A note up front: this summary was written by AI. I gave an AI assistant my three years of sermon notes and asked it to pull out the recurring themes and applications. The notes underneath are mine; this distillation of them is not. I’m leaning …
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My New Perspective on "Min-Maxing" Life.
I’m so tired of it.
I’ve been chasing success for the good part of the last 4 years, and it doesn’t take a genius to see that it’s done more harm than good for me. I’m constantly unhappy with myself, and I rarely give …
My Productivity Tools
I run a small suite of tools to track three things:
- What I eat
- How I spend my time
- How I’m feeling
Here’s the actual setup for each.
What I eat: MacroFactor + Claude #
I log everything in MacroFactor. For anything I can weigh or …
Stop lettings others choose where to eat
To go on a little tangent, I used to think that letting other people choose where to eat was the right thing to do. The nice thing to do, because you’re letting them choose what they want to eat right? But often times, when people are given the …
Taking My Health Seriously
Today’s writing is going to be over my goals for the month of December 2024. For far too long have I “understood” the importance of diet, sleep, and exercise to not make an active change in my lifestyle. It is finally time for this …
Daniel's ideal nonnegotiables (that he sometimes compromises because he's a chud)
A small list of daily decisions that keep my head clear and quiet the cycle of self-loathing. Full disclosure: I don’t always keep them (hence the title). But when I do, my mind gets a break and my productivity climbs. Take whatever’s …