These aren’t mutually exclusive things — The future of work is about bringing these things — life and work — into harmony because you can’t do one without the other. Life isn’t the thing that comes after work and work isn’t the thing that interrupts life. At least it shouldn’t be. Work-life balance is when one…

What happens when the world closes in and what to do — That’s how I’ve come to describe the sudden shift from a bright cheery day to one abruptly drenched in seemingly endless darkness. An all-encompassing misery you’re drowning in for no good reason. You’re in a car driving through the countryside; airy, bountiful, green pastures pass by. The sun shines, bathing…

Start Something New — Quitting is great. Quitting is control. Quitting is empowering. Quitting is also terrifying. Locking ourselves into what we’ve always done — despite not loving it — comes with an undeniable comfort. It’s easy. It’s mindless. It’s tolerably painful. It’s the soul being crushed by a ton of feathers rather than…

They’re all lies — All these things exist, obviously, but the way in which we think of each is based more on savvy marketing and PR— which has become gospel — than anything resembling objective reality. A diamond is forever Here’s the thing, diamonds are a scam. Largely no one cared about them before the 1940s. They’re not…

Can’t Decide What To Do? — What to do? Where to start? When to start? Analysis paralysis. Choosing ain’t easy. We demand clarity and crisp decision points, but life, all parts of it, is dominated by grey areas. It’s chaotic. What quells chaos is action. Decisive action. Decide and move forward When I changed careers in 2020, I decided to…

And other lessons from a 65km stroll — At around 50 km is when the misery fully sets in. You get hints of it in the 40s but it becomes your state of being at 50. Roughly 8 AM, or 11 hours after starting, is when physical drive sort of ends and mental stamina begins. Maybe if you…

A Story from Georgia (not that Georgia, the other one) — “If you really want to leave a tip, put it there…” the old man says in Russian. At this point, I’ve been working from Georgia — the country, not the state — for about a month and after bopping around the trendier and more touristic restaurants in Tbilisi, I wanted…

On the Horrors of Prejudging Your Work — You’ve sacrificed the hours. Done the research. Put in the blood, sweat and tears. Finally, it’s finished. At least version 1 anyway and you’re ready to submit it for review and feedback. Whether it’s web copy, an article, graphic design, a video, website mockup, etc., it’s time to hand it…

10 Tips to SUPERCHARGE your productivity: 1. Wake up at 3:40 am 2. Immediately drink 4 gallons of water 3. Meditate for 3 hours 4. Read 5 books 5. Scream into the abyss 6. Write 3 books 7. Journal for an hour 8. Run a marathon to get the blood…