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
Dec 27, 202214 min read
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
Oct 19, 20221 min read
Why I ate Mcdonald’s last night
I ordered McDonald’s last night. Why? Because I wanted to. One Big Mac. One Spicy McChicken. One Large Fry. Delicious. For the whole...
Dillan Taylor
Sep 28, 20225 min read
10 tricks to living a shittier life
Since attempting suicide in 2017, I’ve been obsessed with living a better life. I’ve even made a career out of helping people improve...
Dillan Taylor
Aug 15, 20223 min read
Dying, chess, and grapes
My cousin, shortly before I checkmated him. I spent this weekend at the lake house. My grandparents were supposed to be there, but my...
Dillan Taylor
May 21, 20221 min read
Savage race
One of my fitness goals is to do at least one strenuous event each year. 2020 was a marathon. 2021 was a triathlon. And today, my buddy...
Dillan Taylor
May 18, 20222 min read
I’m off coffee
Yesterday was a big day for me. Two months ago, I embarked, for the second time, on a journey to quit drinking coffee. I went cold turkey...
Dillan Taylor
Apr 4, 20221 min read
Sick thoughts
I’m sick. It’s not COVID. This usually happens twice a year when the temperature changes. Cold symptoms. Cough. Congestion. Sore throat....
Dillan Taylor
Mar 29, 20222 min read
Quitting coffee (for a second time)
Last year, I tried quitting coffee cold turkey. It sucked. It led to two of the most miserable days of my life. I had to cancel my calls...
Dillan Taylor
Mar 24, 20221 min read
Hungover without the alcohol
Two nights ago, my sleep tracker told me I got two and a half hours of sleep. I woke up in pain. I trudged through my first two sessions...
Dillan Taylor
Feb 21, 20221 min read
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, 20227 min read
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, 20221 min read
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 9, 20222 min read
Off the grid
I’m a workaholic. I learned that this winter. When I stopped doing outreach for my business in December, I got depressed for two weeks....
Dillan Taylor
Feb 7, 20221 min read
I got drunk this weekend—and I don’t hate myself
Saturday night, my two good friends hosted a dinner party in DC. Me plus four of their other friends. We drank wine (and scotch), ate...
Dillan Taylor
Jan 25, 20221 min read
I got COVID
Again. Tested positive this morning. This is exactly when I got it last year—late January. It’s a winter tradition I suppose. But this...
Dillan Taylor
Jan 12, 20222 min read
I’ve meditated every day for four years—And I still suck at it
Meditation is an odd thing. When I started getting my life together in summer 2017, I downloaded HeadSpace. Andy’s soothing voice...
Dillan Taylor
Jan 4, 20221 min read
Another Dry January
I’ve done four Sober Octobers in a row now. Last year, I added a “Dry January.” This year, I’m adding a third month of sobriety—probably...
Dillan Taylor
Dec 21, 20211 min read
Omicron
A couple of my friends either caught colds or COVID these past two weeks. The second of four waves that Nicholas Christakis predicted is...
Dillan Taylor
Nov 23, 20212 min read
I went too far
I like to create rules. Boundaries and guidelines for living a healthy and principled life. In the past couple of weeks, I’ve added two...
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