If you can learn these earlier, you’ll be WAY better off. — Life is full of lessons. The longer you live, the more you (hopefully) learn. Here are some fundamental lessons that took me until 30 to fully understand. 1. Acquire knowledge not stuff Stuff weighs you down. Knowledge sets you free. I used to spend a lot of money on cars, expensive phones, and other electronics. …

I am not a morning person whatsoever. Late last year, I began waking up at 5:30 AM to write for an hour then drive to work at an engineering firm. It was the hardest fucking thing I had done in a long time. But I did it. And you know…

(I think she still loves me though) — About 15 years ago, on a Friday evening when I was in college (back when I still had a Facebook), I posted a seemingly harmless status update: “Pumped for the weekend.” Then, I shut my laptop and headed downstairs to rally with some friends for the evening. The next day…

The trick is 4 simple questions and a weekly roadmap — The internet does a really great job of over-complicating things. Goal-setting is one of those things. You’ll find a vast ocean of paid products geared towards “how to set goals” which, to me, seems ridiculous. …

And a neat tool to easily calculate it for you — Water is our body’s most essential nutrient, and we’re pretty good at drinking it so that we don’t, you know, die. But, the average person (myself included) sucks when it comes to knowing how to hydrate effectively for health, cellular function, and performance. The problem isn’t lack of quality data…

It was Tuesday morning and I was sitting at my new, yet oddly familiar cubicle desk with my eyes bouncing back and forth between my two monitors. On one, I was watching a 20-minute video on cybersecurity for the second time this year (mandatory training for all new-hires). On the…

And why it’s important for everyone, not just athletes — At the beginning of 2023, I wrote down a single sentence at the top of my whiteboard that said: “The year I got in the best shape of my life.” Up to that point, I was a fitness pretender. I followed the bro-science code of lifting 4 to 5 days…

Buckle up for some hard truths — Anxiety busted down my metaphorical front door 15 years ago and we’ve had one hell of a relationship ever since. At first, I hated him. Then, I accepted him. And now, I might actually like the dude. …

Kind of a funny phenomenon, honestly — “A person often meets his destiny on the road he took to avoid it.” — Jean de La Fontaine, Fables I’ve been thinking about that quote a lot. Have you ever heard the story of Oedipus? It’s…a weird one. But it does relate really well to the quote. …