Stop Turning Setbacks Into Verdicts About Yourself

A disappointing result deserves a closer look before it becomes a judgment about your future.

Oct 26 • Payton Bilodeau

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You Can Begin While You’re Still Afraid

A small, sensible encounter can teach you more than another round of reassurance.

Oct 19 • Payton Bilodeau

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Stop Making Happiness Another Thing to Get Right

A good afternoon can feel ordinary. Judging it against an imagined feeling can make it harder to enjoy.

Oct 13 • Payton Bilodeau

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The Stronger Move Might Be Asking for Help

When more effort stops helping, a precise question can change what happens next.

Oct 9 • Payton Bilodeau

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The Thank-You You Keep Talking Yourself Out Of

You may be overestimating the awkwardness and underestimating what a specific word of appreciation would mean to someone.

Oct 2 • Payton Bilodeau

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September 2026

Stop Giving Yourself Instructions You No Longer Need

A familiar skill can fall apart when you supervise every movement. Give the attempt and the repair their own time.

Sep 25 • Payton Bilodeau

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How to Think Clearly in the Era of AI:

A threaded essay of maxims on thinking clearly explained.

Sep 21 • Payton Bilodeau

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You Can Win and Still Waste Your Time

Before you work harder at a goal, check what winning would actually give you.

Sep 18 • Payton Bilodeau

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A Missed Morning Shouldn’t Cost You the Day

Keep a preferred time for what matters, but give yourself another way to follow through when life gets in the way.

Sep 11 • Payton Bilodeau

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If You Can’t Stand Behind It, You Didn’t Do It

The tool can make something that looks finished, but looking finished is not the same as understanding it.

Sep 2 • Payton Bilodeau

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August 2026

A Year of Obsession Solves a Field. I Just Finished Mine With AI.

I did it with health and fitness first. Then I did it with AI, and the whole thing comes down to six ideas.

Aug 7 • Payton Bilodeau

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July 2026

Humans Are AI’s Most Valuable Resource

The panic is that agents will erase jobs. The more interesting possibility is that they make human taste, trust, and real-world action more valuable.

Jul 10 • Payton Bilodeau

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