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A collection of 6 posts

Painting of Jacob wrestling with the angel in black and white by Gustave Doré

30 years old

I remember sitting in the car on the way to drop my brother to preschool. Being 9 years old and telling my mum how excited I was to turn ten. Double digits! I feel the same way about 29 to 30. I hardly even got used to saying I’m

Wu wei (无为) — The art of not forcing

Wu wei (无为) — The art of not forcing

The controlled accident. Sometimes it gets mistaken for "do nothing" or "doing nothing". Because the characters 无为 (wu wei) mean nothing (wu, 无) and doing (wei, 为). So although a literal translation would be doing nothing, it doesn’t mean the same as sitting around all day. Although it might

Watercolor painting of four separate rooms and areas with different functionality

Operation zero commute

I’d like to setup a life where my commute time is basically zero. As much as possible from home. Work from home, gym from home, practice farming from home, community from home. Everything walking or riding distance, the rest delivered. I don’t even live in one of the

Painting of bluebird flying into purple pond tree while lizardman feeds tea to the wolves.

29 years old

And getting better at stealing ideas and ideals.

four pictures in a row starting with an atom then a human eye then a tennis ball then the earth

Quantity vs. quality

A tennis ball is smaller than the Earth but yet no less round.

Daniel Bourke reading an excerpt of Charlie Walks on the end of a rock pier by the water

28 and something ideas for 28 and something years

A series of life updates and a collection of unsolicited advice on wealth, health, love and life collected over my 27th year.