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No, I don’t feel older. But I do feel wiser. Here are some things I’ve learned in these 29 years. Hope you find one of them valuable. 1)...

They are: 1) Labels are limits. We give ourselves disempowering labels and attributes all the time. Here are a few I heard from some of...

I ordered McDonald’s last night. Why? Because I wanted to. One Big Mac. One Spicy McChicken. One Large Fry. Delicious. For the whole...

Since attempting suicide in 2017, I’ve been obsessed with living a better life. I’ve even made a career out of helping people improve...

My cousin, shortly before I checkmated him. I spent this weekend at the lake house. My grandparents were supposed to be there, but my...

One of my fitness goals is to do at least one strenuous event each year. 2020 was a marathon. 2021 was a triathlon. And today, my buddy...

Yesterday was a big day for me. Two months ago, I embarked, for the second time, on a journey to quit drinking coffee. I went cold turkey...

I’m sick. It’s not COVID. This usually happens twice a year when the temperature changes. Cold symptoms. Cough. Congestion. Sore throat....

Last year, I tried quitting coffee cold turkey. It sucked. It led to two of the most miserable days of my life. I had to cancel my calls...

Two nights ago, my sleep tracker told me I got two and a half hours of sleep. I woke up in pain. I trudged through my first two sessions...

“Take a picture of us taking a picture of us.” Readers of this blog know last week was an impactful one for me. An intense level of...

Last week, I joked about running away from everything and spending time off the grid. This weekend, I did just that…sort of. I’m pretty...

Today, I’m borrowing my friends’ dog and staying in an Airbnb in the woods. I canceled all my calls and obligations. Here’s what I sent...

I’m a workaholic. I learned that this winter. When I stopped doing outreach for my business in December, I got depressed for two weeks....

Saturday night, my two good friends hosted a dinner party in DC. Me plus four of their other friends. We drank wine (and scotch), ate...

Again. Tested positive this morning. This is exactly when I got it last year—late January. It’s a winter tradition I suppose. But this...

Meditation is an odd thing. When I started getting my life together in summer 2017, I downloaded HeadSpace. Andy’s soothing voice...

I’ve done four Sober Octobers in a row now. Last year, I added a “Dry January.” This year, I’m adding a third month of sobriety—probably...

A couple of my friends either caught colds or COVID these past two weeks. The second of four waves that Nicholas Christakis predicted is...

I like to create rules. Boundaries and guidelines for living a healthy and principled life. In the past couple of weeks, I’ve added two...