Miles Ahead Monday

Toward the end of college, I fell down the rabbit hole of productivity. Like many newborn productivity nerds, I quickly realized that time was my most valuable resource… And I had been wasting a lot of it. As a fresh grad, I didn’t have much money to lose, but I did have time. And I became obsessed with saving every bit of it. Custom keyboard shortcuts. Organized desk setups. Meticulous time-blocked calendars. Every optimization I could think of to squeeze more juice out of the day. At first,...

In March 2024, I posted a video titled: “How I make time for everything (even with a full-time job)” It quickly became my most viewed video, now sitting at over 600,000 views. But here’s the truth: The title was a lie. I don’t make time for everything. Let me explain. That video was my attempt to share the best lessons I’ve learned while balancing life with a 9 to 5. Practical ideas that helped me carve out more time for what actually matters. Based on the comments and high view count, I’d...

I used to spend Sunday evenings color-coding my calendar events. Not kidding. I’d sit there for hours, adding emojis to task lists, setting up new automations in Notion, and reorganizing my projects by priority level (again). I felt so productive. Look at all these systems! Look how organized I am! Surely this week will be different. But by the end of the week, I’d be switching to a new system because “this one will finally solve everything.” I was literally that guy in the middle of this...

Here’s a picture from March 31, 2021 – excited to start my first day of work at my new job after graduating college. But after that first week of trainings and daily team zoom meetings, that excitement quickly began to fade. I vividly remember asking myself… is this it? Is this life? I’d just landed what anyone would call a “good job.” Solid company. Solid pay. I was making more money than my parents made at my age. I truly had nothing to complain about. But somehow something felt… missing. I...

Almost 2 years ago I posted a video telling people to quit gaming and it seemed to hit a nerve. It has the most comments of any video on my channel. Everything from “this video changed my life, I just quit video games” to “stop trying to scam children." I've pasted a few of my favorites throughout this newsletter. After reading every single one, I realized something: the people defending gaming the hardest often revealed exactly why it’s a problem in their own words. But first, let me tell...