Gravitational Habits
Some habits pull everything toward them. Exercise attracts better eating, early rising attracts productivity. Gravitational habits organize life around themselves
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Battle-tested approaches to personal growth
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100 Ways To Improve Your LifeCore Frameworks
Connecting the dots in a predictable way
Making Your Bed In The Morning
Making my bed every morning isn't about tidiness—it's setting an anchor. When the bed is made before leaving, half the [...]
Healthy And Unhealthy Routines
Not all routines serve you. Some become prisons. Healthy routines create freedom through structure. Unhealthy ones trap you in automated [...]
Short, Medium And Long Term Strategies, It’s All A Question Of Zooming
Zoom in for daily tactics, zoom out for yearly strategy. Most people stay stuck at one altitude—mastery requires fluid perspective [...]
Recent Insights
Latest discoveries in personal optimization
Humans Need Entropy – Why You Need Some Chaos in Your Life
Why humans collapse without chaos: lessons from mouse utopia, and AI research. How to inject entropy into your life to [...]
The Danger Of “I Made It!”
You set up an ambitious goal. You work hard for it. You overcome obstacles, and, eventually, you reach it.
Most Of The World Is Functioning At The Grape Level
A grape is beautiful thing. Sweet, juicy, refreshing, nurturing. I love grapes.
Reusable Habits
Some habits transfer across domains. Focus, consistency, patience—meta-skills that work everywhere. Reusable habits compound across contexts
Practical Strategies
Actionable techniques for daily improvement
33 Tips To Start Your Day
Morning optimization through 33 practical tips. Day beginning determines trajectory—starting well creates momentum lasting hours
Learning How To Learn
Meta-skill that multiplies all others. Learning how to learn makes every subject easier. The framework matters more than individual lessons
Shifting Focus
Focus shifts are expensive. Each transition costs momentum and mental energy. Minimizing shifts maximizes output. Single-tasking beats multitasking every time
Hacking Habits
Understanding how habits actually work and how to leverage them. From gravitational forces that shape behavior to practical techniques for [...]
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100 Ways To Live A Better Life: 17 Years After – What Actually Worked
I wrote 100 ways to live a better life in 2009, then 100 subposts, then watched it float on the internet for 15 years. Here's what [...]
3 Lifestyle Design Blueprints I’ve Lived, Plus A 4th One That Works Best These Days
In 2009 I mapped 3 lifestyle design modes. After 17 years inside all of them, here's what held up, what broke, and the fourth mode the [...]
Raw Food in 2026: What I’d Tell My 2009 Self About Eating Better
I tried a raw food diet in 2009. Here's what actually stuck 17 years later, how the advice holds up against modern nutrition science, and what [...]
Boredom Is a Feature, Not a Bug
In 2009 I wrote about escaping boredom. In 2026, boredom turns out to be a feature, not a bug — and the attention economy's entire business [...]
The Action versus Reaction Trap: Why I Had It Half Right in 2009
In 2009 I said acting is always better than reacting. 17 years later the picture is more complicated — and more useful. Here's what I got [...]
25 Things To Do In Your Life – Then and Now
I wrote 25 life goals in 2009 framed as alien advice. Sixteen years later — what happened, what I let go, and what the 2026 list [...]
Everything I Built That Fell Down (And What I Learned About Building Anyway)
In 2011 I wrote about keeping fragile structures standing. Since then several of mine have come down. Here's what the falling actually taught me about building.
What Tango Actually Taught Me About Relationships (A Decade Later)
I wrote about tango crushes in 2013. A decade of dancing and teaching later, here's what those emotional entanglements actually were — and what they revealed.
Answering My Own 33 Self-Interview Questions — 17 Years Later
33 self reflection questions answered honestly, 17 years on. What changed about fear, regret, identity — and which questions aged perfectly, which didn't survive.
Then and Now – a 30 Day Blog Challenge
I've been blogging for 20 years. For 30 days I'm revisiting the posts that shaped this blog — and writing honestly about what changed. Here's the [...]
The Extra Bolt – A Story of Furniture, Abundance and Confusion
Every assembled piece of furniture left me with one extra bolt — and it took months to realize that was abundance, not a mistake. A story [...]
Being The Weird One
After 15 years of location independence, being the weird one everywhere changes you. The identity shifts, cultural friction, and unexpected growth that follow.
The New Hard Skills Are the Old Soft Skills
Coding is obsolete. Communication, discipline, and cognitive frameworks are now the key differentiators. Here's how the rules changed—and what to do about it.
The (Surprising) Long Term Benefits of Continuous Learning
I learned AI when it was obscure. Years later, that investment paid off massively. Here's how continuous learning positions you for unexpected breakthroughs.
Showing Up Is Not Enough – Anymore
The rules of success have changed. In an AI-dominated world, persistence alone won't save you. Learn why you need to 5x yourself just to stay afloat.
Frugality Is Precision, Not Deprivation
Frugality isn't about sacrifice—it's about accuracy. Learn the difference between hunger and appetite, and build the gap that keeps you financially resilient.
AI and the Golden Era of Instant Gratification
AI eliminates cognitive friction that built our skills. Explore what happens when delayed gratification disappears and instant results become the norm.
Movie Review: Squid Games, Seasons 2 and 3
Squid Game Seasons 2 and 3 complete the saga with Gi-hun's sacrifice. A compelling end that asks harder questions than the original.
2025 Year in Review
2025 year in review: cleaning up old projects, adding new tools and getting ready for a challenging 2026.
AI Will Never Be Able To Spot True Excellence
AI is trained on past patterns and can't recognize disruptive excellence. Like critics who booed Fight Club at Cannes, it will always miss what truly matters.