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With detailed beginner-friendly progressions and sample workout programs — The pandemic was an awakening gut punch. Deprived of the gym and stuck at home with 5lb dumbbells, it forced me to explore bodyweight options. “Something is better than nothing,” I consoled myself. Little did I know, this something was an entire universe I was blind to. Long story short…

A guide to taking a new role in software engineering — Many senior software engineers at some point start questioning, “what’s next?”. They feel like they are reaching the ceiling and nothing challenges them anymore. After years of experience, they are confident in their area. They can write good code and know well all pitfalls of multiple frameworks. Indeed, they are…

#3: Drugs are bad. — “The truth will set you free, but first it will piss you off.” ― Joe Klaas My grandma always told me I’d be nothing without a good university degree. Today, all I can do with it is wipe my butt — and even toilet paper does a better job at…

Life-changing diamonds of wisdom worth rehashing daily — Quotes are wisdom cheat codes. But with every John, Mary, and their mothers spamming them all over social media, we’ve reduced quotes to banal feel-good copes. As a voracious reader and writer, I’m desensitized to the daily glib quote-blizzards—you know, the cliche “Never give up” and “Work in silence. …

How To Find Your Way Back To A Happy Life Until recently, happiness has pretty much eluded me for my entire life. Like dust in the wind. There are many reasons for this, but knowing the root cause helped me very little. I was in a complete state of misery…

The Noticeable Similarities Between it and a Newspaper — I am pretty open about the way I run my Medium blog. A few writers have asked me to expand, and have had more specific questions about the methods to my madness. I’m always glad to help them. I love coaching other writers and sharing with them what works for…

These 2 easy-to-learn writing techniques can make new writers’ writing look like they have been at this for years. Plus a few bonus tips. — I try to spend my reading time here split between reading some of the popular writers and new writers. Oh, and of course my Medium buddies’ content. When reading new writers’ content there are so many times I wish I could tell them two things. I don’t. …