Tags: personal

Core Principles

1. Trust the ritual — follow the process, let the results take care of themselves.
2. There are people in the world capable of real harm. Accept this without losing empathy.
3. Life doesn’t offer easy solutions. Make peace with that and keep moving.
4. Everything passes. Do what you know you should do.

Rules and Constraints

1. Ship it. Good enough today beats perfect never.
2. When in doubt, start — not plan, not research, not organize. Start.
3. Internet: two blocks of 20 minutes, scheduled. Outside those, it’s off.
4. One thing at a time. If it’s not the current task, write it down immediately and move on.
5. Every day: 7 minutes of exercise. Every meal: stop at 80% full. No negotiation.
6. Read at least 30 minutes every day. If you abandon a book, write one sentence on why — then you’re free to move on.
7. Write one paragraph minimum every day. No audience, no polish.

Gratitude

1. There’s nothing like being pain-free, breathing, and moving with ease.
2. My wife is my best friend.
3. If I die today, I’ll die satisfied — wonderful experiences, real accomplishments. But I’m not done.

Visualize the Day

1. Structure your day so you leave work without carrying it home.
2. Visualize the hardest part of the day. See yourself moving through it.

1-Year Direction

1. Reach 72 kg by end of 2026.
2. Record Für Edith, White Christmas, Canon in D, and Nocturne.
3. Begin the memoir — first chapter or outline.

5-Year Direction

1. Perform 10 songs on guitar for my wife, family, or friends — Christmas, New Year’s, or any occasion worth celebrating.
2. Run a half-marathon.
3. Write the first draft of my memoir.

How I Live Now

1. My wife is my best friend.
2. If I die today, I’ll die satisfied — wonderful experiences, real accomplishments. But I’m not done.
3. There’s nothing like being pain-free, breathing, and moving with ease.
4. Trust the ritual — follow the process, let the results take care of themselves.
5. There are people in the world capable of real harm. Accept this without losing empathy.
6. Life doesn’t offer easy solutions. Make peace with that and keep moving.
7. Everything passes. Do what you know you should do.
8. Ship it. Good enough today beats perfect never.
9. One thing at a time. If it’s not the current task, write it down and move on.
10. Every day: 7 minutes of exercise. Every meal: stop at 80% full.
11. Read 30 minutes every day. If you abandon a book, write one sentence on why.
12. Write one page every day. No audience, no polish.

Where I’m Going

1. Reach 72 kg by end of 2026.
2. Record Für Edith, White Christmas, Canon in D, and Nocturne.
3. Begin the memoir — first chapter by end of 2026.
4. Perform 10 songs on guitar for my wife, family, or friends.

Move the body. Play the music. Do the work. Keep going. No hurry. No Pause