📔 Human User Guide

Who I am

Mental & physical wellness are my top priority, full stop. If you can't serve yourself, you won't be able to serve others.
Family & friends are a close second. I wouldn't be where I am today without the incredible folks that surround me.
Currently living in Markham, ON, Canada.
I have a number of hobbies that I enjoy; writing, reading, playing guitar, producing music, collecting & listening to vinyl, and most recently martial arts classes in the form of muay thai + jiu-jitsu.
My fiancee and I are mega foodies. We love travelling and often explore the local cuisine at each of our destinations. Hit me up if you have any recommendations!

Default to async. I'll do my best to respond, though it might not be immediately or promptly.
I value large blocks of uninterrupted time. The needle moves further when I can dive deep for hours at a time.
Waking hours are typically 6am-11pm, though I'm working to make this more consistent.
Working from home can make "switching off" difficult. To combat this I give myself a hard cutoff at 5pm from any full-time work.
5pm-9pm is strictly personal time. Cooking a meal with my fiancee, catching up with friends, reading articles, playing guitar, watching shows, martial arts classes, etc.
Communication channels I use, in order of priority: phone calls and texts/messages (usually on DnD), Slack, GitHub notifications, Google Docs / GitHub Discussions, Email. During blocks of focus time I actively avoid checking all types of inbound communication to maintain focus.

Optimize for freedom, flexibility, and agency.
Devote an outsized amount of time & energy on things you can control.
The best ROI you'll ever get is investing in yourself; skills, experiences, saving time.
Just-in-time learning is an extremely underrated skill. I respect folks who know a lot, but I admire even more people who can absorb, distill, and understand new information quickly. The world moves fast, so if you can optimize for change and new information, you'll get ahead of most.
They say you're the product of the 5 closest people to you, yet most people spend more time on a device than they do with people.
In the age of information, I would take this one step further; you're the product of the information you consume. Choose wisely.
Slow content > "newsfeed" content. Any product or company building real-time social networks are investing millions of dollars to buy your attention.
My preference is to consume slow, quality media to keep my attention in my control. Books, web articles, long-form educational YouTube videos, and podcasts.
Actionable feedback is a gift.