The Day I Pitied My $9M Landlord — and Why I Escaped a Rigged Game
My business was fine. I still walked away. Here’s why I ran from a system where everyone survives by squeezing the next person.
Gori Note #28 — Struggling with Acid Reflux in Georgia? 🇬🇪 Here’s What Actually Works (Feat. Borjomi & Marial)
Struggling with Acid Reflux in Georgia? Here’s What Actually Works (Feat. Borjomi & Marial)
Endorphin Craftsmanship (Intro): Critique of Matthew Crawford — Why romanticizing manual labor fails in the age of AI
Why craftsmanship still matters in the age of AI. This article explores why manual engagement, bodily agency, and survival-based work rhythms are becoming essential again—and introduces the concept of Endorphin Craftsmanship as a modern path beyond recognition battles and automation anxiety.
Why I Admire Warren Buffett and Still Buried Bitcoin in Stalin’s Hometown
Why a Buffett-style value investor buried Bitcoin in Stalin’s hometown. A field letter on survival, sanctions, fragility, and the barbell strategy.
The Phenomenology of Anxiety (Part 5): Anxiety Is Not in the Mind — It Lives in the Body (Lesson from Kafka’s The Metamorphosis)
Anxiety cannot be solved by thinking. This series argues that peace comes from bodily control, independence, and building personal survival structures beyond dopamine-driven success.
The Phenomenology of Anxiety (Part 4): Survival is a Structure — How to Endure the “Silent Phase” of Business
Anxiety isn’t a lack of ability—it comes from the wrong narrative. This article explores how to reduce anxiety by designing survival structures when feedback is missing.
The Phenomenology of Anxiety (Part 3): The Silent Killer of Small Businesses — Buying Traffic Kills Your Narrative
Burnout isn’t about stress. It’s about having no narrative. This article explains why small creators and business owners collapse — and how to rebuild a story the platform can’t erase.
Gori Note #26 — Praying to Google in a One-Degree Cold Room
A writer in a one-degree room in Gori, Georgia. No heat, one blanket, one box of crackers—and a stubborn belief that words can change a life. This essay is about survival, weakness, craft, and praying to Google for indexing.
Waiting Hell — Why Koreans Stand in Line for 8 Hours (A Cultural Phenomenology) 🎄
Why do Koreans stand in line for 8 hours for cake? A cultural analysis of anxiety, mortality, and why physical routines are the real escape from the dopamine matrix.
The Phenomenology of Anxiety (Part 2): Your Anxiety Isn’t Emotional — It’s Structural. (Matthew Crawford Philosophy Critique)
A philosophical guide on why humans collapse when their life-story becomes unintelligible — and how narrative restores meaning and prevents anxiety.