dill's blogUp since 5am I woke up this morning to someone banging on my door. It was my downstairs neighbor. He said there was a ton of water coming into his apartment from the ceiling. We inspected my water heater and the entire thing was flooding....

dill's blogA secret skill There’s something one of my best friends does that pisses me off in a delightful way. She’s infuriatingly good at asking follow-up questions. We can be on the phone for an hour and I’ll realize we’ve been talking about me th...

dill's blogDammit, our parents were right I’m almost the same age my mom was when she had me. As my friends and I approach the ripe age of 30, I’m realizing more and more that the cliches of getting older are cliches for a reason. There are the funni...

dill's blogHow to not be nervous around women There’s a video of Craig Ferguson I’ve been thinking about a lot lately. It’s his answer to: “How can I as a young man be better at talking to women?” But I think it applies to all facets of life: making...

dill's blogIs people-pleasing so bad? (pt. 2) Last week, I wrote about how my mind has recently changed on the topics of people-pleasing, saying No, and protecting our time. These are all things I’ve been working on for the past year as I run my own...

dill's blogDoing shrooms in NYC In March, I joined an online coaching program and met Tomas, a guy who would soon become a close friend. This weekend, seven months later…I met him in real life. He’s been sober for six years, so before the trip, I was...

dill's blogSimple lesson (pt. 3) A simple lesson I learned this year: It’s lovely to craft a successful career for ourselves. But what is twenty times more important is sustaining fulfilling relationships with other people—friends, family, and collea...

dill's blogSimple lesson (pt. 2) A simple lesson I learned this year: “Working harder” is almost never the solution. Nine times out of ten, it’s more effective and peaceful to cut out all the nonessentials first. Simple lesson (pt. 2)

dill's blogSimple lesson (pt. 1) A simple lesson I learned this year: Rejection is always good news. It’s the best possible proof to show this isn’t a good fit right now. Simple lesson (pt. 1)

dill's blogHow to beat confirmation bias Confirmation bias: “The tendency to interpret new evidence as confirmation of one’s existing beliefs or theories.” No matter how objective or reasonable we feel our opinions are, this psychological fallacy pla...