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On May 5th, 2024, I ran the Vancouver Marathon. The training and racing bug from last year’s Ironman still lingered, and I wanted to focus my efforts on the marathon distance.

On October 22nd, 2023, I became an Ironman. Nine hours, thirty-nine minutes, and eleven seconds after I dove into the Sacramento River, I crossed the finish line to the words I had been waiting eight months to hear: “Mitchell Adam, you are an Ironman!

It’s been a while since I’ve written a post. My weekends have been filled with triathlon training, leaving me with little time or energy (mostly energy) to muse about blog posts.

Capitalism is the best we have got. Yes, it has some issues, such as economic inequality and environmental degradation.

Reading is a waste of time. Many tout reading as the key to knowledge and success, but is it really?

You know more about how the world works than 95% of people.

We made it to 50! From the start, this blog has been a personal exercise.

I only learned one thing in 2022. That’s not entirely true.

ChatGPT is taking over the world. OpenAI released a new chatbot using their GPT large language model (LLM).

Are you using technology correctly? I recently updated my digital productivity stack.

I went viral. This week I experienced my first taste of internet fame.

Going out to eat is one of life’s great pleasures.

Every Sunday morning I head to my local coffee shop and write a blog post, and you should too.

Meta released their new virtual reality headset this week, the Quest Pro.

I have always been a morning person. Not only do I like mornings, but I absolutely hate sleeping in.

In my quest to enjoy life, I try and embody many aspects of stoic philosophy.

I have officially started work! After a few minor delays, I had my first day on Monday.

Iteration is a well agreed upon concept in software development.

When starting a new job and moving to a new place money comes up a lot.

I don’t set specific goals for myself very often. I have things that I am pursuing, do well in school or get a good job, but rarely do I write down specific, metric based goals.

I am back baby! After a brief hiatus, I am back to the blog.

I just finished three weeks travelling though Peru and two through Bolivia.

As soon as I flew arrived to Morocco from Portugal, I knew I was not in Europe any more.

The word tourist often has a negative connotation. I am a tourist.

I was asked this today by someone who is hoping to.

After the tightest layover possible (25 minutes from one plane landing to the next taking off, including customs), I made it to Portugal!

The key to using a computer effectively is minimizing the time between thinking you want to do something, and that something being done.

Tourism is one of the biggest industries in the world, contributing 8.

I wrote my first line of code eight years ago and there is one thing that has not changed since.

In ancient Chinese philosophy, Yin and Yang describes the complementary balance between opposing forces.

Naval Ravikant is one of the more interesting online presences.

This weekend I received my iron ring for (almost) completing my engineering undergraduate degree.

One of my favourite apps is Goodreads. Goodreads is a social media site focused on books.

Vinyl record players have been revitalized and are quite popular once again.

Deep work, writing and software development are the three skills I am focused on improving.

I would not describe myself as a movie person. I struggle with committing the amount of time needed to watch most movies.

Hello everyone, after a brief hiatus I am back to the blog.

I have been doing the majority of my reading on the Kobo eReader.

One of my first posts was Why I Love Backcountry Skiing, and since I have been doing a fair amount of riding recently I thought it would be fitting to share why I love mountain biking.

One of my staple dinner meals is a green curry concoction.

If I am being honest, I was not particularly in the mood to write this today.

I have a difficult time relaxing; I constantly feel I need to do more.

I have been eating quite a bit of salad recently.

The Oscars are today and while I will likely not be watching them, I have watched a few of this years nominees.

In my experience, school is not about the content learned.

I finished three books this week and thought I would share thoughts on each.

Dare I say spring has arrived? I don’t want to jynx it…

When I was around fourteen, my grandpa one day told me that he had a book he thought I would like.

I like to identify high mental load tasks and prioritize getting them done.

I spent some time learning about the current hot topic, NFTs.

This weekend I completed the 4x4x48 challenge which involves running 4 miles (6.

This week I finished reading Brave New World by Aldous Huxley and started reading Amusing Our Selves to Death by Neil Postman.

It has been almost a year since the world went online.

Based on Ali Abdaal’s (youtuber) recommendation, I recently read A Million Miles in a Thousand Years by Donald Miller.

Backcountry skiing, or ski touring, is when instead of taking the chair lift up you hike!

Hello World, this is my first blog post! Woohoo!