Lessons from two weeks of Zed Run

NBA players, famous TV actors, Wall Street venture capitalists along with Hamish & Andy (podcast episodes 135-138) have all “invested” in this latest crypto-craze. And now I have “ponied up my dough” too. Some mates and I somehow managed to purchase a non-fungible token (NFT) digital racehorse with the crypto currency Ethereum. Never did I…

Lessons from 160,000 steps for Autism

Of course I did, I’m an idiot. I doubled the recommended daily amount, I committed to walking (not 10 but) 20,000 steps per day for eight days straight. And when I was done, I was glad that I found it difficult. I was glad I had swung for the fences, grateful for the extra challenge….

Lessons from 400 kilometres in 20 weeks

Runners are bloody annoying. Actually, allow me to revise that statement. People who run are bloody annoying… to us non-runners. “They” are so infuriating with their social media posts about split times, half marathon PBs, quality time spent pre-6am with their athletic kids and conversations about the latest pair of Asics Gel. Give us a…

Lessons from my biggest ever money mistake

I got scammed overseas, well. I was 24-years-old at the time, it was 17 years ago. It is still difficult to write about. I have never told anyone. The social sharing portions of the internet tends be more of a highlight reel than a realistic commentary. Not many of us are posting about our failures,…

Lessons from 10,000 push-ups

How have you decided to spend your time during the COVID crisis? Coronavirus has resulted in my gym closing its doors and all of us having more time on our hands to do stuff. I am weird, I chose push-ups. I am not a fitness kind of guy, even though pre-pandemic I successfully dabbled with…

Lessons from one hour on TikTok

You probably already know about TikTok. Most likely you have the app on your phone, or you have seen it pop up as an ad on your social media, or you have heard your friends mention it (or a friend’s kid). Or you are all over it like a shuffle dancer. I downloaded TikTok an…

Lessons from the Financial Independence (FI) community

What is our most precious resource? What would you go without in order to retire early? What things in life do you value above all else? What would you spend your time doing if you did not need to work? FIRE is a hot acronym right now. It stands for Financial Independence Retire Early, and…

Lessons from my first month of drinking coffee

Do you drink coffee? Do you love coffee? Do you drink too much coffee? Do you spend too much on coffee? Do you just want more coffee? Do you want to marry coffee? After happily surviving five years of university, five years of hosting overnight sports talk back radio, nine years of parenting and ten…