This Week
- Am I still locking myself in my room?
- How the sunset beach photoshoot went.
- How the podcast went this week with a friend.
June 2026
| Su | M | T | W | Th | F | S |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 31 | 6/1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 |
| 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | 13 |
| 14 | 15 | 16 | 17 | 18 | 19 | 20 |
| 21 | 22 | 23 | 24 | 25 | 26 | 27 |
| 28 | 29 | 30 | 7/1 | 2 | 3 | 4 |
Where In The World Was I?
- Bali, Indonesia
Metrics From The Week
Snaps From The Week
Still Locked In?
Yep still basically locked myself in my room this week, ordering food from Grab, just leaning on my routine. But the latter part of the week Thurs/Fri/Sat it was kind of crazy – chats, coffee, date, dinner, workshop, potential client meetings, calls, podcast, etc. We made it though.
Been posting a lot of these little emotional resonance text b-roll reels, lots have been consistently getting like 1k-3k views. That reel from last week that was at 23k is now at 45k.
And this reel I posted some weeks ago, same b-roll clip, but with the text “the wins keep coming and you keep feeling nothing” that got to 2k views, then plateaud… the alg re-picked it up and it’s now at 21k views.
Been getting quite a few new follows from all this.
But all this is cool and fun to look at and strokes my ego, but at the end of the day, what I care about most is really cash collected (which means, high quality followers, bringing them into my world, stories, youtube, raising hand, conversations, invitations, etc.)… And the new followers haven’t been the highest of quality I’m noticing. But we’ll see how things go.
I’ve been getting back into talking head reels this week, leaning harder into that, which most get fewer views but it’s just better quality than a little b-roll reel.
This week I for the first time in months? just set up my osmo, hit record, and just yapped on like 10 topics over 40 minutes (did it twice this week) and WOW at how different the energy felt. Just felt so much more energetic and smooth compared to sitting down, scripting a reel, trying to say the right words, etc.
Took my 40 minute video and clipped out 11 sections, turned it into 18 reels I can post. Feels way better.
Also got this case study post created for my profile and pinned it.
Went to a workshop from a girl I met at Nirvana who uses human design for helping business owners improve their offer and do more of what they want to do. It was actually quite interesting and took a couple good things away from it that I’ve been implementing.
- Speaking more from my story, people I’ve worked with, “me, my, I” rather than “you” and let people be drawn in
- More invitations
- Validate myself first
- Asking permission more before sharing
- Recognizing and more awareness around where I feel seen or unseen in my life
And one day in the Nirvana sauna, was chatting with a friend, she was talking about human design, and this other guy jumped in to the convo. Ended up chatting with him more because he’s a software engineer, but just doing it for the money, and wants to get into something else that he already knows. And he was like “you’re the person I needed to meet” and goes “so how much do you charge” 😂
Also had my first solid referral to a potential client this week, met him for a 2hr DCE. It came from a friend who I’ve helped with his routine, structure, organization of his life. I got dinner with him this week as well and he said whenever he thinks about “structure” and “clarity” he thinks about me.
Turned out to be the exact type of person I help with, so very hopeful and optimistic. Already felt good, confident, clean, clear.
And it was this combination of a couple things, this DCE (no notes, just full presence, didn’t need any help or notes, just showed up as myself), the yap videos, and the podcast (will talk about that in a bit) that I just had this thought, “trust yourself more.” I tend to lean on AI to help with scripting, video ideas, reel ideas, prepping for client calls and stuff.
But there’s this other part of me, who just shows up as he is, right now, and crushes it. I see glimpses of him and think, what if I just trusted myself and intuition more.
And lastly had this amazing call this week with a client, 2-3 massive life-altering realizations and click moments live ON the call, seeing him walk himself through the thought process and just watching, nodding my head, smiling, thinking fuck yes.
Just wow. Wow at that level of deep recognition, fulfillment. Feels so good.
