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Are You in Love?
Do you love how you physically feel? Do you love the friends and family you surround yourself with? Do you love the work you get paid to...

Dillan Taylor
Oct 8, 20201 min read
How to Keep Your Head on Vacation
Finding a semblance of your routine while you’re on vacation takes quite the effort. I’m currently typing out this blog in a pantry...

Dillan Taylor
Sep 30, 20202 min read
Day 26: My Values
26/30 – What are your values? What do you want most out of life and of yourself? I want… • the world to be a better place because I...

Dillan Taylor
Sep 23, 20201 min read
Day 14: Top Tips
14/30 – Give your top 5 pieces of life advice: Take time to learn all the boring fundamentals of personal finance. It will probably suck,...

Dillan Taylor
Sep 9, 20201 min read
Day 8: Working Backwards
8/30 – Work backwards from your someday goal to what you can do today: Someday: Support myself with my content. 3 years: Cultivate an...

Dillan Taylor
Sep 2, 20201 min read
Day 5: 7 Pieces of Advice
5/30 – Give 7 pieces of advice to a college graduate: I’m a moron and I didn’t even finish college, so don’t take my advice. But of that...

Dillan Taylor
Aug 29, 20204 min read
Isn’t That Enough?
Whenever I’m stressed about whether or not I’m making the right life choices, I come back to this quote from Derek Sivers: Are you...

Dillan Taylor
Aug 21, 20201 min read
Fight for What You Love
A few months ago, I quit the safety of my full time job to give myself more time to do the things I absolutely love. I started my own...

Dillan Taylor
Aug 13, 20201 min read
25 to 5
When I need a boost of clarity, this exercise never fails. • Label on a sheet of paper numbers 1 through 25. Set a timer for 5 minutes. •...

Dillan Taylor
Aug 5, 20201 min read
Another Tequila Shot?
Sometimes I get so wrapped up in optimizing my time and body, I forget that sometimes I just need to be irresponsible and have some...

Dillan Taylor
Aug 1, 20201 min read
Are We Immortal?
The only thing promised to you when you are born is that you will die some day. We might be able to say this out loud, but we’re mostly...

Dillan Taylor
Jul 31, 20201 min read
Control
Since I was in middle school, I knew I didn’t want to live in a system where someone told me: • when to show up for work • how long I had...

Dillan Taylor
Jul 21, 20201 min read
Meaning
In his book Man’s Search for Meaning, Victor Frankl shares his captivating stories of surviving three concentration camps during World...

Dillan Taylor
Jul 9, 20201 min read
Call Your Friends
Today, I leave for North Carolina to visit one of my best buddies of 14 years. I hope one day that’ll be 30 years. Then 40. When you’re...

Dillan Taylor
Jul 2, 20201 min read
Top 5 Regrets
Collected from people on their deathbed. From least to most common. I wish I’d let myself be happier. I wish I’d stayed in touch with my...

Dillan Taylor
Jun 20, 20201 min read
Clarity
The happiest I’ve ever been… Has never been when I’ve had a certain amount of money, Or had a certain job, Or gone certain places, Or had...

Dillan Taylor
Jun 17, 20201 min read
An Unbalanced Life
Every day, why aren’t you: • spending a ton of quality time with the friends and family you care about? • putting in countless hours to...

Dillan Taylor
Jun 15, 20201 min read
Staying Up Till’ 4
Last night. Did it. Feel like death. Went to see two friends I haven’t seen in a while. Talked and laughed for hours. Wanted to leave and...

Dillan Taylor
Jun 13, 20201 min read
Willpower is finite
In the past few weeks, I have been doing client work and web design in the first half of the day, then podcast and video editing in the...

Dillan Taylor
Jun 12, 20202 min read
On the Beach with Mom
Today is a good day. No work. No email. No social media. Just sitting on a beach, reading a book next to Mom. I was going to split the...

Dillan Taylor
Jun 6, 20201 min read
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