2025 Year in Review
2025 year in review: cleaning up old projects, adding new tools and getting ready for a challenging 2026.
Building addTaskManager, the best iOS productivity app for ADHD minds
2025 year in review: cleaning up old projects, adding new tools and getting ready for a challenging 2026.
Why humans collapse without chaos: lessons from mouse utopia, and AI research. How to inject entropy into your life to stay mentally alive.
You reached your goal. Now what? The gap between achievement and the next move is where most people stall. Forward momentum dies in the silence
October 7, 2012—overweight, beaten, crawling toward the finish line of my first marathon. The moment that changed everything about what I thought I could do
Living in multiple countries, cultures, and contexts builds cognitive flexibility. Your brain learns to switch contexts—the ultimate adaptability training
Constant low-grade dissatisfaction isn't depression—it's the fuel for growth. Contentment stops evolution. Productive unhappiness drives improvement
Progress accelerates exponentially while human adaptation remains linear. The gap between technological capability and wisdom widens dangerously fast
You set up an ambitious goal. You work hard for it. You overcome obstacles, and, eventually, you reach it.
Growth requires time that modern life refuses to provide. Rushing maturation creates fragile structures. Patience isn't passive—it's strategic restraint
Incremental growth compounds reliably. Sudden leaps look dramatic but rarely sustain. Tortoise beats hare because consistency outlasts intensity every time
A grape is beautiful thing. Sweet, juicy, refreshing, nurturing. I love grapes.
Visible achievements mask invisible foundations. What happens in darkness—practice, failure, preparation—determines what manifests in light
Most fights are unnecessary—ego battles disguised as principle. Avoidance requires recognizing stakes don't justify conflict cost
In an ideal world, we will all be happy. Unfortunately, such a world doesn't exist.
Critics reveal blind spots you can't see. Listening to criticism extracts wisdom from uncomfortable feedback—growth lives in discomfort
Planting trees invests in future you won't see. Long-term thinking materializes through simple acts—legacy grows slowly
Diverse skills create antifragile careers. Building varied capabilities hedges against obsolescence—generalists survive specialists' extinctions
Psychological guardians protect outdated wounds. Releasing protective mechanisms allows growth—safety strategies become prisons eventually
Gratitude rewires brain toward abundance. Experimenting with thankfulness reveals blessings hidden by familiarity—appreciation creates more to appreciate
Attention is currency—spend wisely. Learning to ignore irrelevance protects focus—not everything deserves response