After seeing the umpteenth reference to how impactful someone found Meditations, the series of personal writings by the Roman emperor Marcus Aurelius nearly 2,000 years ago, I finally decided to give it a read myself.

Examining the results of my Dry January experiment and setting up a healthier relationship with alcohol going forward.

For most of my adult life I’ve been a moderate drinker. I’ve decided to do this little experiment on myself to try and figure out where alcohol fits in my ideal life.

When you feel like you need to buy a new phone after two years because it barely holds a charge for half the day and you can’t easily replace the battery as an end user, that’s planned obsolescence.