With values soaring to the moon, card collectors are starting to get violent — In December 2020, a rare Charizard Pokémon card sold for $360,000. Early in 2021, a Michael Jordan rookie card sold for $215,000. Weeks later, the same card sold for $738,000. During the pandemic last year, with people locked inside and looking for something to flip the mood, quarantiners turned to…

The hungriest Brit on the internet — I’ve fallen in love with food this year. And by that, I mean I’ve gotten fat. I eat a lot nowadays. And I like watching other people eat a lot. This has led me to fall in love with food YouTube as well. I’m Addicted to Food YouTube And I’m not mad. At all.dylanhughes.medium.com Food YouTube is a wonderful place. It…

You’re destined for heartbreak — Artists are beautiful people. They’re always chasing around an idea and hoping to bring it to life. It only takes a little bit of hope and effort. But not all are bold enough to make that push. The ones who are earn a sort of freedom that is hard to…

The punishing trickle of dollars and cents — Cash back is really cool. When I spend $10 at a gas station, I get 30 cents back toward my credit card statement — no matter what! For no reason! It’s hard to turn this down. It’s hard to turn down those cents, which eventually become dollars, which eventually become…

And I’m not mad. At all. — I wish I could tell you I’m just addicted to food. I wish it was that simple. I’m addicted to food YouTube, too. It doesn’t take much to get here. You start dabbling in a certain substance that makes you really hungry, and you partake in said substance often. You’re…

The drafts I haven’t returned to — I scroll through my drafts and find so many with 444 words written, or something close to that. I don’t know what it is about that range that makes me give up on something. But it’s clearly a spot I lose interest. 444 words may be a lot for some…

Nature’s balance of power — I took the most scenic bike ride of my life yesterday. We’re at Zion National Park playing the Zion Canyon Music Festival in Springdale, Utah. We got here a day early to enjoy this beautiful, majestic little section of Earth. Except it’s not that little. You are greeted by massive…

Don’t tie yourself to a sinking ship — In my four or so years of investing in the stock market, I’ve lost hundreds of dollars by investing at the top. Those are small losses in the grand scheme. I’m glad to have made those mistakes while young with little spending money. It’s so easy to do. When a…

Get some guardrails up before you get off track — This is probably the first year of my life where I don’t feel like I’m competing against anybody — or competing for anything. When competing with yourself, it’s easier to get loosey-goosey. I’ve always been against guidelines as I feel it takes away the fun and surprising nature of success. …