Where I’m Taking Sound Life
A reflection on health, wealth, and the direction ahead
Happy Thanksgiving to those who celebrate. I hope you had time this week to slow down and enjoy family. I’ve been doing the same, and in the quieter moments, I’ve been thinking about where I want to take Sound Life heading into the new year.
First, thank you for being here. Whether you read every post or only check in occasionally, whether you were here from the early Fiat Cave days or just recently, I am grateful for your support. This publication exists because people find value in it, and that gives me a reason to keep showing up.
Over the past several months, I’ve been reflecting on what Sound Life should become. The more I sit with it, the more I keep returning to the same two pillars: generational health and generational wealth.
I don’t pretend to have attained either, and in fact, far from it, and that’s exactly why they’re worth exploring. I’m not writing as an expert. I’m writing as someone who is actively trying to build these things in my own life, day by day, and sharing that process with you.
In both domains — health and wealth (particularly Bitcoin) — I’ve noticed that extremes dominate the conversation. In Bitcoin, there are strong opinions about the “right” way to own Bitcoin or the “right” things to believe as a Bitcoiner. In the online health world, strict protocols and unrealistic expectations often take over. Influencers argue over diet dogma, and digital nomads insist you need to live off the grid or in the tropics to achieve optimal health.
The lack of nuance and rational thought online can be frustrating, overwhelming, and intimidating. Most people are busy with family, work, and their own realities. They’re juggling demanding schedules, and the extremes people preach online simply do not serve them. There are real constraints to the changes they can make and the results they can reasonably expect.
Most people don’t have time for a two-hour morning ritual or the freedom to uproot their lives for an extreme health protocol. They don’t have the risk tolerance to put all their money into Bitcoin. And truthfully, none of those extremes is a sound idea to begin with.
A sound life has to be built within those real constraints. It has to be sustainable, rational, and aligned with what you actually want for your future. That’s where I’ve found myself landing — somewhere in the middle, focused on long-term improvement rather than perfection.
That’s the direction I want to take Sound Life. I want to explore what it looks like to build health and wealth in a realistic, grounded way. My value to you is simple: I’m someone who is constantly seeking improvement, learning, experimenting, and trying to understand what actually works. I’ll share what I’m learning and the frameworks that have helped me, not as prescriptions, but as tools you can adapt to your own life.
One of the most important things about this journey is that it requires ongoing effort. Without action, wealth deteriorates over time. Inflation destroys purchasing power if you don’t build, protect, and allocate wisely.
The same is true for health. If you don’t spend time maintaining and improving your body and mind, they deteriorate too. My goal here is to continue searching for new information, challenging my own beliefs, and helping both you and me build a life that gets better over time.
To me, a sound life starts with health. If you don’t have it, you want it. And if you do have it, you should be grateful for it and work to maintain it. None of the financial pieces matter without good health.
Wealth follows, not just in the financial sense — although most of us want to at least reach a comfortable financial position, or perhaps build significant capital. But the greatest indicator of wealth, in my view, is freedom. The freedom to do what you want, when you want to. And for many people, the prerequisite to that form of wealth is financial stability or abundance.
As we head into the final stretch of the year and look toward 2026, I’d love your help shaping what comes next. Does this direction resonate with you?
If you’re willing, I’d appreciate it if you could take a moment to reply directly or leave a comment below. Tell me what topics you want to see more of or what questions you want answered.
Your comments are what guide the direction of Sound Life.
Thank you again for being here. Enjoy the rest of your weekend.
Write about the things that work for you that you are confident will work for most individuals. Everyone is always free to take it or leave it, but at least they know about it.