Rediscover Your Year: A Cheat Sheet for Reflecting with the Help of Tech
At the end of each year, I sit down to reflect on my milestones and memories—big and small—that shaped the past 12 months. It’s become one of my favorite rituals to celebrate progress and set the...
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The Analog Productivity System: Journaling for Every Season of Life
I’m thrilled to share a special guest post by my wife, Lauren Valdez. Lauren approaches productivity in a way that’s refreshingly different from my digital-first philosophy. She’s deeply rooted in the...
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Tiago’s 2024 Year-in-Review
As I write these words, I am crossing the Drake Passage, one of the most remote places on Earth.We are crossing from Ushuaia at the southern tip of South America to the spit of land known as the...
View ArticleTiago’s 2025 Projects, Questions, and Intentions
I recently published my 2024 Year-In-Review looking back over the events and lessons from last year.Now it’s time to look forward – to the goals, plans, and intentions my team and I are committing to...
View ArticleThe Death of Goals
I’ve suspected for years that the traditional concept of “goal-setting” was on its last legs. Every time I bring up “SMART goals,” I can see the light go out in my students’ eyes. An unmistakable...
View ArticleMy Time in Eastern Ukraine: A Story of Beauty, Community, and Hope
I spent 2 years serving as a Peace Corps volunteer in Eastern Ukraine from 2009 to 2011. I lived in the town of Kupyansk, a couple hours outside Kharkiv, near the Russian border. It was one of the...
View ArticleProductive Disorder: The Hidden Power of Chaos, Noise, and Randomness
In the early 1700s, Central Europe faced a crisis: the forests were running out.An explosion in mining, shipbuilding, and early industry had devastated old-growth forests that had stood for many...
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Introducing Death Clock (And My First Experience with Vibecoding)
I’m proud to introduce Death Clock, a life expectancy calculator that predicts the day of your death based on 17 personalized variables.Give it a try for free!This is not only the first “app” I’ve...
View ArticleWhat J Dilla and Early Hip-Hop Teach Us About AI and the Future of Creativity
In 1997, a young hip-hop producer from Detroit named J Dilla did something that violated every rule in music: he programmed his drum machine to play “off beat.”Not just slightly off, but deliberately...
View ArticleHow a Small Mexican Town Became My Template for the Ideal Place to Live
We’ve been living in Valle de Bravo – a mountain town a couple of hours outside Mexico City – for 9 months now.I’ve lived in 5 countries for at least 6 months each, and traveled in another 20, and I...
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