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I Love Budapest
I’m not sure how many countries I’ve visited in the past year, but the fact that I have no idea gives you an idea. Four in the past week, if you don’t count the US. A lot of good flight deals popped up, and I booked them more quickly than I could ask myself if…
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Two Things to Build
I think that there are two main things worth building in life, not as ultimate life goals, but as valuable waypoints to whatever goals you may have. Those two things are an amazing group of friends and enough money to survive for a long time. To some people, mostly those who have already done it,…
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Morning Tea in Amsterdam
Some cities I love because they’re full of things I like to do. Tokyo, Shanghai, and Budapest, for example. Others I love because of how they feel, but I don’t always know what to do with myself there. Amsterdam is one of those cities. I love walking along the canals, I love seeing people biking,…
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What Should You Do Next?
When I hit them up for blog post ideas, my friends say that I should write posts about how I decide what to do next. I’m not sure if it’s because they think I make good decisions when faced with the question, or because my choices are so bizarre that they require explanation. I don’t…
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If You’re Going to Do It Anyway
My natural instinct to procrastinate is about as strong as natural inclinations get. Back in school, major papers were often done on a tiny laptop the period before they were due. I’d then tell the teacher my printer didn’t work, and take my floppy disk to the library and print it out. It’s tempting to…
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The Deal With Cheap Vegas Real Estate
As I mentioned in other posts, I’ve bought a place in Vegas and have officially moved there (although I still spend a lot of my time traveling). Living in Vegas is a weird sort of loophole that most people probably aren’t even aware of, so I figured I’d talk about why I decided to do…
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Being Special
I’m fascinated by the attitudes of high-level professional fighters. It’s such a strange job. Two people spend months preparing for a fifteen minute event, and one of them must lose. This weekend I’ll be watching Ronda Rousey and Cat Zingano fight, both of whom are undefeated. One of them, probably Cat, will lose that designation.…
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Obligation of Time
The other day I thought about getting a job in the most abstract sense. I thought: what would it be like if I just turned one hundred eighty degrees and got a job. The idea is literally repulsive to me, but I make myself think these things once in a while, just to check in;…
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Relative Value and Bargaining
I got into a tuktuk in Chiang Mai to meet my friends for dinner. A tuktuk is a motorcycle with a built in passenger cart behind the driver, which serves as a taxi, but doesn’t have a meter. You negotiate the price up front to avoid getting hit with a big surprise when you arrive.…
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The First Thing I’d Do Differently
Stepping back from Sett has left a lot of room for me to reflect. What went wrong? Of those things that went wrong, which were avoidable, or will at least be avoidable in the future? Two big things always surface, the first of which I’ll talk about today. When Sett started out, I spent most…
