JOHN FISCHER

@AugustusDelano I’ve been debating the use of my whoop for awhile. Is it truly a benefit or is the constant tracking a distraction? I’ve been leaning towards the latter view and your post is enough of a push to give it a try. Definitely agree on the less is more approach

Havent worn a watch or fitness/whoop band since the start of the year, and life is better. Less is more in the most practical sense. A bell curve meme is most suitable for this Similarly on the phone front, deleting apps like ig, snapchat, tiktok, linkedin, etc only serves to benefit you. Youtube for downloaded content, audible, X, and substack being among the only useful apps for content imo Clothing is similar too. Unless you have a genuine passion for fashion (sus), the simpler the better -- a few tasteful pieces and plain tees is more than sufficient Same applies with cars. The porsche's, comp beamers, and the rest are usually a phase; they get replaced with more practical pick ups and suvs. Tech -- all the custom high spec is unnecessary. Iphone w/o a case and a macbook with m4+ chip is plenty for 90% of needs Supplements and biohacking still largely comes down to regular exercise, sufficient sleep, a balance diet, and getting some sun. The rest is for a nearly immeasurable edge that cultivating takes up more bandwidth than it's worth Travel the world enough and you're inclined to stay home. What used to be a vacation, becomes unnecessary hassle Every aspect and domain of materialism results in a sensible minimalism. Having the foresight to see this isnt enough though. We are curious and needy creatures. We must experience it, and even then, lie to ourselves for a while til we recognize the vanity of seeking more in the temporal than what it has to offer you This isn't a bug or some unquenchable thirst. we are wired to pursue more, for the very reason of pursuing God -- the only domain where the further you progress, only the more extreme you want to become, not in a purely religious sense of practicing customs, but in the internal sense of emptying of ourselves, surrendering to Him above, and willing the good of others whom might very well despise us Part of the materialists' ambitions is attempting to find something that makes him feel a bit more whole, even if only for a little while. All roads lead to Rome in the sense of spirituality, to the Church, founded upon Peter, commanded by Christ. If you go down every path far enough, you find yourself there Materially, your life cannot improve unless you find contentment in God

@thebeautyofsaas I found this late last year and come back to it weekly. Highlighted lots of it - underrated and still relevant today.

This book is one of the most effective intros to removing negative beliefs about yourself and reprogramming your core beliefs Definitely worth your time and energy

AMBITION WITHOUT ACTION BECOMES ANXIETY

Dont let someone elses goals become your life

At a certain point you gotta stop living in your head.

@Oddernod I watched a little today. It was painful.

"Text-to-image. Text-to-video. Text-to-audio - it's a more intuitive and natural way to start the creative process." But... is it? It's felt clumsy, inefficient, and slow to me - but that's how the Adobe MAX keynote started today. youtube.com/clip/UgkxIUjE5…

Life lately.

@PeterTarka Same and after reading through some of the other comments I think I’m going to turn off auto-renew and ditch. Never had any luck with similar sites like Working Not Working either. Old-fashioned outreach has always worked best.

Still in the $0 Club, 13 months 🥳

Simple phone concept

@corybramall Probably an accumulation of a lot of different things but I think the more time spent on social media and/or screen time is a big net negative

@BobWalmsley This is gorgeous. Can’t wait to try this

New X-Particles features shown in this tech preview are ace. I especially like the particle neighbour search options in nxColor. You can set particle color dependent on how many other particles are nearby. Here's an abstract doodle using this new feature.

@reecebrah I think you’re on to something here — the spiritual side is vastly underrated by most people in life

the key to actually being healthy and high performing is more spiritual than it is physical lot of guys are "fighting" against some imaginary force be it "big pharma" or "inner demons" or "big zog" all of their training and diet choices are in an effort to push against some imaginary enemy which will make you unhealthy and low vibration regardless of what you do the only way to achieve actual top tier health is doing everything because you want to because you want to have a more beautiful experience in life not to "fight back" or "get revenge" this is why you see so many people making the "right choices" who end up with terrible health while other people seemingly do everything wrong and stay in the top 1% of health its spiritual.

Type - Liquid Glass exp

@JohnnyMotion Pretty cool and you’re right, obvious in hindsight. But really enjoyed it and would love to see more content utilize this

It's wild how obvious this was, and it's surprisingly effective. Haptics the sleeper tech of '25?

Summer goals

Type — Graphic Design study One of my favorite novels.

Jordan Rules — .v01

— Rick Rubin “The Creative Act: A Way of Being”

Type — Graphic Design study

@FonsMans First part of that letter hits hard

Open Purpose seems to be gone. This letter by Blank resonates deeply with me. Success without soul is a trap, one I’ve felt creeping in too. It’s why I shared “Create more for yourself.” Not everything has to scale. Some things just have to feel right. blankletters.com/26