The Jai Journal
This is the place where I brain dump interesting things i’ve learnt or done recently to the 2000+ humans who seem to care.
heart-break and 7 days with no phone in Patagonia
Hey, Jai here. This is my journal where I brain dump interesting things i’ve learnt or done recently. You’re in the 0.5% of my audience that get to read this. Here’s the latest (<8 minute read): I spent 7 full days offline (no phone or laptop) cycling through Patagonia alone. It was all the things you can probably imagine. Scary, enduring, peaceful, liberating and downright breathtaking. A little further down I’ll share my reflections. but first, a vulnerable share: Alina and I broke up a...
building a school for people who don't walk a traditional path
Hey, Jai here. This is my journal where I brain dump interesting things i’ve learnt or done recently. You’re in the 0.5% of my audience that get to read this. Here’s the latest (<5 minute read): I lived in a chateau in the South of France for almost a month. Back to back residencies, and 30-ish Art of Mondays members & team rolled through during that time. I stayed nearby with some of our team on a deep work sprint. Pretending not to hear about all the fun the residency crew was having next...
Living with my team, spending $45k and my favourite book of all time
Hey, Jai here. This is my journal where I brain dump interesting things i’ve learnt or done recently. You’re in the 0.5% of my audience that get to read this. Here’s the latest (<5 minute read): Holeeeeey moly, the last month is a blur. Went to London for the first time. Hung out with 25 of our Founder Fam members out on a rooftop. Then I flew to a little mountain town in France called Saint-Jean-De-Sixt and bunkered up for a week with some of our team. We called it the High Leverage House...
launched an app, filmed a pod, went for a run,
Hey, Jai here. This is my journal where I brain dump interesting things i’ve learnt or done recently. You’re in the 0.5% of my audience that get to read this. Here’s the latest (4 minute read): 10 days in NYC went by so fast. Then 10 days in Austin. Now mid-way through our stint in LA. Quick highlights:- Seeing Alina again after 1 month- Running through Central Park with the Minted New York crew- Filming a podcast with my buddy Chris Griffin (out now)- Doing Acro Yoga with the creator of Acro...
life n work lately
Hey, Jai here. This is my journal where I brain dump interesting things i’ve learnt or done recently. You’re in the 0.5% of my audience that will see this, so I hope ya like it. Here’s the latest (prob like a 4 minute read). I’ve always wanted to invent a sport. Something like Spikeball or table tennis or frisbee. A game that will bring as much joy and growth to others as it did for me growing up. I’m almost convinced I was the first to introduce Spikeball to Australia. Film photo for the...
I'm assembling the dream team
Hi, i’m assembling the dream team. 6 people.3 months - work from anywhere in the world.option to live with us in a villa in the french countryside.uncapped upside. we'll rip it for 3 months and if you don’t love it we’ll stop. if it works we’ll keep rippin’ it. what we’ll be working on: world-class youtube videos ultra-viral short form series performance ad creatives to scale >$100k/mo in spend and anything else we can come up with after putting 6 brilliant minds together. we’re building one...
i'm back
Ayooo, Jai here. Been a min. The Jai Journal started as a collection of thoughts I have about finding fulfilment in life and business. It still is, except i’m changing a few things: I wanna write like i’m your friend texting you I’ll only hit send when there’s interesting shit to talk about If you forgot who I am or don’t care, you can unsub now. I don’t mind. So… what’s new? What have I learnt? I made a new personal site jaihowitt.com. It shares the story of my prev failures, and successes....
the guilt of taking time off
The Jai Journal Entry // September 28th, 2024 Why do I feel guilty whenever I’m not working? This entry is a letter to myself. For the times I fall victim to my work and feel guilty for taking time off. It’s a topic that i’ve heard from hundreds of high performing people. “We work so hard to the extent that, when we finally take a little break from work—we have no idea how to rest and relax.” - Vizi Andrei. There doesn’t seem to be a clear solution… or so you think. A few years ago I spent a...
i owe it all to my parents
The Jai Journal Entry 10 // September 22nd, 2024. My great aunt Jenny made me realise something. I met her for the first time in Feb this year when I travelled through South Africa. She’s in her 80s and full of life. We reminisced over the years, and she was curious about my upbringing and story. She probed about my parents and what they taught me. I told her about how they’re both school teachers. And while we didn’t have much money, we shared a lot of life experiences together with my 6...
how to finally have great ideas
The Jai Journal Entry 09 // September 14th, 2024. The year after i finished high school I worked at a timber mill. 12 hour night shifts watching wood fly by on a machine. Bored out of my brains and not allowed to sit down or look away in case a piece of wood went askew and messed up the line. Headphones were a “health risk” so no music or podcasts either. Unless you were one of the lucky ones who had built-in ear muffs on your hard hat and could hide AirPods inside of them. It was pretty...
This is the place where I brain dump interesting things i’ve learnt or done recently to the 2000+ humans who seem to care.