“The happy man needs nothing and no one.” -Josef Pieper “You NEED to do this!” How many times do you see this phrase online? I’ve written a lot of articles about needing stuff. Here’s a few from my first 6 months as a blogger alone: 11 Things You Need To…

I’m weird. On one hand, I love bettering myself. On the other, I just want to play video games. This week a good friend sat with me at lunch and told me about the routines of successful people they knew. It was ridiculous. From working out daily to reading for…

My first blog was called Findingtom.com. Finding Tom. It was meant to have a double-meaning. Finding Tom as in “Where’s Tom right now?” and Finding Tom as in finding myself. I liked it and was proud of it for quite some time, but I recently realized something important. It was…

There’s two ways to approach life. “Darn, I’m so far from my goal.” “Wow, I’m that much closer to my goal!” A few years ago I started my blogging journey and was averaging about 30–40 views per post.

Yesterday I spent two hours making a TikTok video. It was a stupid vertical video skit I dreamed up in my head. I bought props at the store. I edited the video on my computer. I agonized over the details. Finally I published my baby for the world to see. …

“Dad, I made videos that got millions of views and few changed their mind because of them,” I said. I used to have a Facebook Page that was somewhat popular. I posted videos there and — if I was lucky — they’d get over a million views sometimes. I can’t…

The amount of anti-Elon Musk articles I’ve seen here in recent days is staggering. Everybody is hopping on the beat-Elon-like-a-piñata bandwagon, laughing at the fact that advertisers left Twitter in droves, and that Elon’s charging people $8 for “free speech.” I am not going to bet against one of the…

I bit my lip hard. I only do that when I’m piping hot angry. I was trying to start a f*cking lawn mower. I pulled the string about 10 times and I wasn’t even getting a sputter. Not even a sputter, y’all. So I entered what I can only describe…

Here’s a list of ventures I’ve started and quit since 2017. A digital magazine for The Post-Grad Survival Guide. I made two in late 2017 and never made another. A video game streaming channel. I streamed for about 6 months and quit in 2020. A podcast with friends in 2019…