How Do You Leave Money On The Table?
I've actively chosen to leave money on the table for years. The return? Time with family, peace of mind, and a richness that no paycheck can match.
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New Additions, New Heights & Open Questions | 2023 Annual Review
My 2023 annual review: becoming a dad, working less than ever while earning more than ever, selling 34k books, and losing a mentor who changed my path.
Personal Reflections & Essays
How To Take A Sabbatical: Stories From Five People Who Took Them
A sabbatical roundtable: personal experiences, mindset shifts, financial strategies, travel impacts, and transitioning back to work
Leisure, Rest & Non-Doing
Book Review: David Whyte's Crossing the Unknown Sea, in 11 Quotes
Crossing the Unknown Sea is my favorite David Whyte book, the story of his leap from naturalist to poet. Here are the lines that stayed with me, organized by theme.
Books & Reading
Book Review: Die With Zero, and Why Too Many Save Too Much for Too Late
Die With Zero is a persuasive argument for those who spend to much to turn money into time & experiences earlier in their lives
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Book Review: Games: Agency as Art by C. Thi Nguyen
C. Thi Nguyen's Games: Agency as Art frames games as a way of practicing agency. My notes and favorite highlights, and why I think paths like mine are about taking a game stance toward the world.
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Book Review: The Good Enough Job by Simone Stolzoff
One of the first modern work books that avoids both "hustle harder" and "capitalism sucks." My take and favorite highlights.
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The Way of Mediocre Man
Mediocre man flows through life. It is his birthright. He is not great man aiming at great results but merely trying to do enough of the right things over a long period of time such that it might lead somewhere interesting.
Personal Reflections & Essays
Do We Go to School Too Long? On Simon Sarris's "School Is Not Enough"
Simon Sarris's School Is Not Enough is one of the best essays I've read in a while. He points out that most of us float through life on inertia and that this inertia continues post-schooling.
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A Pebble In My Shoe (Excerpt From The Pathless Path)
An excerpt from Chapter 4 of The Pathless Path, on the stages people go through before leaving the default path
Personal Reflections & Essays
Book Review: The Inner Game of Tennis and the Inner Game of Life
W. Timothy Gallwey's The Inner Game of Tennis is a short book about tennis that's really about how we learn, judge ourselves and get out of our own way.
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Book Review: The Food Lab and the Art of Learning to Cook
For years cooking never clicked for me. Then a friend handed me J. Kenji López-Alt's The Food Lab, and one idea from it changed everything: cooking is science.
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