It’s that feeling that I’ve been after all these years. And it takes me back to tutoring in computer science. It’s the same thing. Except this time the problems I’m helping people with aren’t a question on their homework, but getting them back to themselves.
Photoshoot
So much fun, shooting with a friend. We were bouncing ideas off of each other, in creative flow. And the photos came out insane. He took 550 photos… haven’t even gone through all of them, but these are most of the scenes:
Immigration
A friend told me about this digital nomad visa (KITAS), 1yr, multiple entries, the only visa you can technically legally work (remotely) from, and so I decided to go for it.
Applied last week and this week went to immigration to get a photo to complete the application.
There was a LOT of trust in this process… No big company or agency, just Whatsapp’ing someone, sending a couple docs, then show up to the immigration office and hand my passport off to this (seemingly) random local indonesian guy (who works with the visa agent), waiting for the number to be called, seeing him walk off with another foreigner guy, watching him walk out of sight for a minute and thinking “uhhh is this okay? he has my passport… am I getting scammed? nah it’s fine it’s okay just trust…”
He came back, we went up to the immigration officer, he handed over my passport, talked to him, got the passport back, then finally gave it back to me with the second queue number, waited for that, took my photo, then left.
It was fine, but just one of those moments where I’m going “is this actually fine… or is this where shit hits the fan… is he gonna run off” You never know around here 😅
In theory should get my visa delivered this week! Super exciting.
The Podcast
Was catching up with a good friend here some weeks ago and we were like “this conversation should be a podcast tbh” and then we went… “should we do a podcast?” and then actually booked it in.
Well this week (Saturday) we did it!
There’s a studio here that has a full setup, podcasts, solo, different sets, 4k cameras, multiple shots, etc. We booked in for a 1.5 hour two 4k-camera setup, it was like $45 each. SO worth it. I’m so excited to see the footage.
It was such a good conversation and flow, great split of talking time. And we both got so many good moments we can clip for social media.
And then shit hit me with the Tribal grass moment from last year, which I don’t think I’ve ever shared…
It was in this week, but I put it all behind this “Too Big To Ignore” hidden section, The Week Of The Identity Crisis (June 8th, 2025)
So anyways, if you were there last year wondering what happened in this mystery week, you’ll get a glimpse of it when the podcast goes live.
And to tease you even more… I started tearing up as I re-told this story live.
But man, that was just such a good experience and conversation, I felt like I lost myself in the moment, just words and conversation flowing. Felt so good. Can’t wait to share it. And can’t wait to do another one 🙂
Socializing
Had my first fairly cold approach in the gym today. I almost never approach mid workout. Saw this girl insane body yesterday and today. Grew the balls to approach during my workout instead of trying to find her after worried I might lose her. I went up and complimented her glasses and had a little conversation.
I swear bro when there’s stakes on the line it’s so different 😂 I said basically everything wrong, interviewing her, talking quickly, etc. but stated my desire and got her Instagram.
Walked away thinking FUCK that was so awkward. Put me in like any other situation at this gym (sauna, lounges, in between) and I can relax and play.
But then I remembered what actually mattered here.
Everyone loves to say “1% better every day” but then they make a 1% improvement and get all in their head about how they could’ve done better. You are literally retraining your nervous system. That takes time and reps under friction.
Then had a bunch of other just really good moments this week, exchanges, playing, joking, feeling confident.
Got up to 26 names (people) met this week!
I’m at the point where multiple times this week I’ve been walking through Nirvana and make eye contact with someone in passing and they kind of give me the nod and eyes that say “heyyyy man whats up how are you!?” and it takes me until I’ve already walked past them to realize that I’ve already met them, they recognized me, and I just didn’t recognize them on first impression 😂
I’ve met 95 people in the last 5 weeks 😂
A problem that my past self last year would’ve dropped his jaw at.
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What’s Next?
Got an event with the member’s club I’m apart of this week! Super excited.