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How to Build a TELOS File: The Personal Operating System That Changed My Direction

How to Build a TELOS File: The Personal Operating System That Changed My Direction

by Derek | Mar 20, 2026 | Content Creation, Emerging Tech, Fatherhood, General, Self-Improvement

Most personal development advice tells you to start with your dreams. Figure out what you love, set some goals, chase them. I thought that was the way to do it too. But it’s backwards. I recently realized I’d been letting AI make decisions for me instead...

When ‘Best Interest of the Child’ Doesn’t Mention the Child

by Derek | Mar 19, 2026 | Fatherhood

A father’s story of family court bias—and why it matters for every family The Five-Minute Decision On October 1st, 2025, I stood in a Trumbull County, Ohio courtroom and listened to a magistrate rule that it’s in my son’s “best interest”...
We Hunted Down Phantasmal Flames Packs and Got Absolutely Nothing

We Hunted Down Phantasmal Flames Packs and Got Absolutely Nothing

by Derek | Mar 19, 2026 | Fatherhood, Gaming

We’ve been hunting for Phantasmal Flames packs for weeks now. Every store near us in northeast Ohio has been completely sold out since the set launched, and me and Tanner finally tracked down one store that had some in stock. Five packs. That’s all...
Define Your Own Dream: 3 Rules I Broke That Everyone Told Me to Follow

Define Your Own Dream: 3 Rules I Broke That Everyone Told Me to Follow

by Derek | Mar 17, 2026 | Fatherhood, General, Self-Improvement

I am a high school dropout making six figures, a dad who cuddles his six-year-old to sleep every night, and according to some people on the internet, a piece of shit for fighting for custody of my own son. Welcome to my life. Where I break every rule everyone told me...
Stop Expecting Perfection From Your Kid (Try This Instead)

Stop Expecting Perfection From Your Kid (Try This Instead)

by Derek | Mar 12, 2026 | Fatherhood, Self-Improvement

So the other day Tanner and I were in the house and I was asking him repeatedly not to do something and he just wasn’t listening. Being defiant. He’s six years old, he’s at that age where he’s testing everything, whatever, and obviously me as...
Your Dreams Aren’t Yours (And That’s the Problem)

Your Dreams Aren’t Yours (And That’s the Problem)

by Derek | Mar 10, 2026 | Content Creation, Fatherhood, General, Self-Improvement

Here’s a question that might mess with you: Are your dreams actually yours? Or are they just things you absorbed from your parents, your teachers, social media, society at large? I spent years chasing goals that I thought were mine. And when I finally achieved...
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