Close open loops

Shorten your to-do list and finish what you start. Unfinished tasks occupy mental bandwidth and quietly drain energy. Completion restores clarity and momentum.

Reduce excess possessions

Own less, especially the items you rarely use. Everything you keep requires attention, storage, and mental space. Remove what you don’t need to eliminate invisible cognitive clutter.

Each of us chooses the right path

Given the chance, each of us chooses the right path. Based on who we are, what we believe and what we want, of course, that’s what we do. The challenge of ‘everyone’ is that there’s no such thing.

Regularly test and train your ability to move from the floor

Hip mobility is one of the clearest signs of whether your body still has useful movement options. As a basic standard, you should be able to squat with your hip crease below your knee, stand on one leg and pull the other knee above 90 degrees, and get down to the floor and back up without obvious compensation. A simple way to assess this is the sit-and-rise test: stand up, cross one foot in front of the other, sit down into a cross-legged position without using your hands, knees, or another surface for support, then rise back up the same way. The test is not magic, but it reveals hip range of motion, balance, coordination, and movement problem-solving. Use it as both an assessment and a practice.

Building a body

Most people do not need a more complicated fitness routine. They need a body that feels reliable. The real goal of training is not to become better at exercise itself, but to create a body that can handle the demands of everyday life with confidence, resilience, and adaptability. That means learning to interpret pain differently, improving movement quality before dysfunction accumulates, and focusing on the basic inputs that help the body recover and perform well over decades. Rather than chasing perfect metrics or trendy optimization systems, the focus should be on something much more practical: building a body that continues to move well, tolerate stress, and support the life you actually want to live.

Cats & Dogs

A dog gets fed and thinks his person is an omniscient, benevolent being. A cat gets fed and thinks it is. How we see ourselves in this analogy is actually up to each of us, every day.

Luck flows through people

Luck flows through people and travels by conversation. The people you talk to determine the opportunities you find. Keep talking to the same people, keep finding the same opportunities. Start talking to new people, start finding new opportunities. If you want different luck, start walking into different rooms.