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A Different Kind of Year-End: Sitting Still as 2025 Turns to 2026
Designing life first — not goals. A quiet reset for choosing the lifestyle you actually want to live.
Daily Conversations Can Change Your Life
The words you repeat daily shape your identity. Small conversations quietly rewrite your future.
Three years on autopilot: The day I realized I had stopped reviewing my life
Three years passed before I noticed I was drifting. A wake-up call on living deliberately.
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WHERE DID Q1 GO?
Continue Reading: WHERE DID Q1 GO?It is March 29th, 2026. End of the first quarter. And I keep asking myself: How is it already over? I wrote in December about how time seems to move faster now. How weeks blur into months. But Q1 2026 did not just blur. It vanished. Iran, Israel, and the USA at war. Venezuela’s president…
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ADULTS ARE JUST BIG KIDS (WHO FORGOT HOW TO PLAY)
Continue Reading: ADULTS ARE JUST BIG KIDS (WHO FORGOT HOW TO PLAY)In 2021, I was on a swing with my wife at Lilayi Lodge. Laughing. Completely lost in the moment. Halfway through, still holding the rope, I asked her: “Is this how kids feel?” I wrote about that moment trying to answer a question: when am I happiest? The answer that came to me: Happiness is…
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I DOWNGRADED MY CAR. IT WAS THE BEST DECISION I EVER MADE.
Continue Reading: I DOWNGRADED MY CAR. IT WAS THE BEST DECISION I EVER MADE.My first car was an Audi A4. I bought it in my first year of work. I had been waiting for that moment. I had a plan — buy a car within the first twelve months of starting work. And I did it. But if I am honest about why I chose that specific car,…
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WILL YOU MARRY ME?
Continue Reading: WILL YOU MARRY ME?There is a photo I keep coming back to. A beach on the shores of Lake Tanganyika. A man on one knee. A woman standing in front of him. In his hands, a ring. Behind her, a placard in the sand: “Will you marry me?” That photo is me. Seven years ago. And for years…
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I am an engineer who journals life lessons—reflections, patterns, and lessons worth sharing.
I write about slowing down, paying attention, and figuring out what actually matters beyond the day-to-day grind.