People often ask what I’ve been up to… This is what I’m doing right now:

(This is a Now page. If you have your own site, you should make one, too!)

• Since my last update, I completed a 28-day Dopamine Detox. Sure, I cheated once or twice, but it was a pretty great reset. I’m currently on a three-week holiday from work and enjoying rediscovering the city and rebuilding my routines. The first week has been quite difficult, and I found myself really bored, but that is kind of the point.
  
  I've been spending a lot of time at the Offline Club, as well as at the gym and spa, and of course, reading a lot since the Dopamine Detox allowed me to break my TV habit into little smashable pieces.
  
  Everything is going pretty well, but yesterday, my dog was injured diving for a stick that produced a 10-12cm deep cut at the back of her throat, so my fellow dog co-parent and I had to spend the day at the emergency clinic as Sunny underwent surgery. All is well, and now we have a little drugged-up puppy. (Yes, she’s almost 9 years old, and yes all dogs are puppies).

• Currently Reading:

  • The Broken Eye by Brent Weeks

    • Next up in the series by Brent Weeks, I've been reading since two updates ago the last update, and am generally off to a slow start to my reading year when it comes to Fiction.

  • HBR Essays On Strategy

    • I’m building an app and have been really wondering what to do with it, so I turned to this book to help me with an overview of some strategic principles that I could employ. I’ve read many of the articles and essays individually in the past, but it’s taught me a lot about positioning and helped me to answer the question of “who is it really for?” (also kudos to Seth Godin for prompting that question in the first place in his book This is Marketing)

• Recently Completed Reads:

  • This is Marketing by Seth Godin

    • I just finished this in December, but I was so mesmerized by it that I listened to it in audiobook form while walking and plan to listen to its follow-up, “This is Strategy,” soon.

    • Although it masquerades as a book about marketing (which it is), this is actually a book every single person should read. It taught me so much about life, business, strategy, and leadership.

  • The Blinding Knife by Brent Weeks

  • Excellent Advice for Living by Kevin Kelly

    • I really enjoyed this short, punchy, advice-driven book. There’s a lot in it, a lot I disagree with, but I really like Kevin’s approach to thinking and distilling information and left wanting more books like this that can essentially act as daily meditations.

• Books On Hold / Next Up:

  • Meditation for Mortals by Oliver Burkman

    • If you’ve not read Time Management for Mortals, it is a crucial read for anyone and has nothing to do with productivity. I expect to find similar lessons within this book.

  • This is Strategy by Seth Godin

  • The Algebra of Happiness by Scott Galloway

  • Million Dollar Weekend by Noah Kagan

    • Waiting for some down time, to really give it the attention it deserves, but funny enough this is item #1 on his list of reasons why people don’t start

  • Fulfilled: How the Science of Spirituality Can Help You Live a Happier, More Meaningful Life

    • Recommended to me by a friend, and very excited to learn more, even if on the surface it’s not something I’d typically be into, the first few lines of the book have me hooked.

    • I had to pause on this because my audible account stopped letting me read books purchased in the US. Will resume on kindle when I’m done with the Black Prism series

• Current Exercise Routine:

  • I’ve just finished a 26-week barbell training program which helped me improve my strength and form across the major lifts (squats, deadlifts, lunges, benchpress, overhead press, bent over rows), and am switching to a routine that mixes barbell, dumbbell and bodyweight exercises. So far I’m unimpressed by the program and find myself supplementing nearly every exercise with additional exercise, but I’m still in the “foundations” week which is supposed to help provide a baseline.

• Current Diet:

  • Eggs. I'm addicted to them.

• Currently learning:

  • Passive

    • Deep into my A2 Dutch lessons. Still don’t feel very far.

  • Skill-Based

    • Today (in 1 hour) I’ll have my first voice lesson. I approached a woman named Kim Sutherland to learn more about her technique, which is focused on not just singing but oration as well.

• Side Projects:

  • fromany.country

    • 2 years ago, I had the notion that I wanted to create a space for my fellow nomads and pseudo-nomads to find community, but I couldn’t figure out a way to do it. Then, as I was trying to figure out my tax liability across all the different countries I lived in and visited this past year, I decided to create this web app. It’s primarily a geo-arbitrage tool that looks to help you assess your potential tax liability when living in multiple countries, but I have hopes of eventually adding a community element to it.

    • NOTE: since my last update it is to a much more stable place. As I’m not really allowing users yet, I have not implemented a CI/CD workflow into it to allow me to test, but you’re welcome to sign up and test it out, just know that I basically break the tool daily so please don’t judge it on its stability just yet.

  • The Done List

    • I have a very simple prototype using xcode and once I have an MVP for fromany.country I’ll put more effort into this one.

• Recent Travel (since the last update):

  • London, UK

  Upcoming Travel:

  • Warsaw, PL

Updated 17 March 2025 (for past editions, you can find them here)

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