Wealth is freedom over your calendar. Everything else is secondary.

The goal isn’t early retirement.

It’s being present, consistently.

The best Hodl quote

Staying humble and stacking sats has dramatically changed my life for the better. It’s simple but it isn’t easy.

Cuz we are the ones that wanna play

Always wanna go but never wanna stay

I've heard it's good, but haven't had time to try it, yet. Soon, though. 👍

Life Is a Spiral: You Always Get a Second Chance to Grow

Life rarely follows a straight line. Some climb a single mountain, step by step. Others live in spirals — returning to lessons they thought they had learned, discovering challenges they thought they had overcome, and finding the courage to begin again.

I was born in Kampala, Uganda, and by age nine, my family had migrated first to the Netherlands and then on to New Zealand. Migration became my first initiation into change: learning new schools, new cultures, and how to belong. Leaving school early, working in a supermarket, I often felt adrift. At nineteen, I returned to the Netherlands to reconnect with family, find meaning, and pursue education. I eventually earned a master’s degree in economics, all while cultivating a meditation practice that has grounded me for decades. Later in life daily journaling and ashtanga yoga — where breath and movement merge — became the steady compass that carried me through life’s uncertainties.

When i was young I climbed what David Brooks calls the “first mountain” — career, family, and societal success. But divorce, heartbreak, and unfulfilling work brought me into valleys I could not avoid. Life was asking me to grow, to shed what no longer served me, and to rediscover myself.

In Amsterdam, I started again, living closer to my children, leaning into meditation, and embracing a life that felt authentic. I dreamed of sailing around the world — literally charting a new course. Life surprised me: I met my wife, we had a baby, and when our son was three months old, we set sail. For two and a half years, we lived on a small boat, crossing oceans, facing storms and challenges, and learning persistence, trust, and patience in real time.

We eventually arrived in New Zealand and built a home surrounded by nature, with a flourishing garden, a sanctuary after decades of change. I still meditate twice a day, journal daily, practice ashtanga yoga, walk barefoot on the beach with my dog, enjoy good conversation and coffee

Now I coach others through their own turning points, not from theory, but from lived experience. If there is one truth my spiral journey has taught me: you always get a second chance to grow. Every heartbreak, every move, every storm is an invitation to deepen, renew, and discover your true self.

Life is not a straight climb. It is a spiral. And with each turn, we are given another chance — to rise, to renew, to grow.

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I'm a boat man and a tan man

I’ve noticed if I’m tempted to use my phone after 8pm, then it’s because I didn’t work hard enough or play hard enough that day.

If I did both, I have zero interest in looking at it.

Anyone else notice the same?

#Bitcoin about to crash hard. Prepare accordingly.

A good friend of mine is maybe 90% philosophically aligned with Bitcoiners, but he's reached a point where he's finally keen to learn about Bitcoin. I've suggested a bunch of the usual books, but he asked me what order he should be reading these in to build up his knowledge. Where does everyone recommend starting out?

Shorts, etc. are getting worse. Between AI videos and lame scripted videos trying to come off as real, it's getting much weirder. Do you feel this too?

Indiana Jones and The Lost Treasure of Satoshi

any TOOL fans in the house?

Germany‘s #Bitcoin holdings over time. We call them poor.