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Anybody headed to Maryland in October.....Tom Morello (formerly of Rage Against the Machine) is escalating his activism ...
06/05/2026

Anybody headed to Maryland in October.....Tom Morello (formerly of Rage Against the Machine) is escalating his activism by organizing the "Power to the People Festival," a major anti-Trump event scheduled for October 3, 2026, in Columbia, Maryland. The festival features a high-profile lineup including Bruce Springsteen, Foo Fighters, and Joan Baez, designed to counter the Trump administration's "Great American State Fair.

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I was two hours into a Panama residency forum that I had already read twice.Documents checked. Appointments scheduled. L...
06/03/2026

I was two hours into a Panama residency forum that I had already read twice.

Documents checked. Appointments scheduled. Lawyer hired. Everything that could be handled had been handled. And I was still scrolling through 2021 threads written by strangers, looking for the thing that might go wrong.

My wife walked in, saw the screen, and didn't say anything. She didn't have to.

The paperwork wasn't the problem.

There's a version of chronic vigilance that looks exactly like responsibility. The signal you've crossed into something else is when the anxiety doesn't lift after the task is done — when the next worry immediately takes its place.

I wrote about a short 5-question practice I use for moments like that one. It doesn't fix the fear. It names it. In my experience, that's most of the work.

What’s underneath the need to have everything solved

For most of my career, I opened my laptop and just started moving.Email first. Then again, ten minutes later. A task lis...
05/31/2026

For most of my career, I opened my laptop and just started moving.

Email first. Then again, ten minutes later. A task list to scan, a few small things to knock out. Two hours would pass, and I'd have the feeling of momentum without a single real decision. I was performing in the morning, not thinking it.

That pattern came with us to Panama. The address changed. The habit didn't.

A few years ago, I started doing one thing differently. Before I open anything else, I type one question into Claude: "Based on what you know about me, what traits do I need to embrace today to become the man I need to become to live my best life?"

What comes back isn't generic. It's calibrated to what's actually happening. Some mornings it names patience. Some mornings, courage. Sometimes it says: talk to your wife about the thing you've been carrying.

Five minutes. Before email. Before anything. The whole post is here:

A daily question about who you're trying to be

I had four blazers in a closet I'd stopped opening.They came with us to Panama. Charcoal, navy, two shades of grey, and ...
05/27/2026

I had four blazers in a closet I'd stopped opening.

They came with us to Panama. Charcoal, navy, two shades of grey, and one I cannot explain. Sat in a spare room for the better part of a year. When I finally gave them away, I started doing the math on what they actually cost, not just to buy, but to maintain, transport, and keep as part of a version of myself that no longer existed.

And then I kept going. The car. The restaurants. The memberships. The invisible tax of always looking ready. Run those numbers across a career, and it's a real line item, the kind that never had its own budget category because it was just baked into showing up.

Here's what surprised me most: the financial number wasn't the heaviest part. The heavier weight was the mental overhead. Always calculating. Always performing. Until one day, it stopped. And the quiet that arrived was something I didn't know I was missing.

I wrote about the full accounting and a simple exercise for running your own.

The quiet math of career identity

Four months before we moved to Panama, my wife and I sat in the living room and tried to name everything we wanted to ta...
05/24/2026

Four months before we moved to Panama, my wife and I sat in the living room and tried to name everything we wanted to take with us.

We came up with fifteen things.

Fifteen. After decades in the same house, four bedrooms, a garage, an attic, and closets we hadn't opened in years. When we actually tried to name what mattered, that's what we got.

That afternoon quietly changed how I think about owning anything.

My latest post is about what happened next: the move, the four suitcases, and the box that arrived from the States as a balled-up tape mess with half its contents stolen. We sat with it, then made another list of everything we could remember that was missing. Same result. We couldn't name most of it.

If you've ever wondered whether you actually need what you own, this one might give you an answer you weren't expecting.

We tried to list everything we'd miss. We came up with fifteen things.

