GTD #31: Bossman Activities

First half of the month wasn't very healthy - no yoga or weightlifting after a rollercoaster of travel last month. But I'm back on the saddle and made some decent gains. I cleaned up the formatting of these GTD chapters too - been watching a lot of One Piece and that's inspired me to improve my storytelling. Still shit, and I still have no clue what GTD is but I'm going to treat it like a manga of my life. Just focus on having great adventures and telling great stories. Train hard and write the legend.

So the adventure continues. We'll go higher as our debts go lower. The life of my dreams is finally in sight.

April 1st, 2026 to May 1st, 2026

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There's real heroes out there. Here's one of their stories.

Chef Jose Andres

José Andrés did not set out to become a symbol of humanitarian aid. For most of his career, he was known as the chef who helped introduce Americans to modern Spanish cooking — a restless, exuberant restaurateur shaped by the experimental kitchens of Spain and the theatrical energy of hospitality itself.

Then disaster struck Puerto Rico.

In the aftermath of Hurricane Maria in 2017, while government agencies struggled to coordinate relief, Andrés and a small team began cooking. At first, it was improvised: sandwiches, rice, beans, whatever ingredients could be found. But the operation grew rapidly, evolving into a sprawling network of local cooks, restaurants, volunteers, and supply chains that ultimately served millions of meals across the island.

That moment transformed both Andrés’s public identity and the scale of his ambitions.

Through World Central Kitchen, the nonprofit he founded in 2010, Andrés has since built one of the fastest-moving humanitarian food organizations in the world — responding to earthquakes, wildfires, refugee crises, wars, and floods with an approach that often looks less like charity and more like a startup operating at emergency speed.

The philosophy behind it is deceptively simple: feed people immediately, and build from the ground up.

Rather than importing massive centralized systems, World Central Kitchen typically works through existing local infrastructure. Restaurants become relief kitchens. Local chefs become first responders. Farmers, truck drivers, and market workers become part of a rapidly assembled supply chain. The organization moves with an unusual bias toward action, prioritizing speed and adaptability over bureaucracy.

For Andrés, food is never treated as a secondary concern to survival. A hot meal is dignity. Stability. Psychological relief. Community. In interviews, he often speaks about feeding people not as an act of generosity, but as an obligation.

That conviction feels rooted as much in his personality as his training. Born in Spain, Andrés came up under Ferran Adrià at the legendary restaurant elBulli, where experimentation became an art form. The kitchen taught precision and creativity, but also a willingness to rethink systems entirely — an instinct Andrés later applied far beyond restaurants.

Unlike many celebrity chefs whose influence remains tied to branding and media, Andrés increasingly operates more like an organizer or field commander. He moves toward instability rather than away from it. In recent years, he and his teams have appeared in Ukraine after the Russian invasion, in Gaza, in Türkiye after the earthquake, and in communities across the United States devastated by hurricanes and wildfires.

There is a quality to Andrés that feels distinctly impatient with institutional inertia. He rarely waits for ideal conditions or complete information. He acts first, adapts continuously, and scales in motion.

In that sense, his work has become larger than food itself. It is a model for decentralized action — one built on the belief that ordinary infrastructure, when activated quickly and creatively, can accomplish extraordinary things.

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4/2/2026

I feel recharged while simultaneously eing exhausted. But I'm back to fight for my dreams, one day at a time. One project at a time. I'm going to get my PV Associate certification as my first step into the energy industry. I think it will be profitable and a lot of fun. I have to remember the skills that I have, even if they're not that good and AI can do a lot of it better than I can these days. But I'm a writer. I'm a designer. I'm a mediocre engineer. I love systems. But I can orchestate my skills, with the help of people and AI, to build marvelous things that give me the life I've always wanted. A life that can enrich others, and I can build a little kingdom of my own on this Earth where everyone is happy. More or less. It's showtime.

4/8/2026

This is the longest I've gone without doing yoga in a long time, which is bumming me out. But I've either been beyond exhausted each morning and thrown right into work, or had appointments and other things keeping me away from it. I want to do 15 sessions this month, so go time is going to have to be soon. Man...

At least I feel good about the next version of the Sendō logo and what I want this idea to continue to evolve into. That's the little bit of motivation I'm carrying around in my heart. It's on me to make a better life, time to work a bit harder at creating it instead of just sitting around depressed and disconnected. There's more to life than the empty drain I've been circling.

