Weekend Wrap: Music to Break Your Heart and Other Things
The world seems hell-bent on driving a wedge between us all. We need the exact opposite. And some gut-wrenching doom metal to get us there.
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Is Self-Improvement Really Self-Loathing?
Do we make ourselves miserable on the road to self-improvement? That question has been all over the place lately. But I'm not sure.
Weekend Wrap: Are Our Systems Making us Miserable?
Systems are powerful tools for change. Unless they become the focus and obsession. But how do we prevent that?
Weekend Wrap: Strong Systems, Loosely Held
June 7, 2026 Each weekend, I like to pause, reflect, and look back on the past week. This isn't meant to be a deep dive or sweeping life philosophy—just a collection of things that caught my attention, made me think, brought me joy, or stayed with me
Gentle Refinement May 2026 — The Daily Note Wrap Up
The discovery of linking my task management to a daily note has been liberating and exciting. I finally have my own task management system. And I love it.
Weekly Wrap: Embracing Aristotle and Eudaimonia
May 31, 2026 Each weekend, I like to pause, reflect, and look back on the past week. This isn't meant to be a deep dive or sweeping life philosophy—just a collection of things that caught my attention, made me think, brought me joy, or stayed with me
The Secret Ingredient: Knowing Yourself
Xanadu. A mythical place of ideal beauty and majesty. Utopia. Whether we realize it or not, we are all searching for it. Metaphorically. Seeking that place or state or whatever where everything is perfect. Whatever perfect is. Guess what? We'll never find it. Xanadu doesn't exist.
Weekend Wrap 5/24/2026
Each weekend, I like to pause, reflect, and look back on the past week. This isn't meant to be a deep dive or sweeping life philosophy—just a collection of things that caught my attention, made me think, brought me joy, or stayed with me in some way.
Weekend Wrap 5/17/2026
Each weekend, I like to pause, reflect, and look back on the past week. This isn't a deep dive or grand reflection—just a quick review of a handful of things that brought me joy, made me think, or challenged me. Music I've always had a
The Seduction of Rumination
We’ve all been there. A tense situation. Pointed words. A well-reasoned argument spilling out of our mouths. Our opponent defeated. Left aghast at the sagacity of our points, left with no other option but to accept that we bested them. And it was all in our heads. I
Weekend Wrap 5/10/2026
Each weekend, I like to pause, reflect, and look back on the past week. This isn't a deep dive or grand reflection—just a quick review of a handful of things that brought me joy, made me think, or challenged me. Music Testament never lost it. No, not
Gentle Refinement Month 5 — Exploring the Daily Note
April was a blessing. Having the opportunity to spend the month focusing on my previous three refinements was helpful and a good opportunity to lock things in. But it's a new month, and time for me to begin working on something else. I've decided it is
Weekend Wrap
Weekend Wrap 5/3/2026
Each weekend, I like to pause, reflect, and look back on the past week. This isn't a deep dive or grand reflection—just a quick review of a handful of things that brought me joy, made me think, or challenged me. Music I love music. That should be
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My Personal Journey with High-Dose Creatine Supplementation
Real Life We've looked at how creatine works, both in the muscle and in the brain. We've reviewed studies showing its efficacy in helping with mental processing, memory, cognition, and possible prevention of dementia. This is all well and good. But what about real life? Well,
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Weekend Wrap 4/27/2026
Each weekend, I like to pause, reflect, and look back on the past week. This isn't a deep dive or grand reflection—just a quick review of a handful of things that brought me joy, made me think, or challenged me. This is coming out a day late:
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Creatine in Your Body: What Does it Do?
So What does Creatine do? That's the question. How does it help? And why does that matter, even if you aren’t looking for benefits in the gym? It is so important to understand if you want to understand why I believe everyone (who doesn't have
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Understanding creatine monohydrate
This is a project I have been working on for some time now. The more I worked, the more I wrote, the longer it got. Up to the point it was almost 4,000 words. That’s too much, so I have decided to break this article up into a
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Weekend Wrap 4/19/2026
Each weekend, I like to pause, reflect, and look back on the past week. This isn't a deep dive or grand reflection—just a quick review of a handful of things that brought me joy, made me think, or challenged me. Music It was almost a relief when
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Reminders of my Why
Twenty years. That's how long it has been since I graduated from medical school. It blows my mind. In so many ways, I find it difficult to believe that so many years have passed. There are times when it feels like medical school was only yesterday. Moments of
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Weekend Wrap 4/12/2026
Each weekend, I like to pause, reflect, and look back on the past week. This isn't a deep dive or grand reflection—just a quick review of a handful of things that brought me joy, made me think, or challenged me. This week's wrap is coming
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The Wrong Resource
We've all been told a lie. We've been told, likely our entire lives, that productivity is all about getting more done in the time we have. Maybe even in less time. Stephen Covey (The 7 Habits of Highly Effective People and First Things First) and David
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Weekend Wrap 4/5/2026
Each weekend, I like to pause, reflect, and look back on the past week. This isn't a deep dive or grand reflection—just a quick review of a handful of things that brought me joy, made me think, or challenged me. Music This week was another big one,
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Gentle Refinement Month 4 — First Quarter Recap
Another month has come and gone, the first quarter of 2026 now behind us. It is crazy how fast it seems to have gone. I've had three months to work on refinements, and now comes the big question: How did it go? First, let's do a
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Weekend Wrap 3/29/3036
Each weekend, I like to pause, reflect, and look back on the past week. This isn't a deep dive or grand reflection—just a quick review of a handful of things that brought me joy, made me think, or challenged me. Music Look, new music from Neurosis is