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My latest thinking, delivered. What I'm testing, what's working, what isn't, and what it means for Gen X. The best place to start.
About
I wasn't always this way.
I spent more than 25 years in corporate go-to-market roles. Good jobs, work I mostly liked, paid well. On paper nothing was wrong. But something was off and I couldn't name it. I was high-functioning, and quietly miserable. The commute, the endless calls I was done with but kept taking, the grind of looking busy.
Then they made the decision for me. I got kicked out. What I decided was that I wasn't going back.
Getting out didn't fix it. I thought the hard part would be replacing my income. It wasn't. When I first went solo I filled every hour, optimized everything, and felt guilty the second I wasn't busy. I'd escaped the grind and rebuilt it in my own house.
Slowly, I figured out the thing nobody tells you: the answer wasn't more hustle. It was less. Simpler. More intentional. I got lazy, on purpose, about everything that didn't matter, and got happier, healthier, and honestly more effective than I ever was grinding. Six years later, I'm still on that quest, and still learning.
We overcomplicate everything, we give away too much of our time, and we keep asking for permission we don't need. I spent years learning that the hard way. You don't have to.
Now I host a podcast, write a weekly newsletter, and share everything I learn about living well on your own terms, so Gen X doesn't have to figure it out alone.
