Mateo Balaña Paemen

Let us blaze new trails. Let us prove to the world that good taste, good art and good writing can be good selling.

Source: Incadaques Photo Festival

Why does it work? -It's simple enough to actually work.*Complexity is often a weakness because it makes it harder to get back on track.-It forces you to make tough decisions. Prune your deas and trim away everything that isn't absolutely necessary. Basically, if you commit to nothing, you'll be distracted by everything.-It removes the friction of... See more

It’s easy to say something should do everything well because saying something is easy doesn’t involve any work, or require any tradeoffs. But building products is all about tradeoffs. When there are no tradeoffs in the conversation you’re having, you know you aren’t building, you’re just talking. But it was time to build.

I’m drawn to the idea of an art of living much more so than to the compulsive search for life hacks, regimens of self-improvement, or self-optimization schemes. These too often feel like a doubling down on the insistence that we can always do more if only we apply the right technique. They also suggest that the path to happiness involves the... See more

This is not to say that all time debts are bad. Perhaps you enjoy serving on your school committee or volunteering with a local organization. However, when you make these commitments, you are also creating a time debt that you will have to pay at some point. Sometimes the debts we commit to are worth sacrificing for, many times they are not.