Posts
- Are You Enough? Wanting More Without Feeling Less
- Have You Reinvented Yourself Without Realising It?
- Do You Like Having Something to Look Forward To?
- I Need Early Nights At This Age
- Surviving Japan's Summer With No Air Conditioning
- What Five AI‑Written Posts Think OldDogZeroTricks Is For
- When You Feel Behind In Life (But Keep Showing Up Anyway) (by Perplexity)
- The Unglamorous Things That Actually Hold You Together (by Grok)
- The Life You Keep Choosing (by ChatGPT)
- The Things I Hope I Stay Bad At (by Claude)
- The Secret Joy of Being the Slowest Guy in the Lobby (by Gemini)
- The Thing You Do That Nobody Asked For
- The Myth of the Dream Life (Or: Why I Smell Like Fertilizer)
- Maybe I'm Not Having a Breakthrough. Maybe I'm Just Tired
- Do Men and Women Love Differently? The Honest Truth
- Do You Have to Be a Little Delusional to Succeed?
- Choosing the Life That Fits (Even When It Looks Like Settling)
- When Invisibility Becomes Comfortable (Until Someone Really Looks)
- The Dignity of Making an Effort (And Finding Your Hard Reboot)
- Why Are We Here? (Silly Question?)
- Midlife Crisis: A Wake-Up Call or Bad Cliché?
- Are You Trying to Turn Your Life Around? (Breaking the Scarcity Mindset)
- It’s Okay to Be Broken (Sometimes That’s When Love Looks Most Real)
- Don't Throw in the Towel: The Honest Truth About Not Giving Up
- Are You Slowing Down as You Get Older? (And Why It Feels Good)
- My Struggle with Using AI for Blogging
- How Pain Prepares You to Help Others
- When Your Mission Ends: Finding Purpose After Loss (人生の目的)
- The Quiet Panic of Not Having Enough Money
- When Did Work Get Put on a Pedestal?
- Be Kind to Others (Be Kind to Yourself)
- A Year Without Resolutions (But Not Without Direction)
- Living Abroad vs Returning Home: Belonging, Duty, and the Niken
- It's Important To Get Out Of Your Own Head
- When Does Gossip Cross the Line? (And Why We Love It Anyway)
- When Love Isn’t Enough (When You Can’t Be Everything They Need)
- We Got Divorced But Kept Living Together: What That Taught Me About Love
- What Does Your Ideal Reset Day Look Like?
- What Nobody Tells You About Working Hard
- The Guilt of Non-Traditional Holidays (And Making Peace With It)
- Why I'm Still Dropping Into Virtual Battlefields at 57
- Should I Read the Bible? (At My Age)
- What If Hard Work Isn't Enough Without God?
- The Modest Dreams We Can’t Afford (And the Selves We Leave Behind in Midlife)
- Why I Tell AI Everything (And Don't Really Care Who's Listening)
- The Old Dog's New Trick: Using AI to Get My Life Back
- When Does Devotion Become Obsession? (And How Would You Even Know?)
- What If Death Isn't The End? (What Near-Death Experiences Tell Us)
- What's Worth Keeping?
- When to Talk About Pain and When to Keep Going
- The Relief of No Longer Being in the Game
- If You Became Rich, Who Would You Help First?
- What Friendship Ended That You Still Think About?
- When You’re Great at Your Job But Awkward at Office Parties
- The Mirror Doesn't Lie (But We Sometimes Do)
- What Daily Practice Changed Your Life?
- Still Learning Balance After 50 (What's Working So Far)
- Are You Too Comfortable? A Question To Consider
- When You Get Good at Things You Never Felt Passionate About
- What Would You Do If Money Wasn't an Issue?
- When AI Summarizes Your Life (And You're Not Sure If It's Being Too Kind)
- Is Everyone Real or Are Some People NPCs?
- What Do You Hope Heaven Is Like?
- The Long Road: What Five Years of Breast Cancer Taught Me About Life After 50
- Spiritual, Open-Minded, or Just Crazy? (The Things We Usually Keep to Ourselves)
- The Family Outsider: When You Love Them But Live Differently
- It's All Relative (But Is That Comfort or Cop-Out?)
- What’s Your Sanctuary?
- The Quiet Practice of Being Grateful
- The Guilt of Saying No (And Why It Gets Easier After 50)
- Chasing Dreams vs. Chasing Money (And Why I’m Still Figuring It Out)
- How Small Daily Anchors Keep Us Steady (All you Need is One)
- Finding Balance in Alone Time (Why Solitude Restores Us)
- Can We Be Too Loyal? (When Habit Replaces Choice)
- The Quiet Art of Checking In With Yourself
- How Dreams Change as You Get Older
- Something I've Been Noticing About Being Busy
- After 20 Years in Japan, My Japanese Is Still Pretty Basic
- Redefining Success: Beyond the Paycheque
- The Power of Small Wins: Celebrating Life’s Quiet Triumphs
- The Unexpected Gifts of Growing Older: Finding Joy, Freedom & Wisdom
- How Do You Balance Your Time When A Passion Won't Let Go?
- Are You Mentally Healthy or Just Good at Coping?
- Lost in a Care Home: What’s Left When Memory Goes
- When Nothing Else Works, Put On Music
- Why We Keep Chasing What Doesn’t Fit
- What’s Your Quality Time These Days?
- More Goodbyes Than Hellos
- I Secretly Want a Makeover (And the Shock of the iPad Mirror)
- I Switched To a Cheap Phone and Have Zero Regrets
- Five Basics I Keep Forgetting: What Actually Keeps Me Steady
- Late Bites and Action Flicks: Wisdom from Unexpected Places
