I was sitting in a Starbucks on the corner of Wacker and Adams in downtown Chicago—it was October 2019, right […]
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Your To-Do List is a Graveyard of Good Intentions and You Need to Stop
The to-do list is a lie. It’s a comfort object for people who are terrified of actually doing the hard […]
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Why the ‘Specialist’ is dead and how to actually survive the AI era
I am watching my friends who spent $100k on specialized Master’s degrees slowly lose their minds. These are people who […]
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Why I deleted my $200 productivity setup for a $2 notebook
I spent three weeks of my life—actual hours I will never get back—learning how to “link” notes in Obsidian. I […]
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Why I stopped being cheap and started paying for software that actually works
I spent four hundred dollars on a piece of software last Tuesday and I didn’t even blink. Five years ago, […]
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Stop going to networking events and start building a circle that actually matters
I spent $450 on a ticket to a “strategic networking summit” in 2019 and the only thing I left with […]
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Why your 60-hour work week is actually making you worse at your job
On Tuesday, October 14th of last year, I sat at my desk for exactly nine hours and forty-two minutes. I […]
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The Arrival Fallacy: Why I hit my ‘dream’ salary and felt like garbage
I remember sitting in my car in the parking lot of a glass-and-steel office building in Austin back in 2019. […]
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Why your morning routine is failing and why the shutdown ritual matters more
I’m going to be blunt: your 5 AM morning routine is probably a performance you’re putting on for an audience […]
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Exploring Europe’s Top Street Art Capitals and Urban Murals Guide
Explore Europe’s street art capitals with insider tips on urban art tours, iconic murals, and vibrant graffiti culture in top cities.