Notes tagged “Life”
Moving countries and adopting AI agents follow the same adjustment curve
Why relocating abroad and switching your workflow to AI agents break down through the same four psychological stages – research, real statistics, and four years of personal experience across seven countries.
Meeting Your Past Self: How Reflection Fuels Personal Growth
Ever wondered what a conversation with your past self would look like? Probably a mix of eye-rolls and "What were you thinking?" moments. Trust me, I've been there. From fumbling with lines of code to steering the ship as a marketing manager, the journey has been anything but a straight line. But here's the kicker: reflection has been the secret sauce all along.
The Harder You Push
A recurring pattern where two days of forced effort on a stuck problem yielded nothing, but stepping away and sleeping on it produced the answer in ten minutes – a mechanic he doesn't understand but has learned to trust.
The Wrong Kind of Stable
A reflection on realizing that what looked like a lifelong pursuit of stability may have actually been a search for the feeling of moving in the right direction – a distinction that surfaces precisely now, amid the least stable, most uncertain period of his life.