Statistically, This Applies to ~97 Out of Every 100 People I Know — I have a great memory of arguing with two of my best guy friends (Will and Jerry, pictured below) while completing the two-week-long rickshaw run down the west coast of India. We had a lot of hilarious arguments during that trip (most commonly about who was having the best day)…

Look at my computer near this body of water! — For the three years leading up to the pandemic, I was the Director of Community for Remote Year, a travel company that was actively creating one of the world’s largest tribes of Digital Nomads. Basically, I know a few thousand digital nomads. I was an active part of the remote…

As featured (but not fully explained) in the new movie Air — When I first typed these 10 founding principles below before adding my commentary, the page lit up with red lines like a middle school kid’s unedited term paper. Despite Phil Knight’s misuse of the English language and questionable grammar, these 10 founding principles of Nike have gone down in business…

Don’t look now, but your fly is down… — Note: This is somewhat of a companion piece to an article I wrote over two years ago (during the heart of the pandy) called “Making a Dog Happy and 24 Other Things That Are Always a Good Use of Time.” That article was born from my daily pandemic walks with…

What ingredients go into our magical, musical, witches' brew every Thursday night at Punta Origen — I have a friend in Buenos Aires who runs “Folk You Monday,” who would likely dispute my claim—“Best Open Mic in the World.” Her Open Mic is truly fantastic. But, after running an Open Mic Night in the La Punta Neighborhood of Puerto Escondido for over two and a half…

Now, before I start roasting these Boomers, I want to say—I don’t think the Baby Boomers are bad people. My parents are Baby Boomers and they’re the best people. I do think that they (along with nearly all Boomers) give some bad advice for the modern world, which is what…

Key Learnings and Lessons From Successfully Getting My First Book Out Into The World (Numbers 9–16 with Screenshots and Links) — For steps 1–8, check out Part 1 here! 9. Choosing your Kindle categories The prevailing logic and common advice when it comes to categories and self-published authors is to go as niche as possible. As you can see above, my friend Ali’s book about her trajectory from gymnastics to dance to becoming a therapist ranks pretty high in some rather interesting categories.

Key Learnings and Lessons From Successfully Getting My First Book Out Into The World (Numbers 1–8 with Screenshots and Links) — In the past month, I’ve had two different friends reach out to ask about the process of self-publishing. The first was, let’s call him Bill (he didn’t want me to use his real name for this piece), a fellow ex-pat living in the same beach town as me in Mexico. …

Dark Matter, Your Future Self, and Finding the Motivation to Write Without an Audience, Advance, or Deadline. — A few weeks back I was taking my pup, Rue Billy, on our daily sunset jog. That evening I happened to be listening to a Podcast that I was just turned on to by a friend. …