These are the things I keep coming back to. Not because I have them figured out; but because they keep showing up in my journals, in my conversations, and in the years between when I was paying attention and when I wasn’t.
Living Deliberately: Drift, intentionality, time, urgency.
People: Marriage, family, friendship, community.
Career and Trade-offs: The wrong ladder, burnout, and what your actual strengths are.
Money and Freedom: What money is actually for.
Building Things: Construction, business, the literal architecture of a deliberate life.
Systems and Tools: Habits, frameworks, the engineer’s approach to life design.
Faith and the Big Questions: Purpose, meaning, the spiritual dimension.