Not the other way around. — Book 2:2 Whatever this is that I am, it is flesh and a little spirit and an intelligence. Throw away your books; stop letting yourself be distracted. That is not allowed. Instead, as if you were dying right now, despise your flesh. A mess of blood, pieces of bone, a woven tangle…

I thought I had it all figured out. Then I had a Son — I have written several pieces during sleep deprived frenzies since my son was born. They never made it to being published; since my brain fog had continued to hold such a grip. Hence the writing date and publishing date are quite far apart. This was written about 6 months post…

How I guide my customers through purchasing a great hand coffee grinder. Less jargon and what to look for to get bang for your buck. PLUS a bonus travel hack. — I’m a coffee guy if my swath of articles about coffee didn't already tell you that. I brew it, run a coffee shop and sell coffee brewing gear every day. I am repeatedly asked about coffee grinders. Its the first port-of-call for making your at home coffee significantly better.

This passage reads like a dolled up version of a millennial’s apathetic Tumblr account. Like most of Meditations though there’s is a lot to gleam from it with an eye of reflection — A couple of weeks back I wrote a bit about what I called Stoic Journaling. A versatile and concise way to journal daily and get a lot more out of it than a “Dear Diary” or the ever popular bullet journal. Since then I’ve had several people ask about my…

An amalgamation of practices from Tim Ferriss, Marcus Aurelius and Jocko Willink. — A little over a year ago I begun my latest journal. I’ve done it all over the years. Dream Journals, Free Writing; Goal journals and the now in vogue Bullet Journal. It almost never ever sticks. Generally I get about two months. …

Its 2020 in New Zealand, Australia's on fire. America is being ran by one of the strangest men in the world. The coronavirus is the new SARS. Also I can’t get enough hours at work. — At home the housing market is exploding through the roof. The upper-middle classes cant afford a home without incredible amounts of debt. Let alone the middle classes and lower. We have wage stagnation. Poverty. …

Making coffee? pfft any monkey can learn that right? dead end career, pretentious culture and failed university degrees. I’ll explain how that’s all wrong. — Barista /bəˈrɪstə/ noun noun: barista; plural noun: baristas 1. a person who serves in a coffee bar. 2. Italian for ‘Barman’ Seems a bit simple doesn’t it? In tradition a barista is a professional trained in making and serving espresso. A barista will work in a coffee shop, cafe of…

Is there a better match than video games and books? The visual and the literary smashed together. There’s obvious ones, the Witcher video games and the books and now even the Netflix series. Metro 2033 and the now staple survivor games of the same name. …

Understanding this brings compassion and peace. — “Where’s the sugar? this coffee’s bitter.” Meeting his stern gaze “oh right here mate, one or two?” “one” John takes a sip while I look on concerned. My raised brows meet his furrowed ones. “Meh.” John turned and left. That morning had been long, I felt like crap for some…