Updated on Friday, August 7, 2026
I’m interested in how much better life can become when you stop trying to optimize everything and start paying closer attention to what actually nourishes you.
Here’s what I’m focused on lately: what I’m building, what I’m writing, and what has my attention right now.
What I’m Focused On
I’m sharing Unplug, my course on reducing unnecessary everyday EMF exposure and rebuilding daily life around clearer choices and better health.
What I’m Working On
- Writing essays on what has worked for me in life, work, and paying closer attention.
- I’m an artist known as Chr1stopher.
Start Here
These three essays offer a path through the ideas I return to most: letting go of optimization, adapting to disruption, and deciding what a fulfilling life means for you.
- Stop Optimizing Your Life and Start Living It: Why a better life does not come from endlessly improving the system, but from being present enough to live it.
- The Dented Ping Pong Ball and the Beauty of an Unplanned Life: A personal reflection on how disruption can become redirection when life no longer follows the plan.
- Why I Don’t Care About Slow Living or Fast Living — I Care About Feeling Fulfilled: A case for measuring life by meaning and fulfillment instead of by someone else’s lifestyle label.
Recent Writing
I’m also writing essays on living a fulfilling life, meaningful work, and the quieter changes that make daily life feel more like your own.
See my past essays
What I’ve Been Enjoying
A few things I’ve been enjoying or returning to lately:
- Books I’ve read over the years are listed on my Goodreads profile.
- I recommend the 1001 Albums You Must Hear Before You Die challenge. I enjoyed it so much I wrote an entire essay about it.
- You can also browse what I’ve been listening to on Apple Music
- My past movie ratings on IMDb.
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