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i'm glad you asked Fred! first a quick caveat about advice, wherein i agree with you that you shouldn't "take" advice from anyone about anything, then a list of other things I've written about
advice is simply perspective. you should integrate it or ignore it however you see fit. aite? aite. now to the fun stuff https://t.co/NWMahUGyzq
here's a doc titled Constructive ADHD, which hundreds of people have told me they've found incredibly helpful in dealing with their issues https://t.co/hX0JcpwCju
here are my notes on addiction, informed by me quitting a 10+ year cigarette smoking habit. got dozens of positive feedback on this one https://t.co/GscJ4KODlJ
in one of my previous lives i worked in marketing; i increased my company blog's readership from 1000 hits/month to 120,000 hits/month. here is a thread of notes i've shared with my consulting clients: https://t.co/FKDOZixPAB
i've been happily married for 10+ years, here is a thread of relationship advice that loads of people have found helpful https://t.co/OSWsjoyKEB
i've written two books! the second is titled INTROSPECT, and it's about troubleshooting one's inner narrative to cultivate a healthier, happier relationship with oneself. you can see reviews in my pinned tweet https://t.co/YCUyfB5XYT
and here's a summary of my first book, FRIENDLY AMBITIOUS NERD, which is about, amongst other things, how to be a cheerful beloved presence in the world that has you be loved by thousands of people https://t.co/Xja7ZEPTix
what else have i done other than writing? i started a tshirt business and sold thousands of tshirts, https://t.co/EzPmdmlkRV
changing topics for a sec 10 years ago I posted some t-shirt ideas on Facebook for fun, like a dozen of these a bunch of people really liked them and asked to buy them so I got them made ended up selling thousands of tshirts idk why people say business is hard https://t.co/g1lzjsWgEu
which taught me a lot about selling in the open marketplace, lots to talk about there https://t.co/LgZjfL3lsN
i taught myself to play the guitar and bass, wrote songs, played in bands, organized gigs, loads of things to talk about there about aesthetics, self-expression, scenes, events, community, i can go on and on https://t.co/ub0wATNHL8 https://t.co/IUayWzkeVN
When I was a teenager, I fell madly in love with the local music scene. It seemed to me like a dank oasis of sincerity on a sterile, shrink-wrapped island of lies. It was my church, and I was convinced that it could save the world if only everyone would join in its sweaty embrace
i'm a dad of a 4mo baby boy and i've done a bunch of threads about fatherhood that people keep DMing me to say they love. each one of these threads quotes the previous one https://t.co/VAiZPXDkYD
VIII. 2 months in, i sometimes still cant believe my son is real. i look at his face and i see both myself and my wife. in his smiles i see the most profound beatific bliss. when he cries i feel gratitude for the opportunity to be the caring, nourishing presence i wish i had had
I have a youtube channel! with hundreds of videos where i talk about all of the things i've mentioned so far, and more, and have conversations with other cool and interesting people https://t.co/I3wNrs7mce
I've been invited to speak on over 50 podcasts, which you can check out from this thread, i also have a playlist on spotify you could search "visakanv podcasts" that should bring it up. or google them etc https://t.co/8Q786yqnwi
I've done a lot of nerdposting about my curiosities, here's a nice thread of threads here https://t.co/IgGh9ufYm9
i'm particularly proud of the work i've done to find and surface interesting smaller accounts, loads of great people to follow in the nested QTs here https://t.co/JQjrFgUAsV
great small accounts (<1k) nov’23 @jackfriks @stefaesthesia @triciapickren @Inkolore_ @divya_venn @moissanist @willbamberg @wipwasabhi @Benscuriosity @35gcs @alineblooms @Midwitmagnet @tangrenin @defenderofbasic @pointed_max @dharma_pen @lazymaplekoi @kittybearbro
I also have a tiktok (same username), where I think I'm tending towards talking about cultural phenomena, media literacy, that sorta thing https://t.co/ntqRjCBF0w
buncha other stuff i could talk about ya'know. really if you ask me i estimate that maybe only about 7% of my writing is about writing. currently i'm kinda working on this grand thesis of how to flourish in a chaotic world / media environment https://t.co/JawMaRXVV3
When I was a kid, I was brought up in a Hindu household. I went to an Anglican kindergarten. I had friends who were Muslim, Buddhist, Taoist, Christian, Sikh. Heartland Singaporeans can be all-embracing, praying to gods from multiple religions at the same altar. Maximim coverage! https://t.co/Wg0cQvq3fC
teaser about the bunch of essays i'm working on. a lot of it centers on media literacy, which, when you really dig into, requires self-knowledge, wisdom, it's very interesting trippy stuff. synthesizing stuff from predecessors like McLuhan and Campbell https://t.co/G2fX8gHOUH
got some time to kill so gonna do some rambling notes to self on the state of my whiteboard I think the main big picture is the question of wretchedness in our modern times. I roughly define wretchedness as a complex of despair, emotional and muscular tension, knottedness https://t.co/DtGe3hWiR1
there's a lot more, but i think those are some nice broad strokes overview! feel free to ask me about anything, really. here are some past AMAs that might give some context. also see my highlighted tweets on profile for more backstory and bestof content https://t.co/xoT6TDglE6
@inkolore_ yea that was an amazing gig https://t.co/BaOEMOlmNv
