I've been thinking quite a bit about personal finances and my investment philosophy recently. Particularly with various technology billionaires featuring in the news, it's been hard for me to reconcile some of the investment "rules" I've followed with the insane growth of…
I love cooking. My younger self would never understand that sentiment, but in recent years I've really taken to my kitchen. I blame YouTube for constantly recommending Gordon Ramsey videos to me late at night when I was in college, but I find something very romantic about working…
This problem is so common it became a meme and recipe-writers on the internet still haven't figured it out: we, the recipe readers, don't care about your life story. We don't need to hear how this dish has transformed your love life, or how…
In your weakest hour, drunk and peckish, you need to be able to say "no" to the pizza menu on your fridge. You need to get to the core of why you are trying to make a change in your life.…
Pictured: having fun plating a potato salad. I mentioned this in my previous post, and since I'm partially out of it from my second vaccine dose, I figured I could expand on the issues you may face when trying to lose weight. At the beginning of the year,…
I was told that everything needed to get done before work. But I'm a programmer, and so it's considered normal to stay up extremely late working on projects. You can't stay up late and wake up early, but I definitely tried.…
I don't think I want this blog to turn into a recipe outlet, but at the moment it's all I can think of that will fill my desired 5+ minute post goal. -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- I've baked quite a bit of sourdough in the last year…
A few weekends ago I made a disappointing lemon tart and wanted to right my wrongs. Energized by a round of YouTube recipe bingeing, I decided to try my hand at a chocolate ganache tart. I was completely blown away. Delicious, idiot-proof, flaky pastry on my very first try. A…