A simple cheatsheet for anything, and everything.
Ideas
- Have fewer (or no) children
- Speak more languages
- Travel without a plan
- Tip generously
- Run without headphones
- Don’t buy IKEA; buy used
- Cancel Amazon Prime
- Don’t go out; invite people over
- Bake/brew/cook/mix yourself
- Pay for ‘free’ live music
- Play team sports
- Run/bike/swim/ski/hike/skate/stretch/walk… keep moving
People Worth Following
Thinkers
- Arif Hasan
- David Graeber
- Shahab Ahmed
- Tariq Ali
Writers & Authors
- Ali Akbar Natiq
- Haruki Murakami
- Khushwant Singh
- Mohammad Hanif
Product Management Writers
- Marty Cagan
- Rich Mironov
Purchases
I agonize over purchases, poring through every review and Reddit thread (so you don’t have to?). Most are BIFL.
Kitchen
- Breville immersion blender (link)
- Vitamix blender
- 1zpresso coffee grinder
- Aeropress coffee maker
- Le Creuset dutch oven
- Tramontina steel pans
- Lodge cast iron pans
- T-fal nonstick pans
- Victorinox chef’s knife
- Microplane grater
- Teakhaus cutting board
Home
- Honeywell humidifier
- Danby dehumidifier
- Roomba robot vacuum
- Miele corded vacuum
- Black+Decker handheld cordless vacuum
- Vornado air circulator
- Deepegg white noise machine
Audio
- Sony over-ear headphones (link)
- Panasonic in-ear wired headphones (link)
- Jabra in-ear wireless headphones
- Wharfedale bookshelf speakers
- Tannoy bookshelf speakers
- Marantz receiver
Work out
- Nalgene water bottle (link)
- Brooks running shoes (link)
- Brooks running shirt (link)
- Decathlon running shorts
- Brooks running socks
- Merrell hiking boots (link)
- Chaco hiking sandals
Etc.
- Red Wing boots