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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Life Has No Meaning – In 2026 I Still Think This Is Good News
In 2015 I argued that life's lack of inherent meaning is liberating. I still think so. But making that case in 2026 requires more honest scaffolding.
77 Reasons to Love Your Life — Why I’d Write This Differently After 17 Years
I wrote 77 reasons to love your life in 2009. The reasons haven't changed much. But the obstacle to actually enjoying them has, the world is [...]
7 Reasons to Enjoy Life More — 16 Years Later
In 2009 I gave 7 reasons to enjoy life. Sixteen years later: some held up, one needed honest revision, and one wasn't on the original list.
Living as a Digital Nomad: Revisiting a 16 Year Old Primer
I wrote a digital nomad primer in 2010. Here's what it got right, what COVID changed, and how AI expanded what one person can build — [...]
How I Actually End My Day in 2026 – Compared to 2011
In 2011 I wrote 33 ways to end your day. In 2026, the phone colonized the bedroom and a baby changed everything. Here's what I kept [...]
77 Things I Still Want to Do, 13 Years Later — and What I’ve Crossed Off
I listed 77 things worth doing in 2013 just because I could. Marathons, travel, building apps — here's what got crossed off, what expired, and what's [...]
7 Kung Fu Panda Lessons, 16 Years Later — Po Actually Became a Master
In 2010 I pulled 7 lessons from Kung Fu Panda. Sixteen years later: what held up, what needed revision, and which one turned out to be [...]
The Right Tool for the Job in 2026: What AI Changes About the Wrench Problem
In 2018 the wrong tool was obvious — you could see the mismatch. In 2026, AI made it invisible. Here's where the granularity problem actually went.
15 Years of Motivation: From Tiny, Genuine Sparks to Burnout
The "get and keep" model of motivation breaks down fast. After 15 years: what three methods actually lasted, what leads to burnout, and what actually works [...]
The First 6 Months of Blogging After 17 Years Of Blogging
I wrote a blogging retrospective after 6 months. Twenty years later: the advice held, the meaning changed, and the economics flipped completely.
Steadily Fluid after 10 Years: How Does it Feel to Live with the Paradox
Stability and fluidity aren't opposites — they're prerequisites for each other. Here's what 17 years of living that paradox actually looks like from the inside.
Technology, Ideology, and What Actually Happened Since 2018
In 2018 I bet that technology would outpace ideology as the force reshaping society. Eight years later — AI everywhere, authoritarianism still rising — time to [...]
17 Years of Social Networks Later: What Actually Replaced What
In 2009 I framed social networking versus real life relationships as a match. Neither team won. What happened instead was stranger — and more useful to [...]
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.