2024.08.26

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’ve been stationary in Amsterdam and have been really enjoying my time here. I've travelled extensively the last two summers (and this one until July), so being in one place for a bit has been quite welcome. I have a lot of adventures planned for the last few months of the year, so I’m savouring this. As of this moment I have lost 12kg since I started to track my caloric intake in April.

  • Currently Reading:

  • Recently Completed Reads:

    • Red Seas Under Red Skies by Scott Lynch

      • Sequel to the Lies of Locke Lamora, I am really loving the worldbuilding here.

    • 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.

  • Books On Hold / Next Up:

    • 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

  • Current Exercise Routine:

    • After a brief hiatus with food poisoning (yes, again…) I am back to doing yoga, rock climbing and hitting the gym. No specific routine, but consistency is my game

  • Current Diet:

    • Been eating pretty clean lately, but not cooking as much as I should. Down 12kg 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.

      • Made one for my brother that analyses live sports data and gives sports betting recommendations. I’m not a big gambler, so for me this project was entirely to see if I could make a good prediction engine. So far it’s got an accuracy of around 80% across three types of wagers.

  • Recent Travel (since last update):

    • NONE!

    Upcoming Travel:

    • LimosaLimosa, Heeten (yoga retreat)

    • Madrid, Spain

    • Rome, Italy

    • Denver, USA

    • Los Gatos, USA

    • New York City, USA

    • Lisbon, Portugal

    • Buenos Aires, Argentina

    • Antarctica (not til November)

Updated 26 August, 2024 (for past editions, you can find them here)