The writer James Clear asks his readers in his Thursday 3-2-1 newsletter: Life is always progressing to the next stage. As you enter a new season, habits that previously served you well may need to be refreshed or adjusted. Which one of your current habits have you outgrown and is in need of a change?…

The biographer Robert Caro is famous for dressing up in a blazer and tie for his work at home, even on Sundays. It is interesting how the choice of clothes reflect how you perceive yourself and how you interface with the world. Today I was wearing a cashmere button-up, a stretch cotton trouser, and Oxford…

Carl Jung asks: What did you do as a child that made the hours pass like minutes? Herein lies the key to your earthly pursuits. I suppose for me it was building structures with a wooden geometric puzzle set when I was a toddler. I then discovered Legos at 6 years old, which spurred my…

The entrepreneur and writer James Clear asked his readers in his Thursday’s 3-2-1 newsletter: “Many of our habits and beliefs are learned from those who raised us. Which family story are you unconsciously repeating and reenacting? How can you rewrite the script to liberate yourself and the next generation?” I really like introspective questions like…

Today I tried swimming with a few members of the local swimming club in the afternoon. It was a nice break from the workday. One of the swimmers invited me to join an un-official practice session and offered to drive me to the local swimming pool. It was an Olympic sized pool, open air, in…

Before swimming, I felt depleted. Before swimming, I felt unmotivated. Before swimming, I found myself doomscrolling. Before swimming, I was doing mindless work. Before swimming, I felt unfocused and distracted. Before swimming, I felt aimless. Before swimming, I sensed dread and doom looming over my head. Before swimming, I doubted my future here. Swimming saved…

Our attention is increasingly controlled by predictive algorithms. These algorithms feed us with content that slowly but surely smooth out our little quirks and extravagant ideas. Those odd edges and turns that make us humans with personality. By slowly shaping what we think, they flatten and simplify complex and often paradoxical ideas that otherwise would…

Today at swim practice my performance was not as good as last week. I suspect if the poor rest from the long Pride weekend in New York City had something to do with it. In any case, this was the main set (2x) The 200s were particularly challenging. At the beginning of the set one…

Begin each day by telling yourself: today I shall be meeting with interference, ingratitude, insolence, disloyalty, ill-will, and selfishness – all of them due to the offenders’ ignorance of what is good or evil. – Marcus Aurelius, Meditations Today I am dealing with people that, despite my best intentions, they come across as confrontational and…

To kick-off the New York City gay marathon (aka Pride weekend), I went to a drag show at 3 Dollar Bill. The theme was Chappell Roan’s “Pink Pony Club” and it was organized by Luis Fernando. There were a few girls in the crowd who really knew how to dance. But what makes a good…