I hope you had a great week; I kept it a little lighter on writing and recording this week, but I've got some great AlignedLife podcast episodes coming and a list of longer-form content I want to write. That day trip to California stayed with me through the week, and I had a busy week of client meetings, so as I've written about in the past, I listened to my body and rested when I could. Let's get to the Notes... 📝 this week's Daily Notes 9.14.26 #1302 the flow of money 9.15.26 #1303 twenty...
about 20 hours ago • 1 min read
If you could choose to do just a few things a day, what would they be? For me, it’d be a lot of Self, family, and clients. If I think about the details, I almost think of it as an ideal day exercise—just without assigning time: Meditate.Journal in notebook.Light exercise like Peloton or walking.Morning family routine.Hot yoga.Weightlifting.Creative work.Client work.Creative work.Conversation with interesting people.Creative work.Family time.Walk outside (weather permitting).Journal in...
about 21 hours ago • 1 min read
“Almost everything will work again if you unplug it for a few minutes, including you.” -Anne Lamott See you tomorrow and keep pursuing, JC
2 days ago • 1 min read
“If you’re willing to fail interestingly, you tend to succeed interestingly.” -Edward Albee To the outside world, aspects of your Authentic Life will look “interestingly”. Embrace it and trust that you know better than anyone else what you’re supposed to be doing and who you are supposed to be. See you tomorrow and keep pursuing, JC
4 days ago • 1 min read
How many times do you hold back from telling someone what you’re really excited about? This morning I ran into an old CrossFit buddy at the coffee shop, and we got to talking about life, what we’re up to, and the opportunity to talk about my creative work naturally presented itself. I told him about the writing I’m doing on my AlignedLife blog for my first book, looking at money as a form of energy. I shared the concept in my latest post, The Velocity of Money, how I’m meeting with Sarah...
5 days ago • 1 min read
Who you choose to align your Authentic Life with is one of the most important decisions you will make, and it’s a decision most of us make way before we discover who we really are. Today, Ang and I celebrate twenty years of being married. As I’ve reflected over those years, and the two and a half years of dating before, I see yet another breadcrumb in my life—an important and big one. As with most things in life, so many things had to line up for Ang and I to meet—my choice to go to Franklin...
6 days ago • 4 min read
From the AlignedLife blog: Money was never meant to sit still. We’ve been taught to treat it like a scarce resource; that it is something you need to protect once you get it. But money is abundant. It flows like a current. A current that stops moving isn’t wealth. It’s a dam waiting to break or a pond going stagnant. There’s a term for this in economics: the velocity of money. It measures how quickly money moves through the economy—how many times a dollar exchanges hands in a given year. A...
7 days ago • 2 min read
Another short and sweet intro--I had planned to write a little update on some things I've been working on, like the AlignedLife Community, which is going to be pushing the Founding Member sign-up to January instead of next month. Ang and I spent too much time living this summer and not enough time setting up Circle, so instead of rushing the opening, we decided to start in the new year. More to come, like dates for a few information sessions we're going to hold and insight into what is...
7 days ago • 3 min read
“Don’t follow your passion. Follow your talent and find your purpose.” -Adam Grant Usually, when I share a quote to start a Daily Note, it’s because I like it, agree with it, or think it might speak to you. This is not one of those quotes. This quote triggers me because I think it leads more people further from their Authentic Life than it helps. I think this quote, which I saw on Twitter, can become so influential because of who said it. Adam Grant is an extremely successful author and an...
8 days ago • 1 min read