Interests
Things I keep coming back to.
Books on personal growth
- Psycho-Cybernetics — Maxwell Maltz — How your self-image quietly shapes what you actually do.
- Show Your Work — Austin Kleon — A short case for sharing your process publicly, even when it feels unfinished.
- The Way of Excellence — Brad Stulberg — Pursuing greatness without burning yourself out trying to get there.
- Suicidal Empathy — Gad Saad — An argument that empathy without limits eventually works against you.
French YouTube channels
- Brut — Real spoken French at native speed.
- OK Charlotte — Long-form documentaries with the cadence of a podcast.
- Hugo Décrypte — Daily news in clear French — good for everyday vocab.
Tools I use daily
- Obsidian — Where everything I write actually lives.
- Claude Code — For building small tools like this site.
- Anki — For French vocab review.
- RedNote / 小红书 — For posting short French read-alouds and finding people doing the same.
Topics on my mind
- Learning a language as an adult without making it miserable.
- Building small, single-purpose tools instead of hunting for the perfect app.
- How the freight industry handles change (or doesn't).