The other night, I was watching a 2008 movie called The Visitor, a film about the US immigration system, and ended up as...
05/20/2026

The other night, I was watching a 2008 movie called The Visitor, a film about the US immigration system, and ended up asking Perplexity what it thought about immigration policy.

That question went nowhere, but the conversation didn't end there. Forty-five minutes later, I was deep in a philosophical debate about whether AI is making humanity smarter or dumber.

I hadn't planned on thinking about any of that. I'd planned to watch a movie.

My latest post is about what I've come to believe after sitting with that question: the answer isn't smarter or dumber. It's both, and the variable is entirely how you use it.

I also get into how AI didn't just speed up my writing process, it removed a structural barrier I didn't know was there. As someone with adult ADHD who has been blogging for over a decade, that distinction matters more than I can explain in a Facebook post.

If you use AI and wonder sometimes whether it's helping you grow or quietly making you lazy, this one is for you.

The real question isn’t whether AI makes us smarter or lazier. It’s what we choose to do with the space it creates.

The last report I ever sent to a client went out on a quiet afternoon in Panama City. I had been winding down for months...
05/17/2026

The last report I ever sent to a client went out on a quiet afternoon in Panama City. I had been winding down for months. I expected to feel some grief when it was finally over , 35 years of professional identity, a firm I had built, clients who depended on what I produced.

What I felt instead was freedom. Almost immediately.

What surprised me more was what came next. Within days, the old programming started creeping back in. What's this week's targets? What am I supposed to be producing? My body remembered hustle long after my mind had decided it was done.

My latest post is about that gap, between the moment you decide to stop proving yourself and the moment you actually feel it. And what the Stoics, specifically Marcus Aurelius and Epictetus, understood about that gap that nobody in the productivity space ever talks about.

If you're somewhere in that transition, post-career, post-hustle, or just tired of performing for an audience that may not even be watching anymore, this one's for you.

What becomes possible when you stop keeping score

For months after leaving my career, I kept filling the mornings with systems. A journaling practice. A reading habit. A ...
05/14/2026

For months after leaving my career, I kept filling the mornings with systems. A journaling practice. A reading habit. A list of things to do before anything else. Each one looked like freedom and felt like another job.
What I was missing wasn't a better system. It was the absence of one.
There is something the Stoics understood about mornings that the productivity industry never figured out. Marcus Aurelius wasn't optimizing his day before dawn. He was simply sitting with what was coming, with clear eyes, before the world arrived with its demands. That is a very different thing.
My latest post is about the case for a slower morning. Not a routine. Not a ritual. Just one unscheduled hour that belongs to you before the day takes it.
If you've tried every morning framework and still feel behind by 9am, this one's for you.

How one unscheduled hour changes everything that follows

Most financial advice for people in their 60s assumes the problem is mathematical.Not enough saved. Wrong allocation. Po...
04/29/2026

Most financial advice for people in their 60s assumes the problem is mathematical.
Not enough saved. Wrong allocation. Poor tracking. So it hands you more math.
But here's what I've noticed, in myself and in conversations with people navigating the same terrain: the math is rarely the actual problem.
The actual problem is a feeling that lives underneath the math. A quiet, persistent fear that most people never name directly. The fear of running out.
Not running out of a specific thing. Running out in general. And because it sounds responsible, because it wears the costume of prudence, you never quite look it in the eye.
My newest post is about that fear. Where it comes from, why it hides, and what the Stoics understood about it that most financial advisors don't.
If you've ever made a decision from that place, and most of us have, this one's for you.

It's not about the number. It's about what the number represents.

💡 Turn Trash into Treasure! 💡Are you ready to transform old furniture into something new and profitable? Check out my la...
10/24/2024

💡 Turn Trash into Treasure! 💡
Are you ready to transform old furniture into something new and profitable? Check out my latest post on how to start and succeed with a Furniture Upcycling Business. This practical guide will show you how to reduce waste, create unique pieces, and build a sustainable profit. 🌿🛠️

Discover how to start a profitable furniture upcycling business with practical tips for sustainable growth. Learn key strategies for success in the eco-conscious market. Our goal is to share people, places, and things that inspire abundant, healthy & sustainable living.

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