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…

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. …

This is why it’s important to have good brakes (or a smart driver) — My desk asked where I’ve been lately. I just sat down for the first time in a while, with a White Claw and an apple, no less. It made sense to me. More the White Claw than the apple. I don’t eat a ton of those. But maybe it’s a…

This isn’t just some dumb YouTube channel — Golf became cool in 2020. I’m sorry if you were into it before then. It’s clear we were missing out. Most of us grow up hearing about how golf is an old man’s game; a game where the richest man has the best shot at success and anyone that can’t…

Five years ago today, we lost Mac Miller — A year ago today, I desperately mourned Mac Miller. There were times in my life where I felt like him. I thought too much about the world and that scared me. I didn’t run to substances, necessarily. But I was running somewhere, towards something. A year ago today, I wrote…

Will I do what I’m supposed to today? — You’ve got to be a real loser to wake up and not slam some coffee. I don’t think I’ve ever had that much time on my hands. Enough time to let my body slowly wake up, enough time to let the sun enter my eyes and bring me to life. …

Thanks, Europe — There are a lot of terrible things about Europe. It’s not dirty in many places but somehow you can never find a trash can. Or if you do it’s so tiny, you feel like you’re wasting your time. So now you got a bunch of trash from driving in a…

Searching for time in timeless places — It’s 1:30 a.m. in Bremen, Germany. I’m sitting in my hotel room, in my underwear, trying to work on a book I started months ago that I’ve set to the side. I’m listening to Parcels instead. I felt like I should write, because it’s been a while. I mean, I…