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Why going to gym multiple times a week is actually a bad thing?

Why going to gym multiple times a week is actually a bad thing?

It’s fascinating to see how hard people try to defend their beliefs. Even the closest family and friends often refuse to consider some new cutting edge or simply nontraditional information. Just a few days ago I was trying to share some new ideas with my wife and I feel like couldn’t get through with my message because of her pre-existing beliefs…  …

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Boise FHAT event recap. Was it really worth it?

Boise FHAT event recap. Was it really worth it?

There was some problem with the Delta plane that was supposed to take me back home to NYC. It was so bad that we had to switch planes. New plane required the new crew to fly it… Naturally, that whole process caused a few extra hours of delay at the Salt Lake City airport.  …

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30 days update

30 days update

Wow, it’s been a month since I started my new journey. Feels like I’ve been doing it forever. The main reason why I started making changes in my pretty comfortable life was this deep feeling inside of me… feeling that I could do much more than just comfortably drifting in the 9 to 5 mediocrity.  …

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Day 26 – A letter to my friend

Day 26 – A letter to my friend

His new home office was probably bigger than my entire house. There was pretty much everything in it: TV on the wall, couch with wireless keyboard, two other huge monitors in different places (I have no idea how he uses those), latest MacBook Pro with this new fancy touch sensor and another external monitor for it,  …

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Day 24 – How can you become a web developer from scratch? Here is my story…

Day 24 – How can you become a web developer from scratch? Here is my story…

I was happily sleeping on my air mattress in my tiny 10x10ft room when my phone started to ring. At the time there were like 3 contacts in my address book – my brother and a few other Russian-speaking friends.

Remember I was selling pictures on the Times Square for about a year after I came to the United States and I had to get the phone so we could periodically call each other to check on cops.  …

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