Post-mortem of a passion project that ultimately failed (pathetically) — Earlier this year, I’ve made the decision to close down La Bagarre (loosely translatable as “The Scuffle”), my french language newsletter about Mixed Martial Arts (MMA), a sport where people in their underwear fight in a cage for money. …

Keeping track of time spent on projects in a cool dashboard, built with Todoist, Integromat, and Google Sheets. — As a self-employed freelancer working from home, one of the most challenging parts of my activity was being in charge of my own schedule. …

Une alternative à la pratique dangereuse de la sèche en MMA — Note Février 2023 : Depuis la publication de cet article en 2021, de nombreux galas ONE ont été bousculés par des pesées ratées, malgré le systeme mis en place. …

I practiced Japanese on Duolingo every single day for a year to find out. — When a lot of things came to a stop last year (you might have heard about it), I found myself with a lot of free time, and unable to attend my weekly Japanese classes. I didn’t want to lose too much momentum with my Japanese, but I also wasn’t particularly…

Fundamentals to enjoy the sweet violence of Mixed Martial Arts — In the wake of Khabib Nurmagomedov’s last fight and the first MMA event organised in France, a lot of very relevant questions about the sport started popping up around me: “It’s basically pro-wrestling, right?” “What if some huge fighter gets in there with a small one? That seems unfair…’ “Who…

Règles et Histoire du sport, et par où commencer pour mieux en apprécier la douce violence. — A l’aube du combat entre Khabib Nurmagomedov et Justin Gaethje, et au lendemain du premier évènement MMA en France, de plus en plus de Français commencent à s’intéresser au MMA. Les questions fusent, toutes plus pertinentes les unes que les autres: “C’est comme le catch en fait?” “Ils ont des…

Navigating leadership in an increasingly diverse workplace. — Over the last 8 years or so, I’ve had the opportunity to live and work in a bunch of countries: France, the USA, the UK, Ireland, Germany, and now Canada. In most of these places, the companies I worked for were composed of people from all walks of life and…

Spoiler alert: I failed, but I have some advice if you want to try. — At the beginning of 2019 I made a conscious decision to try and read a book a week for the year. This came from wanting to broaden my interests, educate myself, and most importantly to get rid of some of the “noise” that I felt was increasingly filling up my…

Honest advice and tips from my IELTS experience. — Last September, after more than a decade of trying to lose my accent, I decided that it was finally time. Time to…… PROVE THE WORLD I CAN SPEAK ENGLISH! For a bit of context, I was born and raised in France, and started learning English at school from the…