Dillan Taylor
29 life tips on my 29th birthday
No, I don’t feel older. But I do feel wiser. Here are some things I’ve learned in these 29 years. Hope you find one of them valuable. 1)...
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Dillan Taylor
- Jan 24, 2023
- 5 min
I should care about this thing, but I don’t—What do I do?
West Virginia, 2022. For all of my 20s, I would list family as one of my top priorities. But there was a problem. It wasn’t. From 18-23,...
Dillan Taylor
- Dec 27, 2022
- 14 min
10 lessons learned in 2022
They are: 1) Labels are limits. We give ourselves disempowering labels and attributes all the time. Here are a few I heard from some of...
Dillan Taylor
- Dec 14, 2022
- 3 min
A difficult and lovely week
Lake Gaston, 2013. This photo is of me, my dad, and my grandpa. We’ve been told that each generation is brighter and more handsome than...
Dillan Taylor
- Nov 30, 2022
- 3 min
I started tracking my working hours—Here’s what I’ve learned
A month ago, I started logging how I spent my time each week. This was inspired by my good friends who run a design studio and do the...
Dillan Taylor
- Oct 24, 2022
- 3 min
I burnt out (again)
Last winter, I experienced my first serious bout of burnout. For a week and a half, I felt zero positive emotion and ran away to a cabin...
Dillan Taylor
- Jul 15, 2022
- 4 min
5 things I’d tell my 18-year-old self
Kings Dominion, fall 2012. My 10-year high school reunion is tonight. I’m thrilled. I can’t believe it’s already been a decade. I...
Dillan Taylor
- Jun 7, 2022
- 6 min
I thought I wanted to move to New York
What I’ve been doing Two friends texted me today saying they missed the blog. One included a crying emoji. Sometimes I go weeks posting...
Dillan Taylor
- Apr 22, 2022
- 2 min
To Florida and back
This morning, I leave for a two-week road trip. The longest vacation I’ll have since starting my own business. The end goal is my...
Dillan Taylor
- Apr 21, 2022
- 3 min
Time doesn’t fly; you’re just not paying attention
People say: “When you’re 10 years old, a year is 10% of your life. But when you’re 50 years old, a year is only 2%. That’s why time...
Dillan Taylor
- Apr 16, 2022
- 1 min
The gift of suffering
We were not suffering in this photo. My friend and I saw a play at the Kennedy Center last night. It was lovely. Things shutting down for...
Dillan Taylor
- Mar 26, 2022
- 2 min
Anyone can talk
For years, I said that family was one of the most important things to me. But that was a lie. How do I know? Because my actions tell the...
Dillan Taylor
- Mar 16, 2022
- 1 min
Success?
Is success a number or a feeling? Is it a dollar amount in our bank account…or not being stressed about bills? Is it how many followers,...
Dillan Taylor
- Mar 7, 2022
- 2 min
Up late with no regrets
This Sunday was the first Sunday in a year where I intentionally scheduled nothing. Coming into the weekend, I realized that meant I...
Dillan Taylor
- Feb 21, 2022
- 1 min
A weekend of nothing
“Take a picture of us taking a picture of us.” Readers of this blog know last week was an impactful one for me. An intense level of...
Dillan Taylor
- Feb 14, 2022
- 7 min
I ran away
Last week, I joked about running away from everything and spending time off the grid. This weekend, I did just that…sort of. I’m pretty...
Dillan Taylor
- Feb 12, 2022
- 1 min
Getting away
Today, I’m borrowing my friends’ dog and staying in an Airbnb in the woods. I canceled all my calls and obligations. Here’s what I sent...
Dillan Taylor
- Feb 1, 2022
- 1 min
Roadblock?
I’ve been in a chess slump for the past month. My rating climbed and climbed over 2021. But now I feel I’m stuck around 1650. It feels...
Dillan Taylor
- Dec 30, 2021
- 1 min
Core principles
Every individual or business should run on a small set of core principles. I just updated mine: 1) Curiosity before solutions. 2) Make...
Dillan Taylor
- Dec 16, 2021
- 2 min
I’m sad and I don’t know why
Maybe sad is the wrong word. Last week, one of my clients said the same thing happens every winter: From December to February, he just...
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