Wait, so Fundamentalised is changing again?
In short, yes, we are. One more time. We’re reaching the final evolution of this project, which I believe is just merging what I’ve done with Fundamentalised...
107 • Two weeks of hard work pre-China
Because hostel living is mutually exclusive with singular dedication...
106 • In Vietnam, dialling in
Streamed from The Hub, Hoi An...
105 • Rounding up a month of travel pre-Vietnam
Everything I've done in the last month...
104 • Having another run at Bangkok
What I'm going to do differently this time around...
103 • Could I live in Chiang Mai?
It's been amazing since I arrived...
102 • Onward from Bangkok (to the islands and Chiang Mai)
Plus making Fundamentalised a travel blog?
101 • Journeying to the other side of the world
Landing and making myself at home in Bangkok...
100 • A century of issues + what's next?
Rounding up the last two-and-a-bit years...
099 • Do whatever it takes to reach critical mass
Everything is easy in comparison afterwards...
098 • Stack small wins on quiet days
They add up...
097 • You can't practice for a fulfilled life
Life defies practice, revision and mimicry. You just have to act. There are no do overs...
096 • Let the world teach you the same lesson again and again
You may never learn, but it's trying to get through for a reason...
095 • A smart business-and-character-developing investment?
Only time will tell...
094 • Made it through university, after all
One of the largest of my ~150 open loops has received the numbers necessary to close itself...
093 • What to do when you don't know what to do
An argument for simply trying not to break things instead of futile attempts at progress...
092 • A recent graduate's guide to Sheffield, UK
From parks and cafés to gyms and clubs - insights into where I've spent almost all of the last three years...
091 • And just like that, Fundamentalised is back
After three months off and an entire degree completed, anecdotes, progress updates and life lessons are back on Fundamentalised...
090 • Really I just want to create
Recently I’ve been losing the battle against the flow of administrative backend tasks relating to content creation and running a business online…After I...
089 • Lessons from a third of a lifetime in the gym
The other day I was reminiscing and I realised that the first time I set foot in a gym was around this time, just seven years ago. I was fourteen, going into...
088 • Book a long trip to get work done
Sorry for a week’s break from writing newsletter issues 🙏 - I’ll explain why it happened at the end of this one, but for now…Although I don’t travel abroad...
087 • The world's not going to hurt you, but it won't help you either
Although I don’t think for a minute that the world conspires against you, it won’t ever go out of its way to help you either. At least not without reason.In...
086 • Two low-effort productivity hacks
It’s been a long time since I’ve done a listicle piece like this but I’ve been thinking about these things a lot recently so here we go…1. Standing deskThis...
085 • Reducing distraction by doing what you intrinsically enjoy
Hello from Kraków, Poland…I’ve been away for a few days now - the video issue below is from here if you want to see what it looks like - and I was going to...
084 • Not all worthwhile investments are money-related
Seeing as it’s still quite early in 2025, the review that I undertook at the end of last year is still quite fresh in my mind.There were a few ideas that...
083 • Another Fundamentalised website (the last one, I promise)
Note: This website still exists, it’s just a personal one at the domain theostowell.me now. It’s still made with the architecture that I put together before...
082 • Connect with the people who make your effort worth it
First, I want to apologise for not sending an issue last week. The reason was that I had to work on the literature review for university, and this took up...
081 • AI tools as vehicles for personal development
When I start thinking about AI, professional uses are largely what come to mind—wrangling data for my university work, catching grammar errors in longer...
080 • The utility of the midwit meme
For the longest time, my phone and laptop’s background wallpapers were just plain black. But recently, that changed.Now they look like this…This is the...
079 • The best of 2024
I posted one of these issues at the back end of 2023…031 • The best of 2023Seeing as it’s a whole year in the future now (it’s gone so fast), I thought that...
078 • One step after the other, no matter the time of year
One idea that I keep coming back to is the damage that the emotional rise and fall of having a fresh start every single year can have - how this can...
077 • 2025 is nearly here already
At the end of 2023 I wasn’t too sure about goal-setting, thinking that perhaps it would hold me back from what I actually wanted to achieve by...
076 • Do hammers and saws build houses?
A book that’s come to my attention recently is Die With Zero by Bill Perkins. It’s all about how to best use your money throughout your life to maximise what...
075 • Miscellaneous thoughts about living a fulfilling life
I’m nobody to tell a person how to live, but these are just some observations that I’ve had recently. With that aside, here you go…Does everyone believe...
074 • The body always keeps the score
Welcome back,I’ve not been taking particularly good care of myself recently.The signals that I’m not quite getting enough quality sleep, and that I’m...
073 • The overlooked power of flinching forward
Recently I’ve found myself taking more inspiration from one of the most influential books that I’ve ever read - The Flinch by Julien Smith. Even though I...
072 • The best way to spend time in new cities
This year I’ve been travelling a lot more than I have done in the past.I’ve been to London twice, Edinburgh and also a selection of places in Europe, from...
071 • View negatives in a new light to turn them into positives
My first source of online income was royalties from the Medium articles I was writing a year and a half ago for my growing audience.And it did well. Really...
070 • Walking very far + turning twenty-one
The other day I walked from Sheffield to Manchester with my university housemate.I’m not kidding. Here’s the route…But how did this come about? Having talked...
069 • Revealing the reason behind the name Fundamentalised
Since around the start of 2022, I’ve made daily notes/journaled in some capacity, recording the happenings and feelings of my life as it happens.And the...
068 • Becoming more 'stylish'
One of the short pieces of writing that has resonated most with me is ‘Style is consistent constraint’ by Steph Ango, the CEO of Obsidian (convenient, I...
067 • In the pursuit of simplicity and reduced stress
Hello again,This week’s issue is going to be about the evident decision to move my newsletter writing back to Substack.Here’s the lowdown on the change…This...
066 • Perfection shouldn't be the goal
I’ve been building and launching PARAZETTEL V3 for the whole of this week and this has come with little problems and issues that I have to be on my toes to...
065 • The real reason I film YouTube newsletter issues each week
Shorter newsletter today. I’ve been building PARAZETTEL V3 for launch next Friday (relevant in a minute) and haven’t had much time to do any other...
064 • What would you do even if you knew you'd fail?
In terms of building a future that you’ll continue to enjoy sustainably, which of the following is more useful to ask?“What’s the worst thing you’d tolerate...
063 • Slowly healing my relationship with social media
I ‘quit’ Instagram a bit more than a year ago.What actually happened - I deleted one of two accounts I had (it was the personal one I was addicted to...
062 • The obvious method I missed when trying to avoid overthinking
Decision fatigue and overthinking are silent killers of consistent and patient progress.Lord knows I’ve been there myself, dedicating too much time during...
061 • I promise last week I had a good reason not to post a newsletter issue
Welcome back to Fundamentalised,All I can do is apologise for the pause in shared publications last weekend. I have a reason for this, which I’ll share...
060 • Protect your attention and focus at all costs
Welcome back to Fundamentalised,The idea I have for you this week is not one that I talk about much but it is one that I think is extremely important.We’re...
059 • Some (beneficial) habits that I can't seem to quit
Most of the talk surrounding habits has to do with struggling to form them so today I’m going to break the mould and share some habits that I struggle...