Life is a rare and precious thing — I love morning frost that clings to the grass. But not because it’s pretty. Frost is a tangible reminder that we live on a fragile wafer-thin sliver of rock spinning through a mostly cold, empty universe. …

It’s easier than you 🧠 — I recently published an article and the editor wanted to know how I added an emoji to one of my section headers. Here’s a screenshot of the emoji in question 👇:

This (obviously) awesome movie has a terrible message for creatives — I love the movie, Limitless. And not because it’s a good movie (it’s not). I mean … Bradley Cooper brings it, DeNiro is in fine form, and the mid-2000s VFXs are *chef kiss* — but that’s not what this article is about. No, the reason I love Limitless is because…

Even small creators have a lot of influence — I don’t write about it very often, but my wife and I run a travel YouTube channel, called Days We Spend. We work hard on it, and I’m proud of our videos, but I’m a little shy about this part of my life because I’ve always wanted to be known…

The walkability of a ‘15-minute’ European city is just too good — In January 2023, my wife and I made the full-time move to Spain on a Non-Lucrative Visa. And it kicks absolute ass. The local food is healthy and delicious, there’s a festival seemingly every other weekend, and the quality of life is unreal for what you pay. But that’s not…

Stop over-optimizing your morning, and just go to sleep — I am not a morning person. Never have been. But according to the internet, my inability to pop out of bed at 4 am like a friggin’ Navy Seal is the thing that’s keeping me from becoming my best self. And that’s total crap. Don’t get me wrong — there’s…

How ‘easy listening’ spawned an entire industry of emotional manipulation — Nobody likes change. So it should be no surprise to learn that a lot of people weren’t exactly excited to ride the first elevators after Elisha Graves Otis invented a safety brake in 1852 that made modern elevators possible. Which makes sense. Elevators must have been a tough sell for…

The simple joys of cooking pasta at home —

And that’s just … mean — I like phobias. Or at least, I like the idea of phobias. Fear of ants (Myrmecophobia) or the color yellow (Xanthophobia) is fascinating. But when I learned that ‘Hippopotomonstrosesquippedaliophobia’ means fear of long words, I got … sad. Apparently, this fear stems from the trauma of dyslexic kids “being embarrassed…