I missed a blog post last week as I was both traveling plus starting my Nanowrimo challenge. I usually feel guilty when I don’t make my weekly post, but since I’ve started the writing challenge it’s been maximum effort for me to get whatever writing I do towards my story. As an aside I …
Getting Motivated for NANO
Lots of things going on for me this week, a fun change from my recent laziness. My friend Ari just moved to Puerto Rico a few days ago, hopefully for an indefinite stay. Friends of my girlfriend are coming from Sweden for a half-day on Wednesday, we go to Vegas for Jeff’s birthday weekend on …
Writing Jokes and a Hike
Cloudy week in San Juan, but there has been a much appreciated drop in the temperature. I remember someone telling me in Los Angeles that 70 degrees was too cold, 80 was too hot, and it was pretty true. Here you bump that up by 10 degrees and add in a bunch of humidity, but …
Back to Normal and Visiting South Puerto Rico
I took a stay-cation and went to the south part of Puerto Rico (less than a 2 hour drive from the north where I live) for a few days and feel rejuvenated. It’s crazy how burnt-out I was, and how just a few changes in a short of amount of time can fix that. The …
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Come to Puerto Rico
One of the first things I tend to think of when I’m writing these blog posts (Monday is the new Sunday for my writing schedule fyi) is where am I? This past year I’ve been traveling so much that an extended period in one city (or even country) has been rare. It feels strange to …
Change of Plans..
About two weeks ago I presented a rough draft of my all-inclusive daily routine that would lead me to bliss -- not realizing that going from waking up to the sunshine lifestyle, to regimented minute-by-minute planning wouldn’t turn out as easy as I thought. There’s a few non-negotiable things for me in my …
Week in Medellin
It’s a sunny day as always here in beautiful Medellin, Colombia. I missed my Sunday blogging session, but that tends to happen when I’m “on vacation”. I’m visiting my friend Ari for a week who is learning Spanish via immersion/classes. I am also surrounded by Spanish in Puerto Rico, but my Spanish progress with no …
New Schedule for Productivity
Great week here in Puerto Rico. My friend Ian, from my olden days of equity options trading in Chicago, visited for half of the week. It’s crazy that I’ve been out of that business for almost a decade now. He was one of my main mentors at Third Millennium Trading, allowing me to use his …
Back in Merica (sort of.. PR)
I got back to Puerto Rico two days ago after what felt like a much longer than six-week trip to Europe. Feels great to be back. I got a little surprise upon returning to my apartment: my internet and water were not working, which seemed like not that big of a deal until I realized …
Last Week in Europe
I've been on an erratic blogging schedule, and an erratic life schedule in general. I realized that my bedtime (and waking time) creeps up if left unchecked. This is fine for a day or two, but I've slowly went from going to sleep in Europe at 10 pm, to 11pm, 12 am... and this past …
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