An employee was telling me about her weekend. She said, 'It was long and still went by too damn fast.'

That's weekends and life, yo.

Hot take: dining out in America sucks.

Japan broke me. We'd go to the nicest restaurants with amazing service—$60 for two people.

Last night, I had a mediocre meal in Newport Beach for $180 and had a waiter stand over us to watch us leave a tip. The dining culture is dumb here.

I worked myself to the bone in my 20s and 30s to retire early and spend my days doing what I love most.

So many friends didn't do it that way and are grinding hard into their late 30s and early 40s.

To each their own; I just know the life I want to live.

When you're starting out, you fight hard to network and meet influential people in your industry.

When you build something incredible, the network comes to you.

Go build.

If you have not seen this, it's just a tiny taste of what AI will do to content creation and Hollywood.

Watch this masterpiece from demonflyingfox ➡️ The Simpsons in the 1950s.

Hot take: dining out in America sucks.

Japan broke me. We'd go to the nicest restaurants with amazing service—$60 for two people.

Last night, I had a mediocre meal in Newport Beach for $180 and had a waiter stand over us to watch us leave a tip. The dining culture is dumb here.

I worked myself to the bone in my 20s and 30s to retire early and spend my days doing what I love most.

So many friends didn't do it that way and are grinding hard into their late 30s and early 40s.

To each their own; I just know the life I want to live.

The Johnson Wax Building in Racine, Wisconsin.

Built by Frank Lloyd Wright from 1936 to 1939.

This looks more futuristic than office buildings built in 2024. Why?

Weekends are for doing cool shit that makes you happy.

The Johnson Wax Building in Racine, Wisconsin.

Built by Frank Lloyd Wright from 1936 to 1939.

This looks more futuristic than office buildings built in 2024. Why?

Weekends are for doing cool shit that makes you happy.

It's been one week since I was in Tokyo, and I miss it dearly. Am I back yet?

📍 Tokyo
📸 FUJIFILM X/GFX USA X100VI
💻 Color edits: Adobe Lightroom

You shouldn't want to 'get rich,' you should want to 'build wealth.'

Rich = a lot of money in the bank.
Wealthy = the money you have makes more money while you sleep.

There is a big difference.

In 95% of life, less is more.

What do you believe are the 5% of things where that is not the case?

I bought a hand saw to deal with all of the cardboard from the endless packages we receive every week.

Discuss.

In 95% of life, less is more.

What do you believe are the 5% of things where that is not the case?

This is truly incredible. Airbnb and Brian Chesky deserve a ton of credit for this really innovative idea that was executed perfectly.

You can see the full announcement here: airbnb.com/release