Noah Kagan recently shared on My First Million that he sends a review of his life to a small group of email contacts at the end of every month. I was thinking, I would do that right as Sam Paar was saying he would love to read someone posting about their month in review. He… Continue reading Myopia: Jan 2022 in review
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When and where miracles happen
Throughout human history, what we humans could not explain we called God, supernatural, magic. Illness were curses, shooting stars were signs, and vermin were punishments because microorganisms, atmospheric burnout, and even reproductive processes had not yet been fathomed. This will also be true in the future–what we call blessings, serendipity, vibes, spirituality, magic, and miracles… Continue reading When and where miracles happen
What the travel blogs aren’t telling you about Turkey
I never pass up a chance to take christ out of xmas, so I bought some last-minute tickets to Turkey for the holidays and spent baby Jesus’ big day wearing a hijab in the Hagia Sophia. This is my fourth trip to Turkey and, at 21 days, also the longest so far. Which clearly makes… Continue reading What the travel blogs aren’t telling you about Turkey
Mastering mastery
Basic education teaches you everyday skills; higher education helps you grasp the foundational understandings of a particular topic area. Advanced education, on the other hand, is about learning to ponder and untangle intricate questions too unique to make their way into a text book. I didn’t realize this until I had already finished two Master’s… Continue reading Mastering mastery
The case for gendering first person pronouns
I love seeing gender pronouns in email signatures. Just a decade ago basically no one provided their pronouns alongside their name, and now it has proliferated across social media, websites, and anywhere else we might create a written bio for all to see. We’ve even come so far as to begin to refine the terminology… Continue reading The case for gendering first person pronouns
The 5pm club is passé.
The 5am Club isn’t about waking up early. It’s about doing your deep work at a time when no one is going to interrupt you. Its thesis is that deep work changes your life in great ways, and that deep work needs to be done when you’re fresh. So far so good. Then it assumes… Continue reading The 5pm club is passé.
To please the guards.
My brother mentioned that he had clean his cage before bed so that the guards wouldn’t flay him all night. I get it. I also judge myself unfit when I haven’t bathed. Hell, I might even struggle to fall asleep. Truth is, the guards are pretty hard-to-please bastards. If I worked for someone who talked… Continue reading To please the guards.