A skeptical dive into the weird, sketchy, occasionally life-changing world
of self-improvement.
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A return to form
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I am in my 40s, so it is time to talk about my neck, my back. Not the other things. IYKYK.
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Day 5: The Printing Press
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I have, true to my word, been absolutely smashing the website. As always when I make Website Stuff I feel like Homer when he’s been up all night eating cheese, or like Billy Joel Armstrong in Brain…
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Day 3: The Midnight Method
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Author, artist, entrepreneur, male model and playboy dilettante’s Joshua Drummond’s otherwise perfect life was marred by just one flaw: his inability to get up after 5 AM.
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Challenge Day 2 (of 30)
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It’s late; I need to figure out a way to get these emails out before stupid o’clock. You know what doesn’t help? GODDAMN DAYLIGHT SAVING TIME THAT’S WHAT.
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Challenge Day 1 (of 30)
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For those who signed up for the Cynic’s Guide way back when, this new series may be what you were expecting (compared to whatever it is you got) it’s just me, trying on every damn self-improvement business…
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Challenge (30 day version)
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Gidday! I’ve been caught in that loop where I think constantly about sending an email out to you all but then think “but no it has to be good” and consequently don’t send anything at all. If…
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Pivot to video
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Announcing easily the most ambitious thing I’ve ever done: Project Everybob – painting along with every single episode of the Joy of Painting
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Life, the Universe, and
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I had a birthday the other week. The numbers are starting to run together but this one is special because it’s 42. If you know, you know. (I suspect quite a few of you do; even the…
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What You Can Learn From Elon Musk
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“Elon Musk is kind of a hero of mine” I wrote those words, with my own brain, controlling my own fingers. And when I wrote them, they were true. In my defence: In days of yore, around…