Articles - Darius Foroux

Is life worse today compared to 10 years ago?

April 20, 2026 No Comments

Over the past year, there’s one conversation I feel like I’ve had almost every week.

The world is getting crazy. AI is going to take everyone’s jobs. People don’t want to work anymore. Everything is expensive. Politicians are evil.

All in the same conversation. And the conclusion is always the same: Life was better 10 years ago.

Maybe it was. Maybe it wasn’t.

But here’s what I know for certain. Spending your mental energy on that question is one of the most expensive things you can do.

That’s what this article is about.

Not whether life is actually worse.

But why do we think it is, and what to do about it?

April 13, 2026 No Comments

Aristotle once wrote:

“Well begun is half done.”

He was talking about getting the fundamentals right before anything else. The same applies to money.

Here’s something most people don’t think about.

You only have to get rich once.

After that, your job is to protect it and grow it.

That makes wealth building one of the most worthwhile games you can play. Because the rewards of playing it right will last a lifetime.

But building wealth is still a game. And like any game, you have to commit to playing it before you can win it.

Here are the basics.

April 7, 2026 No Comments

When I started writing over a decade ago, I was eager to connect with other authors.

I read books about how important it is to build a network. I also read online advice about how to connect with your peers so you can grow together.

In my experience, this is bad advice.

From all the people that I’ve connected with and became “online friends” with, there’s only one guy I still talk to.

The rest were all insincere.

And I don’t blame anyone because this is the culture that we’ve created.

April 7, 2026 No Comments

We are obsessed with “the next.”

The next promotion. The next vacation. The next weekend. The next notification.

We live our lives as if we’re in a waiting room for this big event that never actually starts.

Because we are always looking ahead, we are never actually here.

This is the ultimate thinking mistake: The belief that life is something that happens later.

When you live this way, time evaporates.

You wake up on a Monday, blink, and it’s Friday. You celebrate New Year’s, blink, and it’s October.

If you feel like life is moving too fast, it’s because you aren’t living it.

You’re just ruminating on it.