Hi All!

Here is your weekly round up of what I’m pondering and exploring. Feel free to forward along to a friend if you think they might enjoy.

I’m officially an Author

It’s official, my first novel, Off the Rails has been published.

If you missed out on the preorder window, you can pick up a copy on Amazon in time for Christmas, here, or alternatively, you purchase a copy in-person at the launch event this weekend, or at select stores around the world.

It feels quite surreal releasing a project I’ve invested so much time in. The process in and of itself has been so rewarding that regardless of how it performs, or how readers receive the story, it’s been such an amazing journey.

I already can’t wait to publish my next book.

Thank you to everyone who’s shown support, ordered a copy, liked, commented, shared any of the promotional videos, or simply told a friend about the story—it means so much to me.

Also, if you did preorder a book, you should hopefully be receiving your copy very shortly, depending on where you are in the world.

I’m excited to see you this Sunday if you’re able to make the art exhibit, book launch and documentary premiere.

Watching your friends win

Last weekend I had the privilege of seeing the culmination of the months worth of work from my friends Dom, Satya and Kieran, finally pay off at their debut runway show.

I’m so proud of them for continually executing on their vision. Being around people like this inspire me to continue to keep my word and finish what I start, because it’s all possible, if you’re willing to stay the course.

I kept annoyingly reminding the boys on the night that they were “living in a memory,” and that this was a very special moment in their journey as artists. I can’t wait to watch their careers flourish over the next decade.

Ego Lifting

In the past when I’d workout, I’d sometimes egolift—which is practically prioritising your gym numbers over your form. You lift heavier even if your technique is terrible because you don’t want to take a step back, drop the weight, correct your form and potentially look weak.

This is a huge phenomena for us guys that is very common. However, lately, especially after getting into calisthenics a bit more—I’ve slowed down, and made sure when I work out I’m doing the exercise correctly, instead of trying to do the most reps. Which is why I don’t mind if I do fail a set a little earlier then I’d like, because I’m doing it the right way from the beginning versus having to correct my form down the line.

I draw the same comparison from working out to managing my finances. For example, although I have much less capital then I’ve had in the past, I now track, manage and keep an eye on my spending by keeping track of my receipts and expenses in spreadsheets.

I think of the above as getting the financial form correct before I inevitably make more money. Hence why I look something as frustrating as getting my portfolio and savings wiped out as one of the greatest financial blessings I could have received. It’s like I cleaned my slate and am rebuilding from a much more durable foundation.

Getting humbled in multiple areas of my life has helped me drop my ego and not be afraid to look weak or even broke. I don’t have anything to prove and know who I am regardless of whatever has happened or will happen to me—and for this I’m eternally grateful.

Thank you.

Kirkification

I recently saw a quote from Dan Houser, the man behind GTA, talking about the state of AI.

“AI is gonna eventually eat itself…as far as I understand it… the models scour the internet for information, but the Internet’s going to get more and more full of information made by the models. So it’s sort of like when we fed cows with cows and got mad cow disease.”

To better understand what he means by this we should take a look at what’s currently happening as a result of the rise of Kirkification (AI generating the late Charlie Kirk’s face on anything and everything) Apparently, according to a random Instagram post, people have generated so many images of Charlie Kirk that other faces are starting to resemble Charlie Kirk.

And regardless of how true the source is, it doesn’t sound like a future that unlikely—because if you think about it, if we continue to train these models on the same images, they’re going to slowly come to the conclusion that the average human looks like Charlie Kirk.

I don’t have any figures to prove this but I think we can all agree that ever since generative AI hit the market, we’ve never produced so much garbage. This makes me genuinely afraid that this increase in volume could very well overshadow and almost clog up the internet with so much generative waste that we lose everything that came before.

Wouldn’t be surprised if the kids of 2100 will be unironically reading a kirkified history textbook…

25

To close this weeks newsletter out I want to take a moment to wish myself a Happy Birthday.

I can’t believe I’m twenty-five years old.

It’s feels like I’ve done so much but so little. Regardless, I’m thankful for another year and can’t wait for whats coming my way over the next twenty-five years, god-willing I get to experience them.

I wonder if I’ll still be writing this newsletter when I’m fifty?

I wonder if I’ll have a kids and family?

I wonder if I’ll have written any more books?

I wonder where I’ll be living?

I wonder whose going to still be in my life?

I wonder who isn’t?

I wonder what I’m going to learn?

I wonder where I’m going to go?

I wonder who I’m going to meet?

I wonder if I’ll still be curious about the world?

I hope so.

It’s funny looking forward and thinking about what it might be like, but it can also be quite destabilising—you know, worrying, hoping it’s going to work out and dealing with all the uncertainty of what tomorrow may bring.

So I guess with that being said, the only message I want to give myself is that “you’re living in a memory, so make the most of being here while you still can.”

Happy Birthday Jet.

Love you.

Hope everyone enjoys their week.

Love,

Jet Williams

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