Welcome to my best articles on self-improvement, habits and productivity, health, and how to live a better life.
The Lost Spark: Romanticizing Finding a Career
You’re looking for true love. Who isn’t? Or maybe you’ve found it already. The perfect match. Your soulmate. The one. Lucky you. But this isn’t about true love, soulmates, or…
111 of the Most Useful Questions to Get to Know Yourself
The quality of your life is a direct reflection of the quality of questions you are asking yourself. Tony Robbins1 Here are some of the most useful questions to get…
Ayahuasca Retreats: A Complete Guide to New-Age Tripping
In a modern era defined by devices, connectivity, and AI, our uncertainty has been stimulated into distraction. We dance unknowingly between two worlds — our bodies in the physical, our attention…
Overcoming Procrastination: Motivation DOES Exist
He who has a why to live for can bear almost any how. Friedrich Nietzsche Fuck motivation. Mark Manson Actually, what Manson said is that “motivation is not the cause…
Even Atomic Habits Doesn’t Tell You This Harsh Truth About Habits
Yes, you read that correctly: everything you’ve heard about habits is wrong. Even Atomic Habits. You might have heard of Atomic Habits by James Clear. Good book. Solid concepts: systems, cue, response, craving,…
How to Optimize Your Life for Quality
Quantity Makes Quality. That’s it. Really. Quantity makes quality. These three words will change the way you look at everything. The more you do something the more the output will improve….
Dear, Everyone…I’m Sorry: My Apology Letter
Sorry. I hate the word. Sorry. It is overused and has lost its meaning. Like all things, overuse leads to a loss of value. Words are no different. Sorry. In…
What the Hell Is 1% Better Anyways?
Jerry Seinfeld credits his worldly comedic success to “having a cranky nature” and that his “crankiness and irritability” are what drove him forward and pushing for success after all these…
I Drank ONLY Water for 5 Days. Here’s Why, What Happened, and Why I LOVED It
I didn’t eat or drink anything except water for 5 days. Twice. Yes, I did a 5-day fast. You might be thinking: Why the hell would you do that? I could never!”…
67 Life Lessons From 40 Years
Remember when you were younger and someone told you that they were 40 and you thought to yourself, “Holy shit, that person is ancient” and it felt as though getting…
Stop Listening to Crazy People That Tell You What to Eat
I am obsessed with health and learning about the human body. It’s fascinating. And… It’s frustrating. Learning about how exercise contributes to longevity, how what we put in our bodies is intertwined…
How Travel Changes You (And It’s Not What You Think)
There is this pervasive myth around travel that assumes people travel and experience the vastness and complexities of the world in order to “find themselves.” That’s silly. In fact, this…
The Truth About Habits That No One Tells You
I exercised for over 500 days in a row. Every. Single. Day. Oh yeah, I also meditated and took a cold shower every day for over 500 days—even in the…
You Only Get Three Things In Life: Time, Attention, and Choice
19 days ago I stumbled on a blog by a guy named Steve Corona while I was researching my Morning Routine Article, and he mentioned that he wrote 1,000 words every…
Time to Stop the Sharks: A Love Letter to Coaches
I was one of them — a shark, a coach for men — one of the “coaches” that are out there trying to “hunt” clients. Spamming inboxes. Cookie-cutter messages. Imitation…
How to Stop Overthinking: 5 Lessons From an Overthinker
I think. A lot. A lot, a lot, a lot. Well, I did, at least. Until I realized it was destroying my life. I thought I was solving all my…
I Need You And You Need Me
Connection. We all need it. But what is connection? No, it’s not looking for the nearest outlet to charge your phone and connecting to the WiFi. Don’t be ridiculous. It’s people. We…
“Find Your Passion” Is Dumb Advice
“Find your passion.” “Live your passion.” “Let your passion find you.” Passion, passion, passion. If you’re like me then you’ve heard plenty about finding your passion in life. It seems…
Why You Don’t Do What You Say You Are Going to Do (And What to Do About It)
Most people never do what they say they are going to do. In fact, I’d say everyone doesn’t do what they say they are going to do, some of the time. Unless…
This Nighttime Routine Checklist Will Change Your Life
The only reason you need to have a nighttime routine checklist: it will improve your life. Pretty convincing, huh? If you want to feel better at night, make better decisions, not…
Sleep. Why You Might Not Need As Much As You Think
Sleep 8 hours they say. Well, 7–9 hours, but the noise in the self-improvement and health space seems to yell 8 hours. Matthew Walker says in his book Why We…
The Single-Most Important Thing You Can Do to Change Your Life
A few days ago, I stumbled across an inspiring Tweet from Justin Welsh, a solopreneur, who shared the 48 things he learned on his way to success.1 Things like, If you…
How to Ruin Your Relationship (If You’re a Man)
I was never very good at relationships. But I didn’t know that at the time. No one really tells you how to do a relationship. It is just something that you figure…
I Made $1 Online and That Has Made All the Difference
Ppppffff. $1. Who the fuck cares about making $1?!? That’s nothing. Actually, it is everything. The Year It All Changed In 2022, I was at my lowest. I didn’t really…
It Was Never Fear Holding You Back. It Was This
Resistance = (Desire 1–10) x [(Explicit Knowledge) + (Tacit Knowledge)] x (Focus + Time) = Progress What is that formula? We’ll get to that in a moment. First, let’s see…
You Need to Walk Through the Dark to Find the Light
There is no existence without darkness. That is life’s guarantee. But removing the Spotlight effect from my own perception, I’ve come to realize that everyone experiences darkness and each person’s…
Eat This, Not That: A Treatise On Food
What you eat matters. But not really. The realm of food and nutrition is an absolute jungle: beliefs ranging from what exactly every person should eat to what is killing…
This Morning Routine Checklist Will Change Your Life
How the Morning Routine Checklist Started I finalized my morning routine in 2022—2 years after first learning about the idea and starting to figure one out for myself. Why, you…
Feeling Lost in Life? Don’t Find Your Passion
How “Follow Your Passion” Led to Standup Comedy Failure and Feeling Lost in Life The lights on stage were blinding. No one had told me about that part. I grabbed…
How to Start Journaling. And a Free Journal PDF
How to Start Journaling I remember asking myself this very question: “How to start journaling?” Truth is, I had no idea. And when I looked it up, the advice was…