Two weeks disappeared.
Not to illness. Not to burnout.
Just… the rest of life.

I promised I’d keep this blog going weekly. A year of musings across lifestyles, projects, and time. Part discipline, part download, part attempt to stay sharp, witty, and just aware.

And yet, I missed two whole weeks.

I didn’t write.
But I have been writing.

Elsewhere.

Late nights until 9 pm (which might as well be 3 am if you’re up early), weekends blurred by edits and drafts, pushing the needle forward a few millimeters at a time. The needle doesn’t care about your goals—it moves when you do.

My TV time? Down to 30 minutes. And even then, my eyelids keep clocking out first.
But I’ve stayed consistent with one thing: movement.

2-mile hikes in the morning with the dog.
30-minute walks in the afternoon.
Strength training, gadget-assisted.
Pushups that actually look like pushups now.

Where does the time go?

Some of it funnels into my podcast rotation: Mark Manson, Rich Roll, Tim Ferriss, occasionally Jay Shetty. I’m not a “listen to everything” type, but their insights stick. They pull out threads you didn’t know were loose. Threads about identity, effort, resilience.

Right now, I’m juggling two books—Daniel Priestley’s free eBook (he’s a UK-based entrepreneur with a sharp take on value creation) and How to Know a Person by David Brooks. One’s tactical, one’s philosophical. Both add friction to autopilot.

And this isn’t a brag list—it’s an idea list.
Each input cracks open a new angle.
Each piece of content becomes another way to stay engaged in a world built to scatter your focus.

Because that’s really what this is all about—attention and direction in an age of distraction.

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Meanwhile… in the background of all this: AI.

I’ve been neck-deep in AI tools lately—ChatGPT, Gemini Pro, Midjourney, Nightcafe. I call ChatGPT “Jack.” Jack is fast, articulate, occasionally dry, and still doesn’t quite get my sarcasm. But Jack gets things done. And that’s the point.

If you haven’t dabbled in AI yet, here’s a gentle truth bomb:

The person using AI will outperform the one who doesn’t.
Not next year. This year.

You’re not just competing with other people anymore. You’re competing with tools—tools that don’t sleep, don’t forget, and don’t wait for motivation to kick in.

Medical scribes once outsourced to the Philippines? Replaced by AI dictation.
Call centers rerouted overseas? AI agents now trainable to respond like humans—and better.

There’s a phrase I heard recently: “the dirt vs. the cloud.”

During the industrial revolution, tractors replaced a hundred men. The question wasn’t about the machine—it was about the ninety-eight who were now without a role.

We’re living through that shift again. But this time, the field isn’t soil—it’s systems. The labor isn’t physical—it’s cognitive. And the change is not coming. It’s here.

Voice-activated AI devices.
Agents that send emails, take orders, book appointments.
Checkout-less stores tracking your purchase as you walk out the door.

You don’t have to understand all of it. But you do have to acknowledge it.

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So where does that leave us?

Still walking.
Still reading.
Still thinking and rethinking.
Still writing—even if sometimes, it takes a couple weeks to find the words.

I’ll keep sharing these dispatches from wherever lifestyle, projects, and time intersect. And if you’re already in the mix—if Rich, Tim, Jay, or even Jack are whispering in your ear this week—tell me:

What’s one episode or idea that cracked open your brain this year?

Drop me a line. I’ll trade you one back.

Until then—stay sharp, stay curious, and remember:
You’re not behind.
You’re building.