Category: Newsletter
-
How to not suck at habit change: What’s different this time?
With it being early January, everybody is (hopefully) still motivated to make some positive improvement in their lives. This is great! I’ve been writing about goals, resolutions, change, and “New…
-
Your Expectations Are Letting You Down (And What to do Differently)
The beginning of a new year is full of hope and optimism. Lots of people have bought fancy new journals, received a new exercise bike for Christmas, and have a…
-
My Favorite Things of 2025 (And a Look to 2026)
Greetings from snowy Massachusetts! I’m up visiting my family for the holidays, cup of coffee in hand, and I’m reflecting on another interesting year that certainly didn’t go the way…
-
Who Casts the Deciding Vote In Your Life?
(I also recorded this essay over on my new YouTube channel) I’m a sucker for captivating historical fiction. And earlier this year, I read a damn good one: Maggie O’Farrell’s…
-
Why You Should Stop Setting Goals and Create Experiments Instead
A few weeks ago, I had the pleasure of crossing paths with author and neuroscientist Anne-Laure Le Cunff when she visited Nashville to do her TEDx talk. Le Cunff is…
-
Trying to Make Something Beautiful Out of Something Broken
(I tell this story with a fun video over my new YouTube channel, let me know what you think! The essay continues below) The year was 2015. It was the…
-
Broken Refrigerators & the Fight for Simplicity
“You’ve got to be f***ing kidding me!” You might be wondering why I uttered a loud F-bomb while standing in my underwear in my kitchen at 6AM. It’s because technology…
-
What’s the Lie You Tell Yourself? Here’s Mine:
What’s the lie you tell yourself? We all do it. The thing we say is important to us. Or why we’re doing something. But deep down, we know we’re not…
-
The Courage to Be Seen Learning
I recently found a tiny bit of optimism in the unlikeliest of places. I was in a coffee shop near Boston Common (while on a 2-week adventure exploring the city). …
-
A Simple Life Hack that Works: This is Only a Test
I spend most of my day trying to outsmart my brain. You see, my brain is very talented at getting me to NOT do things that are good for me,…