After a few weeks of traveling, I’m now (almost) settled into Stockholm. I’ve got a co-working office, a CrossFit gym, and some quality local food/coffee. It’s pretty great as everything is within a 6 minute walk, but I’m still figuring out the best way to assemble my day. One thing during traveling I didn’t …
Pre Two Months of Travel
Very busy week for me, which isn't always saying much, but this week I pushed pretty hard mentally. I leave for Tampa, Florida for two days, Oslo, Norway for 3-4 nights, and then Stockholm for the rest of June/July. With these pre-travel periods I either mentally check out for a week, or I actually get …
New Motivation
I just had a phenomenal week. It's funny how small life decisions can make such a big impact on my overall state of happiness. Nothing major happened last week, I didn't make money or do anything that I felt was groundbreaking, but I did make some small changes to my current path which feel correct. …
A Normal Week
I had a good week back in San Juan. I followed through on some of my plans finding a real office to work out of (https://www.cospazio.com/ ), and getting work done. I was really hesitant to spend money to sit at a desk when I can do the same thing at a coffee shop for …
Some Thoughts on the Passing of Time
I've been a bit erratic on my posting as I don't have a firm personal commitment to when I should publish blog posts. For certain periods I was consistent on Sundays, but now I just post when I think about it, which I'm realizing is too infrequent. I just read about Avicii dying, and it …
1 Month in PR + Weekly Recap
This week I had to renew my monthly CrossFit dues for the first time, and I finally accepted the reality that I'm going to become a resident of Puerto Rico. It's a good thing and was the intention for coming here, but in the back of my mind I've been very reluctant to commit. I …
Holy Week
I'm sitting in a cafe called Don Ruiz in beautiful Old San Juan that makes me feel like I'm in a Spanish military barracks. As usual the temperature is a sunny 80 degrees, and every day beyond Monday gets me confused with Friday. With Easter this weekend there's an even more relaxed vibe than normal …
Post Puerto Crypto
What a whirlwind past week. My friend Jeff and his wife visited for a cryptocurrency (technically blockchain but I'm not a fan of that term) conference. I'd wake up each day fantasizing about snoozing, rush to dress up, attend talks/meet new people during the day, and go to luxurious all-night booze-fests centered around networking as …
Landed in Puerto Rico
Today was my first morning in San Juan, Puerto Rico. I was pretty exhausted from moving which took far more hours than I would have guessed. Who knew it would be so time consuming just to throw things away? I did try and sell/donate a fair amount of my things, but at 8pm-1am …
Good Week + Short Story
So many times I've made strong resolutions to break them within days, hell even hours sometimes. I can't imagine how many times I've promised myself a month of clean eating after an ice cream binge, only to order a pizza that evening. The best outcome I've realized is to make positive progress in the direction …
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