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Threading One Bead at a Time

Threading One Bead at a Time

Mitigating anxiety and overwhelm, slowing brain aging, and life's costs of entry

Oct 28, 2025

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10 min read

Procrastination Is a Message. Here’s What It’s Saying

Procrastination Is a Message. Here’s What It’s Saying

On the importance of small moments, vigorous exercise, and understanding the root of your procrastination

Oct 21, 2025

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9 min read

What If Willpower Isn’t the Answer?

What If Willpower Isn’t the Answer?

On decisive communication, improving cardiovascular metrics, and taking shortcuts

Oct 14, 2025

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9 min read

The Hidden Trap of Self-Improvement

The Hidden Trap of Self-Improvement

On cognitive multiculturalism, carb-response types, and the one-month knowledge sprint

Oct 7, 2025

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9 min read

The Side Effects of Knowing Too Much

The Side Effects of Knowing Too Much

How to be happier, avoid over-diagnosing, and re-evaluate what you optimize for

Sep 30, 2025

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8 min read

What’s Stealing Your Testosterone (and How to Fix It Naturally)

What’s Stealing Your Testosterone (and How to Fix It Naturally)

What it means to be extraordinary, and how to increase testosterone and motivation naturally

Sep 23, 2025

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11 min read

Why You Never Feel Productive Enough

Why You Never Feel Productive Enough

Dealing with irrational thoughts, working memory, and productivity shame

Sep 16, 2025

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12 min read

The Counterintuitive Trick That Turns Enemies Into Friends

The Counterintuitive Trick That Turns Enemies Into Friends

The Ben Franklin effect, reversing insulin resistance, and optimizing your work space

Sep 9, 2025

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9 min read

The Sweet Lie You’ve Been Told

The Sweet Lie You’ve Been Told

On reflection before reaction, sugar and sugar substitutes, and clearing mental clutter

Sep 2, 2025

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9 min read

Why Most Reading Is Wasted (and How to Fix It)

Why Most Reading Is Wasted (and How to Fix It)

Hanlon's Razor, being fit and overweight, and retaining more of what you read

Aug 26, 2025

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7 min read

Goal Achieved. Now What?

Goal Achieved. Now What?

Finding meaning beyond tech, simplifying your life, and the benefits of air purifiers at home

Aug 19, 2025

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9 min read

Your Personal AI Assistant

Your Personal AI Assistant

Doing nothing with your favourite people, the 20% that provides you 80% of the health benefits, and how AI can make your life easier

Aug 12, 2025

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9 min read

Can’t Focus? You’re Not Alone

Can’t Focus? You’re Not Alone

Tiny experiments, gut health for performance, and improving attention span

Aug 5, 2025

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8 min read

Why Certainty Holds You Back

Why Certainty Holds You Back

The value of uncertainty, nutrition news hysteria, and travel tips

Jul 30, 2025

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7 min read

What If Nobody’s Judging You?

What If Nobody’s Judging You?

The wealth trap, why you shouldn't always listen to your body, and living your life like nobody's watching

Jul 24, 2025

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7 min read

The Case for Interdependence

The Case for Interdependence

Interdependence as retirement plan, tick prevention, and tricking yourself into productivity

Jul 15, 2025

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7 min read

Why Less Gets You More

Why Less Gets You More

The trap of success, exercising early, and productivity paradox

Jul 8, 2025

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6 min read

Stop Living in Movie Logic

Stop Living in Movie Logic

On speaking up about problems, heat exposure for recovery, and life without accomplishment

Jul 1, 2025

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7 min read

The Ultimate Coffee & Longevity Guide

The Ultimate Coffee & Longevity Guide

Navigating the sunk cost fallacy, coffee for longevity, and the power of constraints

Jun 24, 2025

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8 min read

Envy: A Quiet Thief

Envy: A Quiet Thief

How to quieten envy, improve performance through heat, and realize the non-linear nature of learning

Jun 17, 2025

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8 min read

Life’s Truths in Contradictions

Life’s Truths in Contradictions

Paradoxes in life, habits, and routines

Jun 10, 2025

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10 min read

14 Sleep Hacks You Haven’t Tried

14 Sleep Hacks You Haven’t Tried

Types of decision making, uncommon sleep tips, and the question that may change your life

Jun 3, 2025

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7 min read

Stuck on a Grudge? Read This

Stuck on a Grudge? Read This

Letting go of grudges, the impact of improved fitness on energy expenditure, and automating good choices

May 27, 2025

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7 min read

How to Use AI to Learn Smarter, Not Harder

How to Use AI to Learn Smarter, Not Harder

Embracing the 'pain cave', carbs for adaptations & recovery, and using AI to learn better

May 20, 2025

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7 min read

Master the Skill of Leisure

Master the Skill of Leisure

Why you should rethink leisure time, sleep myths, and warmup for cognitive tasks

May 13, 2025

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8 min read

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