I learned about chronotypes from sports sleep coach Nick Littlehales. While I’ve never had much trouble sleeping, I have struggled on and off with going to sleep and waking up at the right times. Your chronotype describes your sleeping characteristic – whether you’re a morning person or an evening person. Chronotypes are genetic traits and […]

One thing I’ve realized during the past 5 years or so is the mind-boggling amount of crap information that’s passed around as absolute truth. Of course, the arrival of the internet only hugely magnified this problem, so we live in an age where it can be extremely difficult to know what’s true and what’s not. […]

Update March 2026 — I’ve moved on from the dual-phone approach. These days I use a browser extension to strip the addictive elements out of social media instead. See: How I Stripped Social Media Down to What Actually Matters. Smartphone usage and social media have become very detrimental to our attention spans and the ability […]

My education has been quite extensive; built on these three pillars: University degrees (3 of them from two different universities) Countless courses at technical centers Lots of reading on my own By far the most valuable of the three was the reading I did on my own time and based on my interests and ambitions. […]

The Dickens Process, named after the famous novelist Charles Dickens, is a unique approach to personal development and self-improvement that has been popularized by life coach and motivational speaker Tony Robbins. The process is based on the themes and lessons present in Dickens’ classic novella, “A Christmas Carol,” in which the protagonist, Ebenezer Scrooge, is […]

One question that I’ve ruminated on a lot (as in, years of internal thought, research, etc) is how should I spend my time. I’ve always had this feeling that we don’t give too much importance to this question, and fall into well-defined societal templates without much care. Over the years, I’ve realized that the question […]

I’m currently fluent in four languages (Maltese, English, Spanish and Italian), and I’m aiming to reach fluency in a few more languages within the next ten years. I have some knowledge of Catalan, Portuguese, French and Russian too. It’s fair to say that I’ve spent a good chunk of time dabbling in languages ever since […]

Originally published: August 2017 Note: I wrote another article about Malta in 2022, and more recently updated my assessment with a piece on what it’s like living in Malta in 2026. A few years ago I decided to leave my home country and try my luck abroad. This wasn’t a spontaneous decision at all, rather […]

Here’s a textual description of the Tony Robbins morning priming technique. Tony uses this technique every morning and I’ve been trying it out myself for the last few weeks. It’s truly powerful. There are three parts of three minutes each in this priming exercise. Phase 1 – Breathing Tony uses an adaptation of Kapalabhati Pranayama […]

I’ve been meditating in various forms since my teenage years, albeit with many on and off periods. Lately, I seem to have found a style that suits me very well, and I’ll be sharing some background on that today. Essentially, I’ll be describing zazen meditation. Zazen is primarily a seated type of meditation. There are […]

Music is a very important thing in my life; I listen to a wide range of music styles, have experience in DJing, and play basic guitar and piano. In this article I will focus on music styles and apps that help me immerse myself in work and shut the rest of the world out. Research […]