Let’s be real, Valentine’s Day is mostly about celebrating attachment — not love. Before you write off my hot-take as dry and defeatist, let me be clear: I love love. In fact, that’s why I’m here today. To remind myself, and any other red pill takers out there, of what…

Today I woke up to a friend’s text — sent at 4am. Before my drowsy brain even processed the notification on my locked screen, I knew exactly who and what it was. Every so often, Alan Keegan — who’s a total legend — sends me screenshots of his (unbelievable) Oura…

If you’ve met me, you know there’s a >90% chance I bring up evolutionary biology in any given conversation. …

I’ve been experiencing retroactive FOMO for not having found out about Alain de Botton’s brilliant work on love until a few days ago. Woah — as a self-declared romantic, his argument about how our idea of love is so abnormal is painfully refreshing. A few sentences that sum up his…

I’ve studied Stan Tatkin’s genius work less than 24h and I’m already a devoted disciple. — Amongst a plethora of insights, here’s a transformative framework for thinking through behaviors that enable the mutual amplification of positive feelings amongst lovers (i.e., making each other feel real good at the same time), which turns out to be mad important if you’re trying to keep your relationship #thriving:

Holidays are for feasting on food and wisdom. Wisdom is for learning. Learning is for sharing. My meal digest below — generously cooked by YC master chef Paul Graham. On Genius What’s the purpose of life? Previous assumption: Mastery — I’d posit with zero hesitation. I used to think of mastery as…

Some people storm into your life as angels who help you see the beauty you’d never find on your own. Others come as angels who help you see darkest side of humanity — so you can do something about it. Very few help you with both. Today I had the…

“I realize I sound insane as I’m saying this” — prefaced my good, ultra-inspiring friend AJ, as he went on to share his vehement argument against the belief that one can lead a horse to water, but not make him drink it. Metaphors and popular beliefs aside, his preambule got…

My way-better-half committed to a deadly specific, wildly exciting goal. He set a target date. 290 days. His commitment made me reflect about several ideas I heard from people who have relentlessly committed to mastery — what that meant for them. …