, #caring, #curiosity, #investing, #relationships

Humans As Investment

Last updated: December 3, 2025

A VC paid $1.7 million for 5% of a creator's earnings for 30 years. Modern patronage or financial slavery? The creator economy just crossed into uncharted [...]

delegating capital
Financial Resilience
#365 challenge, #financial freedom, #income

Selling Skills Versus Delegating Capital

Last updated: December 2, 2025

Although it may sound cryptic, the words above are the key to one of the most important breakthrough one can have in this lifetime. Learn actionable [...]

generative nfts
Crypto Financial Resilience
#365 challenge, #cryptocurrency, #financial freedom, #investing

Generative NFTs

Last updated: December 2, 2025

I know the title is a bit cryptic (pun intended, as it relates to a crypto-currencies related product) but nevertheless is interesting. Learn actionable tips...

encapsulated emotions
Meaningful Relationships Relationships and Society
#365 challenge, #change, #introspection

Encapsulated Emotions

Last updated: December 3, 2025

30 years ago, I was a student, living in one of the campuses in post-communist Bucharest, named Grozavesti. The so-called Romanian Revolution, in which Ceausescu was [...]

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