I am mentally ill. And I’m in a mid-life crisis. I’m dishonest. And I’m a horrible father. And I think with my dick. Thanks to all the kind strangers these past few days who wrote me these insightful facts about myself. Here is the evidence: I don’t spend all my money on useless things. I […] Read On…
How Minimalism Brought Me Freedom and Joy
I have one bag of clothes, one backpack with a computer, iPad, and phone. I have zero other possessions. Today I have no address. At this exact moment I am sitting in a restaurant and there’s no place for me to go to lie down. By tonight I will find a place to lie down. […] Read On…
Ep. 161 – Charles Duhigg: Be Smarter, Faster, Better… And Most of All Be Free
Before writing this, I closed my eyes. I allowed myself to rest. I went from, “think, think, think” to nothing. And nothing felt good. Nothing worked. Nothing is my success. Today. I used to have another kind of success. I was a hedge fund manager, web developer, producer, investor, corporate employee, CEO, writer. I still do […] Read On…
Brunch and Pirates
I ordered pancakes and he told me about the last time he was shot in the head. The bullet went through the top of my head, he said. Then he leaned down and showed me the entry point. Then, he said, it went out through the back of my ear. He twisted around, pointed to […] Read On…
You Are What You Consume
At my worst, this happened: I drank all night until I would pass out. I’d show up late for meetings, do deals with people who would rip me off, run away from good opportunities, invest in bad opportunities. Have friends for what they can do for me rather than because I felt good to be […] Read On…
Ep. 160 – Ashlee Vance: Elon Musk and The Quest to Save Mankind
He didn’t have permission. But he did it anyway. And one day Elon Musk called him. “He was either going to make life really horrible on me or he was going to cooperate with the book” said Ashlee Vance, author of the New York Times bestseller and Wall Street Journal’s “best books of the year,” […] Read On…
10 Ways I Deal With My Own Procrastination
It’s important I address several things first before I really start into the meat of this article. First, when I tweet about this post many people will respond, “I’ll read it…later” or some variation of that. That’s a funny joke. I get it. Second, while I was writing this post, I procrastinated pretty heavily. No […] Read On…