I can work harder than anyone at anything – as long as someone is watching.

As soon as I am left to do the work unmanaged – or have a dream which no one can hold me accountable to – I am about just as useless as someone who doesn’t want to work at all.

It feels as though social media has made it seemingly more expensive to invest in yourself versus consume what other people have produced. It always feels as though there is some secret sauce that you don’t know the recipe to and costs too much to acquire, so you indulge in takeout because it’s faster and comes at no effort to you.

Right now I am pulling myself out of a slump induced by burnout and loss. I wanted to start this website as a personal commitment to myself, not only to see where this might take me or who I might reach, but to find out what I am actually capable of if I really put the effort in.

I don’t expect too many people to tune in regularly, or even to read much of my writing at all. My goal is not to be the most popular blog or website on the internet.

My goal is to reach the people who value self-education – and to make a case for those who don’t. To challenge readers to create a footprint in society and to carve out new solutions for the people and communities they serve.

I am not arguing that a good quality of life is necessarily about doing hard things. I am arguing that it is about putting effort towards things that matter to you, with the goal of getting results that you want.

If you want to know where to start, start where no one can see you. We develop skills to appear valuable to employers, but rarely to create value in our own lives. Once you turn your curious energy inwards and commit to daily exploration, you may begin to recognize yourself in the rest of the world.