Less caffeine, more focus

Last year, it felt like the coffee pot had a motivational speaker setting, “Just one more cup and you’ll become the person who answers emails with confidence.”

By my third cup, I was buzzing with a frequency I’m convinced could power a small suburb.

But like scheduled power outages, they came at inconvenient times, and I realized coffee wasn’t fueling me; it was driving me, like a teenager who had just discovered energy drinks. 

I’m trying something new this year.

Less caffeine, more focus.

So far, I’m realizing that my days feel less like a stock chart in a meme-stock week and more like a long-term index fund on autopilot.

When you dial it back, your focus, dare I say it, feels…normal. 

The “I can do 12 things at once” mindset is replaced by a focus on finishing one task at a time before moving on to the next. 

This slower, more focused pace has helped me stop confusing “urgency” for “importance,” and I think it’s because my nervous system isn’t in overdrive. 

I’d be remiss to not talk about the sleep part of it.

I’m seriously sleeping better (whatever that means when you have little kids).

Those middle-of-the-night wake-ups when your brain reminds you of every awkward moment in your life have subsided. 

Here’s how I’m doing it

The trick to curbing my caffeine intake isn’t something novel.

I started by editing. I cut one cup. Then two. And, I instituted a caffeine curfew. That’s when I cut it off for the day. 

I know we’re only a couple of weeks into the New Year, but I’m already feeling better.

If you want to join me, reply to this email. Maybe we can start a coffee accountability group?

3 Tricks Billionaires Use to Help Protect Wealth Through Shaky Markets

“If I hear bad news about the stock market one more time, I’m gonna be sick.”

We get it. Investors are rattled, costs keep rising, and the world keeps getting weirder.

So, who’s better at handling their money than the uber-rich?

Have 3 long-term investing tips UBS (Swiss bank) shared for shaky times:

1. Hold extra cash for expenses and buying cheap if markets fall.

2. Diversify outside stocks (Gold, real estate, etc.).

3. Hold a slice of wealth in alternatives that tend not to move with equities.

The catch? Most alternatives aren’t open to everyday investors

That’s why Masterworks exists: 70,000+ members invest in shares of something that’s appreciated more overall than the S&P 500 over 30 years without moving in lockstep with it.*

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Sounds crazy, but it’s real. One way to help reclaim control this week:

Skip waitlist.

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