Monthly Archives: March 2026
I Tracked Every Dollar for 60 Days and the AI Made Me Face Myself
The Experiment Begins I’ve always been one of those people who says they’re “pretty good with money.” You know the type. I have a checking account, I pay my bills on time, I don’t carry a balance on my credit … Continue reading
I Tried the Mediterranean Longevity Protocol and Only Failed Most of the Time
Why I Started This Mess in the First Place You know that feeling when you stumble onto something that actually sounds worth trying? That’s what happened to me in January when the headlines started rolling in about the PREDIMED-Plus trial. … Continue reading
I Tried the Mediterranean Longevity Protocol for Five Weeks and Only Failed Spectacularly Half the Time
When Late-Night Twitter Recommends a Life-Changing Diet You know that feeling when someone sends you a study that’s supposed to change everything, and you spend three days actually believing it might? That was me in January when the PREDIMED-Plus trial … Continue reading
The Sleep Divorce Era and What It Says About How We’re Learning to Be Honest
The Moment Everything Changed Sometime between January and now, sleeping apart stopped being something people whispered about and became a headline. A couples therapist published a piece in the New York Times basically saying “hey, maybe separate beds are fine,” … Continue reading
Loud Budgeting at One Year: The Trend That Changed Our Words but Not Our Wallets
The Year We Started Saying No Out Loud Remember when it felt revolutionary to just say “I can’t afford that” without apologizing? That was the promise of loud budgeting when it took off a little over a year ago. A … Continue reading
I Made $23 Trying to Build Passive Income With Claude Projects (And Why That’s Actually the Honest Truth Nobody Wants to Hear)
The Setup: When a Tool and a Fantasy Collide Last summer, Anthropic rolled out Claude Projects, and if you spend any time in the AI productivity space, you probably heard about it the way you hear about a new restaurant … Continue reading
Eight Months With the Oura Ring 4 as Someone With ADHD — The Data Is Fascinating and Also Kind of Ruining My Life
The Honeymoon Phase: When Data Feels Like Answers I got the Oura Ring 4 in late March, right after it had been out for a few months. I’d been skeptical for years—I’m the kind of person who reads articles about … Continue reading
I Tried the 2025 ‘Dopamine Menu’ Trend for 30 Days and Here’s What My Messy Tracking Spreadsheet Actually Showed
The Setup: Why I Downloaded Yet Another Dopamine Trend Around early January, my feed started filling up with the dopamine menu trend. You know the one. Everyone was suddenly organizing their lives like restaurants organize menus, sorting activities into appetizers, … Continue reading
I Tried the Apple Vision Pro for 30 Days and Here’s What Nobody Tells You About Eye Strain
The First Week Feels Like Magic (And Then Your Eyes Start Complaining) I got my Vision Pro in late February, back when the device was still this gleaming status symbol gathering interest at coffee shop tables. Three thousand five hundred … Continue reading
My Doctor Didn’t Push the GLP-1 Thing, and I’m Still Not Sure How I Feel About That
The Elephant in the Waiting Room I went to my annual physical last month expecting the usual lecture about my cholesterol numbers and whether I’ve been flossing like a functioning adult. Instead, somewhere between the blood pressure cuff and the … Continue reading