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I went to school in England for a year when I was in University.

In retrospect, I could have saved my parents a ton of money if I’d just drank beer for four years at one of the many fine Washington State schools.

Nonetheless, one silly night out in London, with people whose names I can’t recall, I met a fella sitting on the ground in a Tube station, busking badly on a guitar he clearly could not play and perhaps was not 100% his.

He seemed like he could use some money and I wanted to learn to play the guitar. So I asked him if he might sell it and what for.

£20.

I whipped...

It feels cliche to be writing a “self-improvement” post on January 1st, but that’s not really what this is. These are five simple choices that I know from experience will make you happier in 2023.

Spoiler Alert: None of them are easy.