The Most Boring Person in the World

Published on May 15, 2014, filed under adventure, misc. (Share this post, e.g., on Mastodon.)

Tim Moss of The Next Challenge had me speak a little about the mindset of trying everything, in The Most Boring Person in the World:

When I moved from Switzerland to the United States it was like I switched… frequencies or something. All of a sudden I began to pick up on things that I could do in this still-not-exactly-infinite free time of mine. And I began to give in to these hunches. Skydiving. Motorcycles. Horseback riding. Security guard training. Filmmaking, pretending.

In the guest post, I talk about how I changed my thinking so to become a lot more adventurous. I hope you enjoy—and thanks for having me, Tim!

About Me

I’m Jens (long: Jens Oliver Meiert), and I’m an engineering lead, guerrilla philosopher, and indie publisher. I’ve worked as a technical lead and engineering manager at various companies (e.g., Google); I’m an active web and tool developer (code optimization, digital defense), a contributor to web standards (like HTML, CSS, WCAG), and a book author (O’Reilly, Frontend Dogma).

I love trying things—in web development and engineering management, but also in politics and philosophy, where I hold to one idea in particular: that we can only be well if we take good care of everyone. Here on meiert.com I talk about some of my perspectives and experiences. (Please share feedback: Interpret charitably, keep it friendly, but do be critical.)