2024.07.25

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!)

  • I’ve returned from a few weeks holiday where I escaped into the mountains and took my new car on a road trip. I learned that the car is super cool, but far too large for European streets. I’ve recently been attending events hosted by the Offline Club and have really enjoyed making friends and joining this community. As I write this I’m preparing to go to an event, but because of a flurry of recent visitors and my travels I am feeling quite a bit socially burnt out. I’ve also held informal “interviews” with many of my close friends who I respect that have relationships that seem healthy in order to learn more about what it takes to make love last, what to look for in a partner, and have really enjoyed both the differences in answers that so many people have given (like how important is chemistry, and what made you decide to have children), but also the similarity of so many answers. I’m debating on putting my learnings into some form of distillation process if I determine that it might be of use to anyone.

  • Currently Reading:

  • Recently Completed Reads:

    • Love Life by Matthew Hussey

      • Recommended to me by a therapist who specializes in attachment theory and relationship health, I found this book to be quite enlightening. Though geared mostly toward women, I easily found myself in its pages and would readily recommend this to anyone navigating their way through love. He also has a long-running podcast and YouTube channel of the same name that helped me come to terms with some recent heartache. One of the things that sticks with me the most is his idea of finding a “builder” in your partner by focusing on things like compatibility and finding someone who wants to build the same things as you.

    • Lies of Locke Lamorra by Scott Lynch

      • Despite a slow start, I ended up absolutely loving this book and have since moved onto its sequel.

    • The Algebra of Wealth by Scott Galloway

      • More a philosophy book than a financial book, I really enjoyed this read and have taken a few pieces of advice. I have also heard from some close friend through the reading of this that Scott may be considered a bit of a controversial personality. I don’t know much about that, and have had my focus on the content of the book but will look into some of the claims.

  • Books On Hold / Next Up:

  • Current Exercise Routine:

    • Spent a few weeks hiking through the alps, but since I’ve returned I’ve mostly just been walking. My gym is open again so I’ll be trying out some of their new classes very soon.

  • Current Diet:

    • Been eating pretty clean lately, but not cooking as much as I should. Down 9kg since mid april

  • Currently learning:

    • Passive

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

    • Skill-Based

      • N/A

  • Side Projects:

    • aWellness.co

      • A site for a lot of the random things I built over the past months, including some chatbots, chrome extensions, and am now working on an app. The site itself was the real triumph, though.

      • If you know anyone in manufacturing and logistics in Europe, send them my way because i could use the help with a couple products.

    • GPTs! Chatbots!

      • Try out one trained on my brain by asking the little bubble down below what you would normally ask me.

  • Recent Travel (since last update):

    • Bonn, Germany

    • Lauterbrunnen, Switzerland

    • Nancy, France

    • Luxembourg, Luxembourg

    • Maastricht, Netherlands

    Upcoming Travel:

    • Madrid, Spain

    • Rome, Italy

    • Denver, USA

    • Los Gatos, USA

    • New York City, USA

    • Lisbon, Portugal

    • Antarctica (not til November)