Tag: Quantified Self
2025 Review
Below is my public annual review. My private version also contains event highlights from the year, lessons and takeaways, and…Reading Time: 4 minutes | January 5, 20262025 Spending Audit: Where my Money Actually Went
I stepped up my credit card game. After hours of research, I landed on the following cards: As 2025 comes…Reading Time: 4 minutes | January 4, 2026A Grader’s Lament
Why We Need This Article I started teaching high school math and physics in Ottawa Ontario in 2022. I was…Reading Time: 31 minutes | December 22, 2024Is Sports Betting Worthwhile?
Most of my friends believe they are profitable sports bettors. They all have their infallible system. They know I don't…Reading Time: 3 minutes | September 30, 2024An overarching Theory of Well-Being
Needs & Cybernetics One way to think of Maslow’s basic needs is that evolution selected for certain goals that ensured…Reading Time: 9 minutes | August 3, 2024Defining Well-Being
Happiness Happiness is a loaded term. Here is Jeff Perron’s definition to illustrate its multifaceted nature. Given that happiness means…Reading Time: 11 minutes | August 3, 2024The Happiness Hypothesis – Book Notes
The Happiness Hypothesis: Finding Modern Truth in Ancient Wisdom by Jonathan Haidt My rating: 5 of 5 stars Great book.…Reading Time: 48 minutes | November 21, 2023My Arthritis Action Plan
27 years young. That was the age I was diagnosed with grade 4 osteoarthritis in my hips. Below are my…Reading Time: 6 minutes | October 29, 2023Statistical Rethinking 2023 Notes
Takeaways (TLDR) 2023 - 01 - The Golem of Prague (Link) Lecture 2 - The Garden of Forking Data Bayesian…Reading Time: 11 minutes | October 21, 2023FAI Surgery Notes
I got FAI arthroscopic surgery on October 18th, 2023. I was 27 years old. My goal for this article is…Reading Time: 6 minutes | October 19, 2023