Dan Bartlett: coach, writer, engineer & founder

On Day 1, I said I would be writing about what’s interesting to me.

Writing every day, for 90 days.

I’m going to be publishing something every day in Q2.

Last updated: May 10, 2024 My name is Dan.

Each way I work with people contains some balance of coaching and mentoring.

The short answer to this question is: nearly anything.

We are all giants, raised by pygmies; taught to walk with a perpetual mental stoop.

If I ask you to pay attention to any tension in your shoulders, something interesting usually happens.

The Buddha was not one to mince his words.

One way of describing what I’m writing about here is as a rational awakening to the mystery.

For those concerned or confused by my use of terms like spirituality, mysticism & awakening, I’d like to make something clear up front.

In 2023, I’m trying something different.

In November 2020, I read Digital Minimalism by Cal Newport and decided to try what Newport calls a Digital Declutter.

I needed some time off.

When I was a teenager, some of my earliest spiritual interests lay in Gnosticism.

I have meditated and written down my reflections for nearly 15 years.

Coming soon to a psyche near you.

I’ve written a lot about Huel before.

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Engineering management is still a somewhat esoteric discipline.

The tl;dr for this is: yes, you can just upgrade Prysm by stopping your services, copying the new binaries and then restarting your services.

The way we grow in wisdom is not linear.

Buddha, Mohammed, Jesus and St.

Buddhism is well known for its idea of anattā, often translated as “no self.”

A few notes on the technology behind this website: It uses a static site generator called Hugo.

I owe you an explanation: why am I using the term mystic, and what does a mystic do?

The rapid ascent of the blog You are not reading a blog.

Recently, I set up an Eth2 node with a friend.

Previously, I had been using Middleman to power my personal website.

Sometimes you need to get two separate applications to play nicely together under the same domain.

2023 note.

The last 5 years have been a showcase in political theatre: people screaming past each other, the devolution of reasoned debate, and the rise of social media mobs who often trade in volume rather than sense.

I first came across the name Roger Scruton through his books being recommended to me on Amazon.

Despite the minimal instructions for meditation—sit still and pay attention—it somehow becomes much more: watching for this, avoiding that, practising this technique, taking that attitude.

On September 5th 2020, I ran the Classic Quarter 44 mile ultramarathon from Lizard Point to Land’s End, which is the most Southerly tip of England to the most Westerly.

In the wake of George Floyd’s murder and the surge of protests around the world, there was a call for education: for all of us to carry out our own research, so that we could dismantle the racism that continues to cause so much hurt and suffering.

It’s been nearly 2 years, but I’m back writing again.

A sub-zero 36km run.

A few days ago, I found myself on the train and full of coffee.

I’ve been continuing with Power of Now, and that has provided some respite.

I’ve been using Huel for over 2 years now.

A wet, muddy 70km ride.

I’ve been thinking over a concept for a while, which I’m going to call the pyramid of effect.

Just could not be assed to work out yesterday.

My Kindle is one of my favourite gifts from my wife.

Not sure what to write today.

I have to say, there are a lot of duplicate blogs out there.

I’ve been setting out some goals and related practices for the blog.

I’ve thinking a lot about rekindling the ancient.

Too much of our time is lost struggling with painful feelings that we cannot express.