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How to be grateful

in Life on July 8, 2018 3

an intellectual is someone who maintains two opposing ideas at the same time. idea #1 all technological advancements can be explained in a word: discontentment. idea #2 if we lack gratitude, discontentment is crippling. at…

I’m Quitting Indie Hackers

in Life on June 21, 2018 3

Summer Sixteen. Drake’s single by the same name dropped while i was living in San Francisco. i moved out west from New York City just 8 months earlier, a pilgrimage to the startup capital /…

Deep Work

in Life on March 20, 2018 5

i hate all my friends, i miss the days when i pretended with you. –Patrick Stump last month i read Cal Newport’s Deep Work and it confirmed a few things: we do our best work ONLY…

I Have Insomnia

in Life on October 21, 2017 3

this is part 3 of a series on mental disabilities – for more, check out i have Tourette’s and my OCD. Insomnia is my pillow’s greatest enemy. history nerds recognize: “One man’s terrorist is another…

I Have OCD

in Life on October 5, 2017 0

this is part 2 of a series on mental disabilities – for more, check out Tourette’s and Insomnia. i didn’t know my brain worked differently until MTV’s “I Have OCD.” until my early teens i assumed…