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The person you should be like
Until I was about 25, I thought relentlessly, Who should I be like? I looked to successful friends, role models, even characters in...

Dillan Taylor
Mar 30, 20212 min read
All different, all the same
As a life coach, I have conversations with two to seven different people each day. We discuss their goals, obstacles, mindsets, and...

Dillan Taylor
Mar 29, 20211 min read
Sometimes you don’t
Sometimes you don’t have to do anything profound or special. Not every workout, idea, conversation, (or blog post) has to be the best one...

Dillan Taylor
Mar 24, 20211 min read


The secret to getting noticed online
Lol I have no idea. Or rather, I have no idea how to guarantee success in your creative or business endeavors. On top of this blog, I’ve...

Dillan Taylor
Mar 10, 20212 min read
The slow mornings
For 99% of mornings, I sit down here and words flow out of my fingers onto the keyboard. For the other 1%, I wake up late after a night...

Dillan Taylor
Mar 6, 20211 min read
Workaholism
Some call it that. Whenever I spend a decent time away from work, I’m always itching to get back into a productive space. I’m incredibly...

Dillan Taylor
Feb 8, 20211 min read
What do you do when you feel empty?
When the cursor blinks on your blank screen? When you feel bored with your routine? When you don’t have the energy to practice… Simple....

Dillan Taylor
Feb 4, 20211 min read


The 2 types of fun
Here’s a short article everyone should read. It’s something I’ve been thinking about as I’ve been sick in my apartment with nothing but...

Dillan Taylor
Feb 3, 20212 min read


How I stopped being so insecure
I struggled with crippling insecurity for years. It was impossible for me to attend social settings, scroll social media, or have deep...

Dillan Taylor
Jan 29, 20212 min read


I sold my soul to the Devil
My readers know my stance on using social media. But as I dive deeper into the freelance, tech, and digital worlds, people have been...

Dillan Taylor
Jan 23, 20211 min read
Building systems
A system is anything that makes future action easy, or at best, effortless. My alarm wakes me up between 6:30 and 7 in the morning. Nine...

Dillan Taylor
Dec 22, 20201 min read


So you wanna be a rockstar?
When I was in high school, I wanted one thing: To be the leading man in a punk rock band. Or so I thought. When I wasn’t strumming power...

Dillan Taylor
Dec 21, 20202 min read
Craft vs. Art
Craft is what we are expected to know. Art is the unexpected use of our craft. Ed Catmull In other words: Improve your skills. Then...

Dillan Taylor
Dec 19, 20201 min read
You Don’t Need Permission
For most of my life, I put off pursuing things I was interested in. Here’s why. Like most others, I had tons of ideas and plans of what I...

Dillan Taylor
Dec 1, 20201 min read
Writing a Blog Every Day for a Year: Here’s What I’ve Learned
A year and a month ago, I sat down to write my first blog. It was about starting something new. Something scary. Not knowing what would...

Dillan Taylor
Nov 14, 20203 min read
Just For You
What do you do that is completely, entirely, 100% for yourself. If you do something incredible, and then post that thing on social media,...

Dillan Taylor
Oct 28, 20201 min read
Day 14: Top Tips
14/30 – Give your top 5 pieces of life advice: Take time to learn all the boring fundamentals of personal finance. It will probably suck,...

Dillan Taylor
Sep 9, 20201 min read
Day 8: Working Backwards
8/30 – Work backwards from your someday goal to what you can do today: Someday: Support myself with my content. 3 years: Cultivate an...

Dillan Taylor
Sep 2, 20201 min read
Day 7: Your Creativity
7/30 – When do your creative ideas come and how do you collect them? Any creative idea either comes from the ether; or I have molded it...

Dillan Taylor
Sep 1, 20201 min read
The Magic Formula
Start. Keep going. Get better. See results. This boring, magic formula is the key to succeeding in anything. Today, I start my daily...

Dillan Taylor
Aug 22, 20201 min read
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