jake
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Sometimes I have an idea for which I need to find a domain, and sometimes I have a domain for which I need to find an idea.
TIL if you hit one key to the right twice (on the j and the k) while typing jake it spells kale
Physically crossing out items on a to-do list feels great, regardless of the magnitude of the item, and significantly greater than the digital equivalent.
It's been about a year since I started doing LIFE ADVICE calls. Consistently one of the best parts of my day whenever I get the chance to do one. I've probably done about two dozen at this point. I just updated the website to add some more recent reviews. life-advice.xyz
It's funny some of the things people congratulate each other for vs. some of the things people say they're sorry to hear.
A repeat LIFE ADVICE client has requested regular coaching on a biweekly basis. This is not something I have done before and I am not as confident it will be worthwhile as I am in the one-time calls (very confident), but I am excited to try it nonetheless. life-advice.xyz
less afraid to do something which makes little sense
more willing to do something that ends poorly
more willing to do something that ends poorly
I want to try to communicate something that is hard for me to understand. 5 years ago I started a blog and soon after that I created a twitter account. That was the birth of my internet identity.
I decided to use a blue dot as my logo, specifically #0000FF. 4.5 years later I created Base Colors and minted the first color, my blue, #0000FF.
I decided to use Helvetica bold font for the Base Colors logo. 6 months later I deployed Helvetica via clanker. I don't know if it will retain my interest as long as Base Colors, but so far, I'm having fun with it.
These things that I am doing in my past are leading to things that I am doing in my future. Very unpredictable things -- unusual things both unintended and unimagined at the time that the thing that alluded to it originally happened.
I don't know where all of this is going. Like I said, I can hardly understand what has happened looking backward. It all reminds me of one of my favorite quotes from one of my favorite people:
I decided to use a blue dot as my logo, specifically #0000FF. 4.5 years later I created Base Colors and minted the first color, my blue, #0000FF.
I decided to use Helvetica bold font for the Base Colors logo. 6 months later I deployed Helvetica via clanker. I don't know if it will retain my interest as long as Base Colors, but so far, I'm having fun with it.
These things that I am doing in my past are leading to things that I am doing in my future. Very unpredictable things -- unusual things both unintended and unimagined at the time that the thing that alluded to it originally happened.
I don't know where all of this is going. Like I said, I can hardly understand what has happened looking backward. It all reminds me of one of my favorite quotes from one of my favorite people:
Before it was product to community to token.
Now it’s token to community to products.
Now it’s token to community to products.
some days posts do better here
other days better on the bird app
no rhyme or reason it seems
but more posts here always
I live here, just visit there
for the last year at least
other days better on the bird app
no rhyme or reason it seems
but more posts here always
I live here, just visit there
for the last year at least
just spent about 4 hours in clean flow state, not just in one thing but going from one thing to the next, seamlessly going "in" on each thing and fully engaged, what a pleasure that is
"What do you do for work?"
My typical answer: "I'm an investor"
More detailed answer: "Well I've been doing a podcast for a few years, and recently started a second one actually, and I'm working on this crypto project, it's kind of hard to explain but I am basically selling colors on the internet, as crazy as that sounds, I can try to explain it more if you want, but besides that I write blogs sometimes and once in a while I do what I call life advice calls, trying to help people navigate pivotal points in their life basically. I'm also coaching a jv high school basketball team this winter, which is a lot of fun, but most of my income comes from investing."
My typical answer: "I'm an investor"
More detailed answer: "Well I've been doing a podcast for a few years, and recently started a second one actually, and I'm working on this crypto project, it's kind of hard to explain but I am basically selling colors on the internet, as crazy as that sounds, I can try to explain it more if you want, but besides that I write blogs sometimes and once in a while I do what I call life advice calls, trying to help people navigate pivotal points in their life basically. I'm also coaching a jv high school basketball team this winter, which is a lot of fun, but most of my income comes from investing."
Had a great LIFE ADVICE call this morning. I previously had one with this same individual last year. He reached back out as he recognized he's at an important career inflection point. I thoroughly enjoyed problem solving with him, and it seemed to be super helpful. Love doing these. life-advice.xyz
For the first couple months of Warpcast Rewards, I was winning 5 USDC just about every day. Then I went away for a while and ever since I’ve been back I only win on occasion. I do miss that daily 1pm notification, but the balance of my time spent in the digital vs. the physical world has been somewhat restored.
if you have had years of experiences without long-form writing you may find if you give it a shot that you have some worthwhile long-form writing in you but you will not know unless you sit down with a blank doc and start writing
Money is a means, not an end.
In fact, “means” literally means money.
(see below)
For most people, money is a means to material things.
I think of money as a means to freedom.
In fact, “means” literally means money.
(see below)
For most people, money is a means to material things.
I think of money as a means to freedom.
Is Mac Miller for high schoolers today like what 90s rap was for me in high school? His album Kids came out 14 years ago. He died in his mid 20's (very unfortunately). etc. Weird to think about
related: https://paragraph.xyz/@jake/3-lessons-from-investing-in-tesla
the prices I reference are from before the 5:1 and 3:1 stock splits so it's now about 15x from the "$300" range I was referencing...
the prices I reference are from before the 5:1 and 3:1 stock splits so it's now about 15x from the "$300" range I was referencing...
my "career" is becoming less legible by the year
one must admire another's willingness to be a beginner in one area when advanced in another
seems to me the irreversibility of raising money is underestimated in terms of its impact on one’s personal flexibility and that it is not something that should be done casually but only with much thought & intentionality even though it is so popular in this particular echo chamber earning adulation & congratulations
Curious to find more people who match the following criteria:
1. You have held the majority of your net worth in crypto for the majority of the last 3 years.
2. You have spent at least 1 of the last 3 years intentionally unemployed (without a job and not actively looking for one).
Reply or DC me if you fit the bill.
1. You have held the majority of your net worth in crypto for the majority of the last 3 years.
2. You have spent at least 1 of the last 3 years intentionally unemployed (without a job and not actively looking for one).
Reply or DC me if you fit the bill.
Clicks are a decent proxy for attention but they are still just a proxy. You can be thinking about something all day and not engage with it at all online but that doesn’t mean you weren’t thinking about it at all. Mindshare and clickshare are far from 1:1.