Outside of training, been working on redesigning my backyard, which has been really rewarding and fun. Also more expensive than I thought - pebbles are freaking expensive and you need about 50x more than you think. I'm going with a Mediterranean/spanish colonial revival/Santa Barbara aestehtic mixed with a little zen. It looks great so far and the final product will make my backyard officially vibeworthy.

4/13/2026

Finally up to three yoga sessions this month. Longest one was 25 minutes, but it's better than nothing. The goal is to crack 12 this month, 15 would be great.

Cleaned up the site a bit - removed The Challenge and Shop pages since I don't have a firm grasp on what the final form of the challenge will be, so I can't exactly advertise it to folks and get them to sign up for it. I've also barely used Strava lately so I can't build a community there right now.

4/21/2026

7 yoga sessions so far. Still gunning for 12+. Very rainy couple weeks here in Austin but it feels nice. I like leaving the windows and doors open during the day to hear the calming sound of rain cascade through the house.

But man if I have to be honest, I'm struggling like hell about my career. I liked the solar industry idea, and I'm grateful to keep learning product manager skills, but yeah there has to be a level of passion in my work that is just missing. What is it? Why can't I find it? It makes me so mad. All of this time, all of these years, and I can't put my finger on it. I have a dream, to be a king of my own little kingdom, and that means making money from multiple asset streams, with a core business I'm passionate about. But I still can't find it. I know sitting on my ass on my computer isn't the answer, it's all I've done these years and it's gotten me nowhere. But what is it? Where is it? It's kind of like where I started with Sendō and struggling to find a why behind living, now I'm trying to figure out the what. But at least that's progress, right? I know I can't give up, I know what the dream is, just putting the pieces together.

4/23/2026

You know how people say it's good to do something hard in the morning, like a workout, because it makes the rest of the day feel easy? I'm feeling that way today after 30 minutes of ashtanga yoga. I really like that yoga forces me to breathe and connect with every inch of my body in each moment. It truly is a great tool for sharpening awareness. It's giving me the focus to lock in and get my work done.

4/27/2026

Finally hit 10+ yoga sessions this month. It's really nothing commendable but for such an awful start to the training this month, after getting sick and travelling, I feel a little proud. I'm in the final countdown for the greatest change in my life so far. How do I feel about it? I'm doing what I'm supposed to do and I'll do my best at it. That's the feeling I guess.

This upcoming change has me thinking about my dreams again. That and watching lots of One Piece. What's my dream in this life? Honestly, I was reflecting on it lately, and my dream has never changed: to be free. And I accomplished it in my own way - good job, WFH, bought the car of my dreams, lots of free time to watch anime and play videogames and walk the dog and enjoy life. I've been living that life for the last five years at least, and I'm grateful. But now I need to dream even bigger, and that new dream is to spread freedom to my friends and family, and just like many people before me, to create a little 'kingdom' of my own where I have successful businesses that are relatively low touch and enjoyable for me to work, and I can hire my friends, family, and create a safe space where we can all be free.

What is free? In this world, it's the ability to do whatever you want, within reason. That's my definition of freedom. Sure I could be a bum and live on the beach, but without money I'm trapped in a way. So making money, with multiple income streams, is my dream. To be able to hire people I love and care about and give them jobs that can reward them. To build great businesses and profit share. I don't want to do nothing, it's more like - I want to create a place, places, where people can flourish and thrive freely. Just like Luffy wants to be the most free, by becoming King of the Pirates, I want to become free by building a world of my world within the world. Not becoming king of the world, that's Big G's territory, just creating my own little slice of heaven as they say.

4/30/2026

End of the month, and from next month onwards, my life will never be the same for a good reason. I'm nervous and I wish I had more money, a mansion, all of my friends and family nearby and a Rivian R2, but I think it'll be OK.

I finally hit 12 yoga sessions this month. The longest was only 30 minutes but I took off a couple weeks so it was a happy medium. Next month I'll push for at least one 45 minute session and aim for 15+ sessions, and maybe one class. Good goals right?

Since I traveled to New York, I haven't picked back up with PTP2. I'm in Week 8 so I might as well spend next month finishing it, then improving the program with what I've learned. It was pretty good and it can get better. My biggest challenge is just eating - I'm really happy that I restarted eating eggs again, and I'm even making sandwiches during the day for lunch. Everyone keeps saying how skinny I've gotten, which sucks but I'm not going back to eating meat, so less coffee and more water. The good thing is that I haven't had the urge to use during the day, mostly because I've been so busy with work, and going forward I have absolutely no chance but to give up the ghost. I'm happy though. I know what my dream is again, and I know that it'll take work to get there, but what else am I going to do in life? Might as well charge ahead.

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